She said that when she first came, there were mostly Nepali girls working there, and a Nepali gharwali. Now both Indians and Nepalis work together. Despite the fact that Tara was herself an unwilling victim of the industry, she was caught in the system for nearly twenty years and is now a senior woman with management responsibilities. Her testimony, bitter whenreferring to the past or to women who have managed to escape, was generally sympathetic to her gharwali with whom she probably shares a similar history. The fact that she has not attempted to return to Nepal or to open her own establishment suggests that she has not escaped the cycle of debt.
Money is everything.
It gets you acceptance in the village. There is no one in Nepal who does not know about Bombay and this business, not one person in Nepal. The gharwali is good to the girls and does not harm them. She makes the food arrangements, takes care of their needs. Brothel inmates report being coached to give stock answers to questions from investigators and curious customers, and oft-repeated success stories help keep inmates striving to earn money.