Daughters Of The Brothel, Deepak Yadav
Daughters Of The Brothel, Deepak Yadav
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Daughters Of The Brothel

Author: Deepak Yadav

Narrator: Shyam Rajgopal

Abridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublishDrive

Published: 08/12/2021


Synopsis

The book 'Daughters Of The Brothel' : Stories From Delhi's Red-light District' by Deepak Yadav covers life stories of female sex workers of Delhi's famous red light area.
“My nath utrai (Taking off the nose ring) was performed when I was twelve or thirteen. The initial days were tough but now it gives me pleasure. I have inherited the art of making love from my grandmother.” -Roopal, a sex worker from the Bedia community in brothel number 56.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruchi on October 15, 2019

As it’s mentioned in title, it’s a collection of stories from Delhi’s red light district. It’s collection of eight heart touching stories. I will discuss the blurb of first two stories here as those two are my favourite. The first one is about a person named Sharmila Prakash.she is transgender. It’s......more

Goodreads review by Nayonika on July 24, 2020

This is actually a 3.5 star rating for me. A book on the subaltern subjects which deals in detail about the lives of the Sex workers in India- I would say it’s a great eye opener. For a person who has always taken a lot of interest in knowing these stories and has done a lot of research, this book d......more

Goodreads review by Ritika on December 24, 2019

"Where there is humanity, there is no need for religion, and where there is religion, there is no need for humanity." As mentioned in the title, Daughters of the Brothel by Deepak Yadav is a collection of various stories from Delhi's red light district, G.B. Road. By the time I was done with it, I wa......more

Goodreads review by Dalia on February 21, 2020

This is a story about few prostitutes from India's most notorious red-light district, G.B. Road, New Delhi. The author and the narrator of this book spends a considerable amount of time with the sex workers to get an insight of their daily lives, quarrels, friendship and honesty. Through this journe......more

Goodreads review by Deepu on November 05, 2019

With a hope of changing the common yet mistaken ideologies regarding the back-stories of the game of prostitution and it's victims, the author of this book Mr. Deepak Yadav has done a marvelous piece of work. I congratulate him for his efforts. Starting off with a graphically informing story of a tra......more