I am past 51 now. Even now it’s my wish to continue to be a sex worker.’...This is the opening line of ‘The Autobiography of a Sex-worker’. And the first line itself gives the clear picture of the bold message that Nalini Jameela, a sex worker, hailing from India is trying to give.



Nalini looks like every other house wife in India, but now the lady is the best selling author. I would like to tell you that sex workers do not get a respectable place in India. And in such a social standing...something like an autobiography of a sex worker herself is indeed a tough thing to digest for the readers.



Her blunt and outright views on prostitution as a career choice has indeed stimulated a controversy in India...where people are still conservative when it comes to prostitution, and consider it a taboo. She has aimed at removing the stigma attached to prostitution...as per her a sex worker is doing a service to the society in a way.

“If there is no sex work, it would lead to a situation comparable to a pressure cooker with its safety valve locked on. The truth is that sex workers are doing a great service,” she says in her book in the southern language of Malayalam.

Reading her views, most of the feminists will feel that the lady is trying to glorify the profession...but she is not. She is just unveiling the truth. She has written this book for other sex-workers...to improve their life and make things easier for them. I hope this piece will definitely change the outlook of the society, the way they treat this segment of society.



The way she has poured in what a sex worker has to face, what makes a sex worker out of an innocent girl, is one of the themes of the book. She has tried to expose the truth of the hypocrite dual faceted society, which treats a man and woman differently, despite the fact that the two were the very part of the activity. The man is given a warm welcome, while the woman is forced to remain an outcast with a tag of prostitution.



Via : Reuters