Description

A Hooker’s Friend by Siddharth Sharma is a haunting, deeply human exploration of the lives lived behind the dim red lights of India’s brothels. Told through the wandering lens of Bob—a blind yet all-seeing photographer—this novel is a journey through the forgotten alleys of the subcontinent, where intimacy, injustice, humor, and heartbreak coexist.

From Kamathipura to Sonagachi, GB Road to Budhwar Pet, Bob walks, listens, and captures stories untold—of women hardened by fate, of moments both tender and terrifying, and of a man seeking love in the margins.

Unflinching and lyrical, A Hooker’s Friend is not about sex. It’s about survival. About seeing the unseen. About the lives society turns away from—and the strange, aching friendships that bloom in the shadows.

This is not a story of redemption. This is a story of belonging.