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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicSex-workers

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

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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