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Young girls, working as prostitutes, wait for customers on the National Highway in Madhya Pradesh. The girls are from the Bacchara community, who, as dalits - or untouchables - are excluded from mainstream society. Their involvement in commercial sex work increases their "untouchable" stigma which leads to them being further ostracised. The money that these young girls earn as prostitutes is far more than the miniscule amounts earnt by dalit farmers, which leads to many girls being forced into prostitution by their families.