Back Seat: A Mumbai Tale
By Aditya Kripalani.
Description
The DANCE BAR culture is one of the strongest cultural dimensions of Mumbai’s past. On the 15th of August 2005 minister R.R. Patil initiated a ban on Dance Bars citing the demise of dignity as his motivation.Less than a month later, the very girls whose morals so greatly concerned Patil, were newly unemployed, and as the majority continued to be illiterate and have no professional skills, they were also unable to acquire alternative means of sustenance.Despite his initial promise of rehabilitation, Patil retracted, leaving an immigrant population of an estimated 75,000 to choose betwe...
ISBN(s)
1441519459, 9781441519450
