Sixty thousand rupees - that's how much you can buy a virgin for in Mumbai. For this amount, the girl's own family will happily sell her virginity, and call it a shaadi or wedding. But, if the buyer actually wants to keep the girl as his bride, he will have to pay her a monthly salary. If not, the family will push the girl into prostitution to support them, all under the guise of 'tradition'.

The virgin trade is alive and thriving in Mumbai, where families come from all over the country to sell their daughters and sisters to the highest bidders. They quote rates anywhere between Rs 60,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh for the girls' virginity. In many cases, the girls are underage: as young as 16, if not younger.