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http://sify.com/news_info/news/offbeat/fullstory.php?id=13279433 India hot on the world sex map By Alka Rastogi in Lucknow Wednesday, 08 October , 2003, 18:31 Sex travellers of the world unite. Shocking but true - Delhi's Connaught Place and Kolkata's Park Street are now the preferred hotspots alongside Hamburg and Amsterdam in the World Sex Guide. The guide, that provides explicit information about adult services across the globe, lists Mumbai, Panaji, Margao, Vasco do Gama, Kolkata and Delhi as the newest sex havens despite the fact that making appointments over the Net is still difficult in these places. With the age of consent ill-defined and girls offering their services at throwaway prices, it's a bargain that foreign thrill-seekers find hard to resist. While noting that prostitution is widely tolerated and practiced in India, the guide is also careful to point out the pitfalls - "unlike Iceland, Thailand and Holland where prostitution is legal if no third party profits from it, in India it is illegal." But lax laws, it suggests, mean that sex tourists are in no real danger of being prosecuted. Even though India may still lag countries where girls can be booked by name, figure or sexual preference, the services already on offer are mind-boggling enough. Goa, the guide claims, is dotted with bars that provide anything and everything by way of carnal cravings. Besides desi damsels, even white women in dire need of replenishing their purse are not hard to find on the Aguada, Anjuna and Calangute beaches. Connaught Place in the heart of the capital Delhi is a hotbed for solicitation, says the guide. While the cabaret joint near Minto Road may now have shut shop, auto-rickshaw drivers in the vicinity reportedly offer private shows for as little as Rs 1500. Wild nights of passion can be had for a price in Laxmi Nagar and several other Trans-Yamuna localities. A favoured sex spot near a major Central Delhi hotel also finds special mention. Mumbai is listed as the 'cheapest place on earth for foreign travelers for a night life rivaling that of Bangkok and Amsterdam.' The guide waxes eloquent about the goods on offer. "The girls here can speak English", it says. Sex workers operating out of five-star Mumbai discotheque are mentioned by name. A hard bargainer could get a girl of his choice for a few hundred rupees in Kolkata, the guide insists. Tourists are, however, advised to keep off Nepali women while taking their pick from professional 'escorts' who are to be found in upmarket localities like Chowringhee Square and Park Street. Although Sonagachi, the City's red light district, is not recommended for its poor selection of girls, sex workers here reportedly pay off the police to keep their customers happy. To convince the fence sitters, the guide also posts experiences and comments from surfers who have been there and done it all. There is information to be had on a number of places, compiled with the help of both locals and visitors. But the guide would be failing in its duty if it didn't strike a note of caution. New Delhi is not New York and travellers are warned to leave their wallets behind while patronising ladies of the night. With call girls often working in collusion with the cops, an unsuspecting customer could end up losing his freedom, dignity and, of course, money.
