Born Into Brothels Star Returns to Sex Work

I came across an article about Preeti Mukhejee aka Puja, one the children who was featured in the film Born into Brothels. Puja was ten years old when she was in the documentary. Today she is in her teens and unfortunatley she is a sex worker just like her mother, Rakhi. After the film, Puja was given money and the opportunity to come to the USA to find a better home and enter school. She took the money but backed out on the trip to America. After the movie came out, clients in Songachi, the red-light district of India, pressured Puja's mother into having her join the trade. Clients said they would pay more money to sleep with Puja. So her mother defaulted on sending her to America and pushed her to be a sex worker. Puja used the money she was given to buy a car, tvs, and fancy items for herself and her mother. Today she lives in Prem Kamal, one of the most expensive buildings in the red light district.


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She is the head of her on sex chain and has even been arrested. Since her mother is to old to get as many clients as she use to, Preeti is responsible for paying her mother's bills as well as her on. Her mother has a room in Prem Kamal too. To read the whole article entitled, An Oscar winner then, a sex worker now, you can visit the website http://www.rediff.com/ or click on the link above.

International Sex Workers Rights Day

The third of March was International Sex Workers Rights Day. The day started in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers in India gathered for a sex workers festival.

World Made Flesh

World Made Flesh is one of the organizations helping sex workers in Calcutta by spreading the word of God. If you would like to get involved with this organization or find out more information you can visit there website.

Hope in Calcutta

Sarah Lance
Pic from Lusanne World Pulse


I came across a article today written by a freelance writer named, Sarah Lance. The article entitled Restoring Life in the Red Light Districts of Kolkata, India gave me hope. It followed one sixteen year old girl named Pinky who seals her body to make a living and it talked about the extent of poverty in Calcutta. Then it gave some good information about an organization that is helping women improve there living conditions. The organization, World Made Flesh, is a community of developers and connectors that teach the women about God. The women get to have tea and talk about their fustrations with a counselor. There is also an opportunity to learn English. Sarah Lance is a the field director for World Made Flesh. She lives and works with the women trapped in prostitution and she has dedicated her life to dimming the red lights.