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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: sex-workers

Gangubai Kathiawadi is a hit in Thailand. Reels, Netflix, sex work industry helped

+TFP Tina Das -
For weeks now, Gangubai Kathiawadi has been on Netflix’s top 10 list in Thailand. There are reels, YouTube videos and recreation of Alia Bhatt’s looks.

What made Hindu and Muslim women take up prostitution? The British really wanted to know

Durba Mitra -
In ‘Indian Sex Life’, Durba Mitra traces the colonial origins of modern thought and how women’s sexuality was seen as a space for state intervention.

Swiss say sex work okay, but not close-contact activities like dancing as it eases lockdown

Andy Hoffman -
While announcing the new measures to prevent a further spread of Covid-19, Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset acknowledged the apparent contradiction.

Why sex workers are opposing a bill that aims to protect them

Simanti Dasgupta -
Sex worker groups say if the anti-trafficking bill becomes a law, they will likely face more harassment from the police and will lose business.

India is winning the battle against HIV, but poor sex workers are slowing it down

Himani Chandna -
India has registered a steep decline in new cases as well as HIV-related deaths, but a study has warned that sex workers remain vulnerable to the deadly virus.

Is sex-work reproductive labour? Swati Ghosh’s latest book tries to identify

Arpita Phukan Biswas -
In The Gendered Proletariat: Sex Work, Worker’s Movement and Agency, Swati Ghosh looks to understand the worker-status claim of sex-work in a meaningful fashion.

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Opinion

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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