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A Durga Puja pandal that pays tribute to sex workers
Ostracised by the society, sex workers have survived for long in the underbellies. While the soil from a sex worker's backyard is considered essential for the making of Durga idols, they have been excluded from festivities for ages. Business Standard takes you to Ahiritola Yubak Brinda, a Durga Puja pandal, near Kolkata's red-light district of Sonagachhi, that is setting new paradigms by paying tribute to sex workers.