Kama: Devadasi Escort

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bangladesh makes fresh aid plea

So here we have the poorest people in the world suffering another natural disaster, and at the same time the UK Government is doing nothing about the almost £2 million that was lost through a Money Transfer Agency that they encouraged Bangladeshi migrants to use.

As far as I am concerned I hope the Hundi system lasts forever and that all the crap DFID spouts about MTAs being safer and more responsible is never heard again.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Millions lost as firm goes bust

I have become increasingly concerned about the apparent irrational and inequitable behaviour of the Government towards the losses of small savers and others who have suddenly and unexpectedly found themselves the victims of failed companies. I would compare the treatment of the poor and disadvantaged people who have lost money in the collapse of the "FarePak" Christmas savings company and those who have suffered losses because of the collapse of the "First Solutions" money transfer agency with the favourable treatement extender to the depositors of the Northern Rock bank.

It seems inconceivable to me that the treasury and other financial regulators could not have seen the potential risk to the small and poor savers who relied on companies like FarePak to save for Christmas expenses. Given the endemic lack of financial awareness and education in the UK I do not believe it is reasonable to expect people using such a scheme to differentiate between a protected savings product and an unprotected scheme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/7041364.stm

More insidious are the losses experiences by Bangladeshi expatriates who relied on the "First Solutions" money transfer agency to remit their savings back to Bangladesh. "First Solutions" was properly registered and authorised to make money transfers but it was not part of any scheme that would have protected the remitted money it was responsible for.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/7099852.stm

I am exceptionally angry about the lack of help for these expatriate workers whose impoverished families rely so much on the money that is sent to them. The recent cyclone disaster only seeks to highlight the need of the families who are dependent on remittances. My anger is further compounded by the fact that the UK government has a policy of promoting the use of official Money Transfer Agents (MTA) among Bangladeshis so as to discourage the informal Hundi system that the government considers a vehicle for money laundering and terrorist funding.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3008343.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1553153.stm

By leaving MTAs outside of any mandatory guarantee system the UK Government allowed the institutional flaw that resulted in some of the poorest people in the world being denied the money that they so desperately need. However when another British financial institution might have failed, the Government acted quickly. The Government actually guaranteed all the deposits held at the Northern Rock bank, and the potential cost to the tax payer could run into billions! It seems there is one rule for the middle class, middle England voter and another for the poor and weak.

I would very much like to know how the Government can justify such disparate and inequitable responses to what are very similar circumstances. In particular I believe the Government has a particular responsibility in the case of "First Solutions" as the promotion of the use of MTAs is policy of the Government. To promote such a policy at the expense of the weakest and poorest in our society seems incredibly mean, reckless and cruel, and the privileged treatment of Northern Rock depositors seems to just to add insult to injury.

In the light of the Government's role in promoting the use of insecure MTA I would like to know why the Government is not offering to compensate the victims of the "First Solutions" crash.

Speaking to the Guardian, Det Insp Powell said: "There is a huge demand for unprotected and anal sex. Nowadays, it's the norm, not the exception.

"At most of the brothels we visit, at least some of the women will offer these, for the same price as protected sex.

"Prices have remained fairly static for 10 years. You can go into Soho and get sex for £30. The whole set-up is appalling. Most of these places are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and women are expected to be 'on call' day and night.

"Some will have sex with as many as 40 men a day. It's very rare the prostitute will get to keep any of the money she earns. We've seen places where £300 a day goes to the brothel pimp or 'madam', and that's even before the woman begins to try and pay off the 'debt bondage' of thousands of pounds charged to bring her here."

Does anyone know anyone who has actually done 30 or 40 clients a day on a regular basis?

I am interested because I keep reading that trafficked women are being regularly forced to do 30 or 40 clients a day.

Now even if they were doing 20 mins or 30 mins appointments in a parlour or apartment that would still be 15 to 20 hours a day of actual sex without any regard for waiting time or time between appointments.

President Bush is pushing for permanent changes to the law

President George W Bush has signed into law a temporary bill allowing the government to eavesdrop on foreign terror suspects without a warrant.

The legislation was approved by the Senate and House of Representatives just before Congress adjourned for the summer recess.

The bill allows taps on foreign phone and internet communications routed via the US, without prior court approval.

President George Bush says the measure is needed to combat terrorist threats.

Zimbabwe has the world's highest inflation rate - 4,500%

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has approved a new law allowing the security services to intercept postal, internet and telephone communications.

The law also establishes a state-run communications monitoring centre.

Officials say the new law is meant to provide security and prevent crime but critics say it is aimed at stifling opposition to Mr Mugabe.

Isn't it nice to see world leaders working together to overcome the threat of global terrorism....?

Australian prosecutors have dropped terror charges against an Indian doctor over the failed bomb attacks in the UK.

Mohamed Haneef had been accused of giving "reckless support" to terrorism by providing a relative in Britain with his mobile phone SIM card.

Director of Public Prosecutions Damian Bugg said, following a review of the case, that "a mistake has been made".

Well.... what a surprise... I hope everyone feels more secure and safe knowing that the proponents of the international war against terrorism are ready to detain and prosecute the reckless giving away of SIM cards... I am still waiting for the knock on my door...

I really have the impression that just like in Animal Farm our "protective rulers" are turning into the tyrants and exploiters that they keep telling us are the "danger".... and one day we will wake up and they will all just be variations of the same intolerance and arrogance...

Haneef was arrested under new anti-terrorism laws in Brisbane

Australian police have charged a 27-year-old Indian doctor linked to the suspected UK bomb attempts.

Mohammed Haneef has been charged with providing "reckless support" to a terrorist organisation.

He is alleged to have provided a mobile phone SIM card to two of his second cousins, both detained in Britain.

So a man leaving the UK to visit Australia and return home to India get married is found to have no intentional part in the London/Glasgow attacks, but because he handed over a SIM card registered to his name he was "recklessly" supporting terrorism !!!

If I was going to be arrested everytime I gave a sim card to a relative I would spend the rest of my life in Prison...!

Are you a migrant sex worker in the UK, would you be willing to be interviewed for a research project being run by a sex worker friendly researcher ? one-to-one, no tape recording, just an hour of chat over coffee. --

Send me an email if you would with research in the subject line and I will pass your details to the researcher, write to me at personal @ princesskama.com

BBC NEWS South Asia Slaves to the goddess of fertility


It is so interesting how Devadasi is translated to mean "slaves" when the most reasonable translation is servant... this article is just a repetition of old myths and prejudices that blame the devadasi system for its corruption rather than considering how the non-vedic matriarchy was subjugated and harassed into its current abuses by the Vedic elites.

The Devadasi are the only Hindu tradition that celebrates the birth of a girl over a boy because the power and earning capacity of a Devadasi is transparently recognised.

Being a Devadasi does not require you to be a sex slave, but being dispossessed of your protective culture and traditions makes you vulnerable to exploitation by more powerful groups. That exploitation is the problem not being a Devadasi.

More people are living with HIV in India than anywhere else but activists in Gujarat say that until sexual diversity is accepted, prevention may be impossible. Just as other people live their lives, my husband and I maintain our normal family life, even though he has boyfriends."
Gita was relating some of the most intimate details of her marriage.
"We look after each other, so that's why I don't have a problem with his homosexuality," she said.
"At first I was shocked because I didn't know anything about it. But I discovered that homosexuality is completely natural in some people, so I'm OK with it. ....."It's better for me that he has relationships with men not women," she said.

Its very interesting to see how differently people react towards extramarital relationships. It seems that the notion of 'being faithful' has more to do with 'keeping the agreement' rather then not having sex with other people. And it is when the agreement is broken the relationship suffers.

I would imagine that in a society where a kiss in public is still the cause of angry demonstrations and death calls http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6560371.stm HIV prevention efforts will have a hard time to be taken seriously.