DesiPundit

I thought we had heard all the horror stories about prostitution in India - the kidnapping of girls, the inhuman conditions, the lack of opportunities to escape all this, the HIV risk.. Now there is another  - Cynic in Wonderland points to the dangerous practice of injecting hormones in pre-teen girls in Pune to make them appear older and more mature.

What are the people who burn buses for kissing in public doing about this?

The mixture of estrogens and testosterone is dangerous, (and often lethal) is forcibly given to these girls (considerately called ‘vitamins’ if you please) supposedly for the better health of the girls – but probably for the continued health of the pimps. ‘Fresh girls’ who actually look much older, have a dual advantage – on one hand, they are more ‘marketable’ and probably fetch a better price ; and on the other hand, they are also less likely to attract the attention of cops or social service workers.