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Call centre romeos are ‘a major HIV risk’

[Times - World]

It was not the pay that made Prashant Singh join a call centre in the Delhi satellite town of Noida. It was certainly not the working hours – 6pm to 3am – or the abuse from American callers. “I did it for the girls,” he told <i>The Times </i>as he surveyed the crowd at a popular Delhi nightclub. “When I was living at home, it was hard to date girls. Now it’s easy – I’ve had three girlfriends in the last year.”