“These are the kind of people that are ruining this profession.”Īlso read: Does watching porn make us better lovers or shrink our brain? “There are others in this profession, especially the college girls, who are doing this just for a more expensive bag or a trendy dress,” Rajni says. While speaking to ThePrint, however, Rajni makes an important distinction between herself and “those who do this for the money”. Her husband continues to think that she makes money from non-sexual massages. Rajni now wants to make enough to open her own massage and make-up salon someday. But the exam was cancelled due to the paper being leaked by what was later found to be a well-oiled syndicate. Last year, she planned to take the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test in the hope of getting a government job. She was months into a doctoral programme when her son suffered the accident. Married at just 16, she went on to earn a masters’ degree in home science from a reputed state university. Little in Rajni’s life had prepared her for these choices. “The kaam (quality of sex) doesn’t matter here,” she says, “but your body should be attractive.” Used with permission | By Special Arrangement Rajni says she needs to keep up a more “maintained” appearance for shoots. The visual work, though, does require some extra inputs. She still makes more money as a sex worker, but the money from porn makes for a good “side income”. While she eventually sidelined most brokers to save on the commissions she’d have to pay, she continued to keep in touch with the “friendly” ones.Īs the pandemic hit, it was one of these “friendly” brokers who presented her with a new earning opportunity - acting in pornographic clips for the internet. Soon, her networks in the unorganised sex trade led Rajni to brokers who would solicit customers for her. Once she moved from phone duties to massages at the spa, Rajni was able to build an independent network of clients for her sexual services. I could not have even paid the children’s school fees with this money.” If I worked more shifts, the maximum amount I could have earned would have been Rs 15,000. “I noticed that the other girls made twice or thrice as much by attending to clients later. “I was in immense financial trouble,” she recalls. She soon realised that the women who massaged the clients were making a lot more money, especially if they provided ‘extra’ sexual services. She landed a job at a massage spa in Lucknow, which involved calling potential customers, apprising them of discount offers, and convincing them to visit the spa. That was when Rajni took her first steps into sex work. Used with permission | By special arrangement Her unemployed husband wasn’t in a position to pitch in her family and friends didn’t want to. She stood in a Lucknow hospital, wondering how she would manage the bills for the treatment of her son, who had suffered third-degree burns in a kitchen accident. In 2019, though, her life was less than picture-perfect. There are photos of her son in a shirt and jeans, and her daughter in a frill white frock. Master’s degree to massage parlours: Rajni’s journey into pornĭressed in a pink and white chiffon saree, with bindi, sindoor , and mangalsutra to match, Rajni, 32, scrolls through her phone. Illustration by Prajna Ghosh | ThePrintĪlso Read: Watching, publishing, sharing pornography: What is a crime in India and what isn’t And she has the unique distinction, amongst all her peers, of never defaulting. Even though it isn’t a lot of money, Rajni doesn’t care.
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