In India, prostitution (the exchange of sexual services for money) is legal under certain conditions, and a number of related activities, including soliciting in a public place, kerb crawling, owning or managing a brothel, pimping and pandering, are crimes. Experts estimate that there could be as many as 500,000 women in prostitution in Bombay.

According to the report of Aids control board, Mumbai is the country’s biggest sex industry.

Universities and student bodies may repeatedly – and quite rightly – counsel young women about the dangers of, say, walking home alone after a night out.

Mumbai Sex Guide (Bombay Sex Guide) advises where to find sex, working girls, prostitution, street hookers, brothels, red-light districts, sex shops, prostitutes, erotic massage parlors, strip clubs and escorts in Mumbai, India.

But, if you're seeing a son off to university this autumn term, there's something far more valuable to bestow upon your boy than a bag load of pots and pans.Red-light areas in Mumbai: Kamathipura - The largest and best-known red-light district is Kamathipura in Mumbai.