ISHQ | Sex-work: Politics, Desires, Laws

Focussing on Shohini Ghosh’s documentary, Tales of the Night Fairies, our panel will discuss contemporary debates around sex-work, socio-political realities of engaging in sex-work in India, the fantasies that surround the issue of sex work, and our ability or inability to resist a moralistic attitude towards sex-workers.

[Panelists include: Gitanjali Babbar and sex-workers from a Delhi-based NGO, Kat-Katha; Ms. Bharati Dey (DMSC), Dr. Smarajit Jana (DMSC), Prof. Madhavi Menon (Ashoka University), Prof. Shohini Ghosh (JMI)]

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