Devadasi: Initiation Into Prostitution?
July 30, 2009 by chitragopi
Published in Women
Dedicating a girl child to a deity, making her a deva dasi, later on to be launched in flesh trade, subjecting her to untold misery and a life of shame -it happens now. Her ancient counterpart, history reveals, occupied a dignified place in the society. Who is to be blamed for the fall?
