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Dancing in the Dark

Raul Irani Raul Irani 12 May, 2016

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Shalu, a former dancer at an upscale Mumbai dance bar, became a sex worker in Meerut when Maharashtra enforced a ban on dance bars in 2005. Last year, the Supreme Court lifted the ban. The 25-year-old hopes to get back to her dancing days


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