Durga Puja is set to be special for the sex workers of Kolkata this year.

Inhabitants of Sonagachi in North-Kolkata have been organising their own Durga Puja since 2013, albeit with a gap year, 2016. However, in pursuance of the Calcutta High Court's ruling, the magnitude of festivities was



restricted to a small community hall.

"This time, however, the high court ruled in our favour and we are going for a full fledged marquee as well as idol."

"We did not appeal in the high court last year as every year we used to appeal to let us have our own marquee and idol and the result was the same," said Kajol Bose, secretary, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Samiti (DMSS), a sex workers collective.