Nalini Jameela

VOICE OF SAD

Nalini Jameela says in her book, The Autobiography of a Sex Worker (Oru Lymgikathozhilaliyude Atmakadha), "Prostitution is a service".

Nalini Jameela is a Malayali writer from God's own country who has set a record of sorts in the publishing world. She is a sex-worker. But like Ms. Roy, she has used her story to talk about the hitherto silent lot.

Writing about her life in the book, Nalini has finally given a community, usually depicted only in cinema by beautiful actresses in de-glamorised roles, a "real" voice.

“One of the reasons I wanted to write the book was to share my experiences of discrimination. There is also no voice from within the community that talks about us. I wanted to say loudly that I am a sex-worker,'' she said to press

"I have no regrets. I did have a problem with one of my daughters who was very unhappy once I wrote the book as everyone found out that I was a sex-worker. If I had not become a sex-worker, then I would not have become a social worker, an educator, a filmmaker or a writer.”