Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Autobiography of a Sex Worker


Read autobiography of a sex worker. Before reading this book I was also a bit nervous to talk about such issue then I thought if a sex worker can dare to write about her life and experiences then why not us. Yes she is  a women. I know every one of us might imagine a sex worker like Kareena as shown in her movie Chameli. I don't know whether we are right or wrong. Among many questions that pop up in my mind is why image of a women only come to our mind when we talk about a sex worker ? When I gone through that book , surprisingly and ironically , sometimes it felt like reading a narration of Premchand about pathetic condition of poor people , and sometimes it was like a beautiful romantic novel. 
 
 Yes her romance with her customers. And the poverty which drag her into this dirty job and then how she interact with her customers is shown in the narration. It looked like her life divided into hundreds of pieces longing from  just one night to few years. But definitely it was not just about one night stand. The relations which she talked about were not just physical. There were many other angles too in her relations , emotional , social and professional. I am reserved to say but I sometimes feels that this autobiography was not of a sex worker but a social worker who lost herself completely in service of some dark sick elements of our society..

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