Six nights a week, Aanam Khan (name changed) dresses in a ghaghra-choli for work. She is a bar girl based in Mumbai's Mira Road suburb, and also works in a bar in Mumbai Central on certain days.

Mumbai welcomes 2026 with a high-voltage mix of cruise parties, rooftop countdowns, themed DJ nights, and late-hour celebrations across the city. Here is the list of New Year party and event spots and ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Determined to reveal the India behind the glitz and glamour of its economic boom, Sonia Faleiro spent five years immersed in the brothels of Mumbai - befriending bar dancers, ...