In Mumbai, shapely women dance away to blaring Bollywood numbers under colorful lights in a hazy air-conditioned atmosphere as clients, mainly youth, wealthy businessmen or tourists, shower them with currency notes. Or at least they did. The interactive sessions with the dancers came to a sudden stop last week throughout the southern state of Maharashtra, where the bluenoses managed to push through a controversial law banning performances of dancers in all of the state’s hotels, bars and restaurants. That has civil rights activists and women’s organizations up in arms.
India’s Morality Police Get Into Action Again
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India’s Morality Police Get Into Action Again
In Mumbai, shapely women dance away to blaring Bollywood numbers under colorful lights in a hazy air-conditioned atmosphere as clients, mainly youth, wealthy businessmen or tourists, shower them with currency notes. Or at least they did. The interactive sessions with the dancers came to a sudden stop last week throughout the southern state of Maharashtra, where the bluenoses managed to push through a controversial law banning performances of dancers in all of the state’s hotels, bars and restaurants. That has civil rights activists and women’s organizations up in arms.