shikha morol real real pictures won't woman front head bowed wore blue synthetic sari garish floral prints mismatched purple blouse looked neat clean signs poverty evident work-roughened hands broken nails shikha flame surprised assumed closer interviews sikha worker sonagachhi kolkata starts shamita dasgupta indrani sinha's latest book mothers sale women kolkata's trade kolkata workers earned international reputation oscar winning films born brothels directed zana briski activism novels written films made women lives male writers film makers portray view points exploited women victims poverty social injustice lovers objects shamita indrani women perspective working mothers sell services care children family sikha greatest compliment bestowed in-laws sikha's husband landless laborer killed years leaving parents children care sikha sole bread earner shikha sold milk cows worked rice mill picked vegetables people's farms working sixteen hours earn properly feed sons husband's parents series accidents finally chose oldest profession trade free declared shamita indrani forced trade began work shonagachhi regularly sending money orders parents-in-law sons hates work forward children longer money leave promotional material book mothers sale attempts offer understanding workers mothers current debate viability legitimacy work women highlights aspirations fears joys disappointments triumphs failures workers share mothers book based information gathered workers children detailed interviews authors conducted fiction fantasy writers film makers resorted portray conditions traders objective compassionate study class working women make living children authors shamita dasgupta indrani sinha working women's career shamita dasgupta cofounded manavi jersey adjunct faculty school indrani sinha founded sanlaap works women young people fighting rights protesting violence women sincerely congratulate excellent work 