MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in ...

Six nights a week, Aanam Khan (name changed) dresses in a ghaghra-choli for work. She is a bar girl based in Mumbai's Mira Road suburb, and also works in a bar in Mumbai Central on certain days.

Navi Mumbai: In the early hours of Sunday morning, shocking footage from a spy camera revealed blatant violations of bar regulations at Red Rose Bar & Resto in Nerul. The incident, recorded around ...

Mumbai: In a late-night crackdown, police raided two illegal dance bars in Andheri and Sakinaka, where bar girls were found performing obscene dances while customers showered them with currency notes.

The tone of Rashmi’s voice on the other side of the phone was one of happiness. She sounded really excited and engaged me in an animated conversation for a few minutes. “I have gotten a new life and ...

The small lanes and alleyways through Mumbai's red-light district are hideous and creepy. It is evening rush hour in Kamathipura and hundreds of sex workers are dressed for the night. With plastic ...

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 45, No. 44/45 (OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 12, 2010), pp. 48-55 (8 pages) With the case against the ban on dance bars in Mumbai still pending in the Supreme Court, this ...

The tone of Rashmi’s voice on the other side of the phone was one of happiness. She sounded really excited and engaged me in an animated conversation for a few minutes. “I have gotten a new life and ...