Sonagachi

Souvid Datta plagiarism row: We need to introspect over more than the doctored images

The Souvid Datta plagiarism controversy poses questions about not just what ails photojournalism, but also us — a society desensitised to disturbing imagery

Photojournalist Souvid Datta admits to plagiarising Mary Ellen Mark's work for Sonagachi series

A figure in one of Souvid Datta's photographs is strikingly similar to one of the subjects in Mary Ellen Mark's photographs.

X-ray-enabled age test to prevent teenagers getting into prostitution in West Bengal

A sex workers' organisation is using X-Ray test as a tool to determine the age of the girls who are about to join flesh trade in West Bengal

Eight Indian boys from Asia’s largest red light district head to international football tournament

Youth football player Yakub Ali swells with pride at the idea of putting a smile on his mother's face back in Asia's biggest red light district.

Mamata govt to build shelter for retired sex workers

Retired sex workers from Asia's largest red-light district of Kolkata's Sonagachi, who are forced to live a life of penury after falling out of favour with customers because of advanced age, would soon be rehabilitated in a new home.