New Delhi: Reshma, 20, a sex worker in Delhi's infamous red light district, loves the colours of Holi. But she and dozens of other sex workers keep away from the festivities due to the hordes of rowdy and drunk people who throng the area.
So, it will mean a colourless Holi for a majority of sex workers in the 23 brothels situated on Garstin Bastion or G.B. Road -- one of the largest red light districts in northern India that is a thriving wholesale market in the daytime. Instead, the women will be praying and distributing sweets among themselves.
"Holi was my favourite festival when I was growing up. Now, every year I sit by the window in my room and watch people play Holi in the street below and I wonder whether I would be able to do the same ever," Reshma (name changed on request) told IANS.
