The Indian city of Mumbai, more commonly known as Bombay, is reeling after a recent spate of police crack downs on the cities many bars. The police are going after women who work in these bars, known in Bombay as ?bar girls?, and charging them with obscenity. The police have stated that the move will improve security as the bars are known to be places where men come to try and buy sex or simply pick up the working women. In response to the police actions, around fifty thousand bar girls converged last month to protest. The work of women in bars means they have to constantly ward off advances from customers and patrons and most of them are secretive about their work even with their families for fear of censure and rejection. And as our correspondent, Binu Alex reports from Mumbai, protesting bar-girls fear that if the police raids continue, they will be pushed into the even more unsafe red-light district of the city.
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