The trouble with laws that seek to stamp out any form of expression - from dancing, to music to partying - is that they tend to drive those practices underground - as the Mumbai example shows.
Live bands, which had shut shop two yrs ago, are trying to make a comeback.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/live-bands-trying-to-make-a-comeback-in-bangalore/59067-3.html
It was a system in which even the officials thrived by looking the other way.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ban-no-bar-how-money-flows-through-dance-bars/53734-3.html
State govt says flesh trade at bars eliminated, but racket continues.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/banned-but-business-as-usual-at-dance-bars/53660-3.html
Dance bar owners say the police crackdown is not justified as the SC is hearing their case.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mumbai-cops-step-up-crackdown-on-dance-bars/51542-3.html
Banned Mumbai bar dancers say they will contest BMC elections in a bid to overturn a ban on their nightspots.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mumbai-bar-girls-to-contest-bmc-polls/30368-3.html
Bar dancers of Mumbai could now be answering the call of duty instead of catcalls of customers in a nightclub.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bar-girls-could-dance-to-a-new-tune/17042-3.html
The hearing for the issue of a fresh license to dance bars is scheduled for July 17 and owners are hoping the final victory will be theirs.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dance-bars-owners-await-final-verdict/10052-3.html
Nearly 1,000 women who earn their livelihood by dancing and singing at private parties met Rahul Gandhi and demanded that bars be reopened.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dance-bar-girls-meet-rahul-gandhi/8934-4.html
After the ban on dance bars was lifted in Maharashtra, a jubilant contingent of bar owners celebrated what they termed a victory.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/8187/a-victory-dance-for-bar-owners.html
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set aside the Maharashtra government's legislation which banned the bars in the state on August 15, 2005.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bombay-hc-lifts-ban-on-dance-bars/8167-3.html
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