India's dancing girls step out to protest at club crackdown

From: Belfast Telegraph | Date: April 5, 2005| Author: Elizabeth Davies | Copyright information

Hundreds of dancing girls and bar owners took to the streets yesterday to demonstrate against a decision to close the infamous dance bars and clubs of Maharashtra in west India. Crowds of colourfully dressed women and vociferous bar managers swamped the roads in an attempt to register their discontent with a move which they claim is discriminatory and incompatible with the state's reputation as a haven for hedonistic partying.Local authorities announced the immediate closure last week, denoun...

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