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Gaurav Mittal
I recently read a book called Dancing Girls of Lahore by Lousie Brown. I would highly recommend this book to everyone as i found it very enlightening. The story circles around the Red Light area of Lahore called Hira Mandi, depicting the plight of the sex workers there.
The book illustrates how the life of the sex workers is worse than dogs, confined to the walls of their homes. The book sharply describes how the laws favour the men and they're free to keep more than one wife but the women are more or less like a use-and-throw material. It also shows the living conditions of the sex workers in the area and the girls are put in the "business" right from their teens so that they can earn profitably till their 30s. The author also shows the kind of hierarchy followed by the locals there and the general life-style.
Mrs. Brown has stayed there for quite some period and tells us, how women live there inspite of all their misery. At some points, she depicts a kind of irony wherein, survival becomes so difficult, yet the people are living, with smile on their faces. That people are bound by their rigid customs. The way women are being sold like cattle and they have a depreciation value and once this value receeds to a minimum level, they're thrown back to Hira Mandi and they later find new clients.
The author also tells how, marriage is very rare in that area and only for a few lucky ones. the rest of them stay with their name-sake husbands till his wishes and when he gets bored, he moves on to the next wife by following a very simple rule of triple talaq, thus depicting the ruthlessness of Islamic laws towards the females, who, if commit adultry are liable to pay for it through their lives. Men, however, have no such restrictions.
I would highly recommend you to read this book and see for yourself, how biased Islamic laws are. The book has been posted in the E-books section.
Regards,
Gaurav
The book illustrates how the life of the sex workers is worse than dogs, confined to the walls of their homes. The book sharply describes how the laws favour the men and they're free to keep more than one wife but the women are more or less like a use-and-throw material. It also shows the living conditions of the sex workers in the area and the girls are put in the "business" right from their teens so that they can earn profitably till their 30s. The author also shows the kind of hierarchy followed by the locals there and the general life-style.
Mrs. Brown has stayed there for quite some period and tells us, how women live there inspite of all their misery. At some points, she depicts a kind of irony wherein, survival becomes so difficult, yet the people are living, with smile on their faces. That people are bound by their rigid customs. The way women are being sold like cattle and they have a depreciation value and once this value receeds to a minimum level, they're thrown back to Hira Mandi and they later find new clients.
The author also tells how, marriage is very rare in that area and only for a few lucky ones. the rest of them stay with their name-sake husbands till his wishes and when he gets bored, he moves on to the next wife by following a very simple rule of triple talaq, thus depicting the ruthlessness of Islamic laws towards the females, who, if commit adultry are liable to pay for it through their lives. Men, however, have no such restrictions.
I would highly recommend you to read this book and see for yourself, how biased Islamic laws are. The book has been posted in the E-books section.
Regards,
Gaurav
