Bar girls dancing for money in goa..Margao, Colva.. You can see people throwing/showering money notes on them.
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Following is the article written by Daya Sagar Sharma titled Why ban only dance bars, there are many other trades ?? and published in americanchronicle.com on January 03, 2008.
Acts that are termed as immoral are those that adversely affect the quality of life and social standards of a community and hence ultimately even the economy and security of a country.
It is a hard fact that the forced prostitution, the illegal extra marital sexual relations and the like activities not only affect the participants but also adversely affect other members of the society. And ofcourse the social moral values and ethical sensitivity of the members of the society too fall. More dangers emerge when the youth gets involved in such affairs and the new generation cares more for material lust than social lust. The hazards to health and adverse economic affects on the education & nutrition levels of the other family members of those involved result damage to the overall growth and economy of any country . The security and economic growth of any society is badly affected under such conditions. It is here where comes the need to worry seriously.
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The Maharashtra government in India is planning to approach the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court’s decision of lifting the ban on dance bars in the state.
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The Maharashtra Government’s 2005 move to ban dance bars had created a furore. At issue was the livelihood of 500,000 people, including dancers, owners and bar hands, in this Rs 1500-crore unorganized industry, besides the dangers of moral policing.
On July 22, 2005 a bill was adopted by the Maharashtra State Assembly banning dance bars across the state. Starting August 15, 2005, the ban was implemented across Maharashtra.
Bar girls were forced to turn to the Gulf, other states, waiting tables, dancing at mujras, or, in many cases, outright prostitution in order to survive. Some have even committed suicide in despair, as rehabilitation by the state has not been forthcoming. The dance bars themselves had to attempt to make ends meet by hosting live singing troupes or live bands.
However, on April 12, 2006, a Maharashtra state high court ruled the ban unconstitutional and gave the state eight weeks to file its case with the Supreme Court.
—-Analysis of Vimla Patil in tribuneindia.com follows ——
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Girls are imported from the subcontinent to keep alive the mujra nightclubs in London
Ishara Bhasi in London investigates in the traditional dance of Lust: Mujra in India, Pakistan and abroad.
It was a night that London socialite Sonam Manchanda (name changed) wanted her guests to remember forever. What better than to have a Meena Kumari lookalike light up her wedding anniversary celebration in Pakeezah style? With this pretty image in mind, Manchanda set out to realise her novel idea-a mujra (a traditional form of Indian dance) party.
But several days of scouting for her dancers-in forbidden clubs with dubious customers in the underbelly of London-dashed her hopes and brought her back to reality. What she came upon were large numbers of vulgarly dressed Asian women offering titillating jerks to raunchy Bollywood numbers. There was neither musical tradition adhered to nor any classical dance steps to speak of. Disillusioned, Manchanda settled for a kathak performance from a reputed dance school for the anniversary soiree.
Manchanda may have spurned the mujra performers in disgust, but obviously these young dancing girls-mostly exports from India and Pakistan-attract a different kind of clientele. Besides performing at mujra clubs that dot the road in the Wembley area of west London and along Rumford Road in east London, the girls also dance at private parties at posh homes. Their popularity spreads by word of mouth. For the girls, the dance form is a means of livelihood but for those who run these clubs it is lucrative business. Says Imran Ali, who used to run such a club for years: “Mujras are big in Pakistan. When we realised that Asians here also wanted to go to mujra parties, we started getting girls from Pakistan and India. You can make a lot of money … there is a lot of demand.”
Girls from India and Pakistan, hoping for jobs, are brought to the UK on entertainment visas usually valid only for three months. Official documents show that the girls are dancers by profession. Sometimes a group of girls may be sighted at London’s townhalls where they also act in “dramas” of dubious taste. While some girls hail from places where mujras are traditionally danced, others take the flight to these clubs, operated by organised gangs, with a dream of making it big in the entertainment industry without comprehending what they are getting into. In Pakistan, where acting in films is not considered respectable, girls seeking a break in showbusiness perform in these clubs as a first step. Some actually get the break they are looking for. “The girl who performed a mujra at my wedding later became a pop star in Pakistan. They all want to make it big in show business,” says Ali, who decided to close shop because of frequent fights between gangsters at the parties. Soliciting customers is not unheard of at such venues. Ali is blunt about it: “They are not forced into prostitution, but if they want to no one stops them. It is their personal business.” Club owners reportedly prefer girls with a mujra background as they don’t usually interfere with their business or demand more money.
THE VICIOUS RACKET
MODUS OPERANDI: Girls from India and Pakistan are brought to the United Kingdom on short-term entertainment or work visas. The official documents show that these girls are dancers by profession.ORGANISED CRIME: Many of the mujra clubs are operated by organised Asian gangs, adding to the law and order problems in UK.
IMBALANCE OF TRADE: The club owners take 70 per cent of the money that is earned. The rest is shared between the dancers and the band that usually plays raunchy Bollywood “item” numbers.
CAREER DREAMS: Many girls travel to the UK to get a foothold in showbusiness. They consider the mujra clubs as the first step in their careers. Some of the mujra performers have actually got the breaks they were looking for and have ventured into music and films.
Mujra clubs have thrived in London, Bradford and Birmingham for several years but only came into the limelight with the discovery of businessman Tahir Butt’s body in his burnt-out Mitsubishi Pajero in March 1999. At first it was thought his murder was linked to a drug war, but a probe revealed a mujra connection.
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Sweet, sexy Pakistani girl dance in classroom.
The banned exotic dance Mujra is being organised in secret locations in the city attended by the rich and mighty while flesh trade is thriving in the guise of tawaif and girls are being sent abroad to entertain guests.
Though it is legally banned, the mujra, one of the Indian subcontinent’s most beautiful and ancient dance forms, is being performed secretly among the high class society in posh localities in the city. The exotic dance was banned as it became less artistic and more seductive especially in stage shows.
There are about seven mujra organisers having sensuous girls with them. Even the bar dancers are now learning mujra dancing as the income is high and they get good customers. The organisers charge anything between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh from the customers depending on the manner of the party.
Years ago Mahabub-ki-Mehendi (beloved’s bleach) was famous for tawaif (women who perform mujra) and kota (place where mujra is performed). During the tenure of the sixth Nizam, Mehboob Ali Pasha, Mahabub-ki-Mehendi was famous for singing and dancing and high class people used to send their sons to kota to learning tehazeeb (manners). The tawaif used to teach them how to talk to and behave with the elders that was considered as most important in those days.
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