 Stanly and Parashu, as they are known popularly, were government officials and district coordinators of the Total Literacy Project, who, while interacting with villagers in the Mysore district, came across women who were ignored and shunned because they were sex workers.This led them to give up their jobs and start the Odanadi Seva Samasthe.Since its establishment, Odanadi Seva Samasthe has organised and undertaken over a dozen rescue-operations, propelled by the active involvement of sex workers.