Business is low. At 40, Romila is well past her youth and there are hardly any takers for her. Even if I get a customer, I am paid a pittance. However, she has devised ways to make up for the lost opportunity. Many of them crave for the company of fair sex. And there is no dearth of them. Many of them come from good families.
Romila dismissed the question as a silly one. Paisa kisey bura lagta hai! They are taken to hotels, secluded places or even to some other islands. Or else, I provide them the room for which I charge extra money. Asked if she was not afraid of the police, Romila laughed in derision.
After all they are also human beings. Have you ever heard of any call girl being arrested in the last couple of years? The speed at which our business is progressing, the day is not far when Phuket bound tourists will take a detour to Andaman. According to Romila, the call girl trade is not confined only to Port Blair. However, Romila sought to debunk the poverty theory behind young girls taking to prostitution. Garibi ka idea ekdam bakwas hai. And Romila was not too off the mark. These girls are lured into the profession just for the kick of it.
And all they have to do is to satisfy the carnal desire of their clients or friends. Working parents in nuclear families hardly find any time to interact with their children.
Young impressionable minds then turn to their friends for advice which more often may not be the wise one. Glamour, dazzling life styles of characters shown on the idiot box instills a desire in the young minds to be like them, whatever the price. And there lies the pitfall. Pornographic stuff available on internet just for a click of the button is perhaps the most damaging factor. Social organizations and NGOs have their own mysterious reasons to maintain a studied silence, offering only the lip service.
