Mumbai bars face an uncertain future


  • Letters
  • Monday, 02 May 2005

MUMBAI, the commercial capital of India and the country’s most cosmopolitan city, has been thrown out of kilter by a proposed ban on dance bars.  

More than 75,000 young girls working in 1,500-odd dance bars in Maharashtra face an uncertain future as the ruling Democratic Front Government appears determined to close down all dance bars in the state.  

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