Prostitution in India (English Wikipedia)

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Tambe, Ashwini (1 April 2005). "The Elusive Ingenue:A transnational Feminist Analysis of European Prostitution in Colonial Bombay". Gender & Society. 19 (2): 160–79. doi:10.1177/0891243204272781. S2CID 144250345.
Irani, Raul (2020). "Prostitutes of Kabari Bazar, Meerut and the Bachchra Community in Neemuch". Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change. 5. SAGE Publications: 78–85. doi:10.1177/2455632720915320. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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economist.com

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Ratna Kapur (10 September 2007). "Leader Article: Sex Workers Need Legal Cover". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
Mahendra Kumar Singh (24 November 2007). "'Sex workers' clients shouldn't be penalised'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
Bishaka Datta; Siddharth Dube (12 December 2007). "Leader Article: Sex Work Is No Crime". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
A mandate to legalise prostitution Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Times of India, 25 August 2003.
India's sex trade exposed Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Independent, 29 November 2008.
K Rajasekharan (18 June 2014). "Legalise prostitution in India to address problems of sex industry". Economy Lead. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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Holter, Mikael G. "Fair skin and young looks: Nepalese victims of human trafficking languish in Indian brothels". Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
HIV prevention programmes for female prostitutes in India highly effective Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine 17 June 2013
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