“Our homes are like a box.” These sex workers from Maharashtra shared their personal stories…
📹: Sarthak Goswami
📹: Sarthak Goswami
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00:00They turn you into a ghost in a jiffy.
00:02This sex worker...
00:04She's the one who eats betel leaves.
00:06She's the one who abuses you.
00:08She comes to the doctor. She comes to the police.
00:10It's her first time here.
00:12She needs a lot of care.
00:14She needs a lot of care.
00:16First of all, she's scared.
00:18She should get rid of her fear.
00:20Then she should be like,
00:22Baba, don't think like that.
00:24And don't be scared.
00:26What they do is, they trap her and bring her here.
00:28A lot of women have not even been trapped.
00:30They've come here on their own.
00:58Music
01:04Has it ever happened to you
01:06that a customer
01:08or a boy
01:10comes to you and he doesn't know anything.
01:12He's come here for the first time.
01:14He needs a lot of care.
01:16First of all, he's scared.
01:18He should get rid
01:20of his fear.
01:22Then he should be like,
01:24Baba, don't think like that.
01:26Don't be scared. Give him 5 minutes. Talk to him.
01:29Then he'll be less scared.
01:30Didi is feeling like she has remembered a story.
01:35I was wondering, among our customers,
01:38some good people must also come.
01:40Some bad people must also come.
01:41Good people, bad people, drunks, everyone comes.
01:46Goons, everyone comes.
01:48Even the doctor comes.
01:49Even the police comes.
01:51Yes.
01:53Any sex worker is asked,
01:56what is the real meaning of life?
01:58What is the truth?
02:00We try our best.
02:01We throw anything.
02:02We write anything about us.
02:04We turn them into ghosts in their minds.
02:06This is a sex worker.
02:08This is a woman who eats betel leaves.
02:10This is a woman who abuses.
02:11There was a movie about Alia Bhatt.
02:13Gangubai Kathiawadi.
02:14Did you all watch it?
02:15We booked a whole theatre for our sex workers.
02:19We all went to a theatre and watched the movie.
02:22Some have problems with their homes.
02:23Some have problems with money.
02:25Some are called Devdasi.
02:28They come here with all these problems.
02:30What is shown there?
02:32They are trapped and brought here.
02:33There are many women here who are not even trapped.
02:36They have come of their own free will.
02:38They have come to earn money.
02:40They have shown great buildings there.
02:42They have shown people who live in luxury.
02:44No.
02:45How do you live in a house?
02:47There is a box.
02:48There is a box.
02:49There are cards in it.
02:50A mattress is placed on it.
02:52What are we asking for?
02:53We are only asking for condoms.
02:55If we don't get it now, it will take a year.
02:57We won't get it.
02:59We won't get it.
03:00We won't get it.
03:01Condoms are our life.
03:02The condoms we use, we save the world.
03:06This is what we are asking for.
03:08We give it in two months, leave it for 4 months.
03:10We give it again in two months.
03:12Then we buy it.
03:13Those who have money, will buy it.
03:15Those who don't have it, the HIV will increase.
03:18Then the HIV will increase even more.
03:20My mother had sex.
03:21Her mother also had sex.
03:22We used to go to school.
03:24We used to have a lot of differences.
03:26The teacher also used to look at us differently.
03:29He didn't talk to us.
03:31He didn't ask us to make friends.
03:34The family members of the friends didn't let us talk to each other.
03:40I really liked that.
03:42But we didn't go to their house.
03:44They didn't let us go to their house.
03:45They didn't let us go to their house.