Sacred filth offers India's sex workers brief respect
Those working in the eastern port city's ever-busy red light district say the coveted earth is a bitter reflection of society's discriminatory attitudes -- desired when needed, downtrodden filth when not. The doorstep dirt is seen as holy by Hindu devotees, who believe it is imbued with special qualities because it is where men leave behind all that is good before entering for sex. This scooped-up soil is included in clay to make brightly-coloured idols of the beloved goddess Durga, or used to... Читать дальше...