A 5 am stroll. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A stroll through the red-light district is not everybody’s cup of tea. Definitely not so early in the winter morning when it is still dark. Even so. You could start your walk from Hanuman Mandir where the young priest is preparing for the morning aarti, and the temple cow is already awake. Further ahead, a few sex workers are lounging in a corridor that runs along the entire stretch, awaiting customers. One woman in a shawl is perched alongside a small fire rustled up from twigs and paper scraps. Introducing herself as Julie, she says her work shift “normally begins at midnight, and I’ll return to my kamra (room) one hour later.” She gestures