Prostitution, the hateful disease of society, is also a creation of the vaeshyas.⁽¹⁾ Excessive wealth leads them to incontinence and debauchery on the one hand, and poverty forces women to take to this sinful path on the other hand. In India, this sinful trade has been banned by law, but every right-thinking person knows that, in the present situation, it cannot be stopped. Prostitutes who used to live in forbidden localities before are now leaving them in fear of the law and rehabilitating themselves in respectable localities. So the sin which was once confined to particular areas is now spreading to different neighbourhoods. If India is to be freed from this sin, the vaeshya social system must be terminated because eighty percent of the cause is economic injustice. Of course, where people indulge in prostitution due to bad education or mean propensities, it will continue even after economic injustice is rooted out. So, instead of framing new laws to remove social injustice, the vaeshya system of exploitation should be eradicated. Instead of a legal ban, moderation and virtue should be encouraged and disseminated. In a vaeshya predominant society attractive laws are framed to gain popular support and applause. The laws are never enforced, however, as that would create problems for the vaeshyas in the sphere of exploitation.

Footnotes

(1) Vaeshya is a social class reflecting capitalist mentality. The Vaeshya Age refers to the period in history when the vaeshyas dominated the society. –Trans.