In India, the law stands up for 'bad women'

July 20, 2013 21:32

Earlier this week, Supreme Court delivered a judgment that privileged the right to work over the censure of social morality worked into law, a decision that most of all impacted the future of a substantial class of indigent but enterprising women.

The court overturned a 2005 decision by the government of Maharashtra to outlaw one of Mumbai's most famous institutions: the dance bar.

In their heyday, only a decade ago, these bars offered an unusual employment option to close to 100,000 dancers who drew hordes of excited locals and tourists to cabaret shows every night and made Mumbai's nightlife as exciting as that of any other metropolis in the world.

Many of the women were middle- or low-caste, unschooled and unskilled, yet by virtue of their profession, they often had the pride of being the sole breadwinners in their families.

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