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Motherhood in Sonagachhi: Sex work, belonging and the fraught intimacies of community

Mahima Mukherjee

Feminist Review2026https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789261417126article
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This text blends semi-transcription and personal reflection, documenting a conversation I had with two sex workers in Sonagachhi, Kolkata’s red-light district (India). Facilitated by Namita Bhattacharya, founder of Umar Swapno foundation and an activist by profession, this piece focuses on translating and recording these women’s voices rather than engaging in extensive academic analysis. It reflects on their complex lives, dynamic notions of motherhood, the instability and fallacy of international borders and how the nation-state constantly interrupts intimate spaces of belonging.

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@article{mahima2026,
  title        = {{Motherhood in Sonagachhi: Sex work, belonging and the fraught intimacies of community}},
  author       = {Mahima Mukherjee},
  journal      = {Feminist Review},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789261417126},
}

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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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