Shakthi Nataraj

I am an anthropologist studying women's sexual labour and queer rights movements in India. I currently work as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Laws of Social Reproduction project at King's College, London

Shutting down India’s red-light districts won’t contain coronavirus

Closing brothels in India would be a grand but empty gesture. It will only hide the state’s abandonment of migrants and informal sector workers during this crisis.

By Shakthi Nataraj

/ 11 Jun 2020

Shutting down India’s red-light districts won’t contain coronavirus