Do you think dance bars in India should be closed?

Yet again, India faces the challenge of another society-conforming issue that ignites huge morality debates and threatens change. Though one of most highly populated countries in the world, the women in India are deprived of basic education for. Though one of the largest countries in Asia, the country lacks the advocacy of basic women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. In 2005, the India government banned dance bars in Maharashtra. 8 years later, the state is exploring options to overturn the ban. I firmly challenge the effectiveness of this court ruling, and strongly disagree that the dance bars in India should be closed. Recognizing the fact that dance bars were closed on the grounds that they were major prospering breeding grounds for crimes and prostitution, I will discuss my point of view on this court ruling in this essay. Firstly, dancing is a part of the countrys cultural uniqueness and plays a huge role in establishing Indias identity. Personally, I always relate the intriguing belly dancing to the country. The entertainment industry in Bollywood is rapidly expanding and these dances, which may be performed in nightclubs or dance bars, are fast becoming a fresh, new, modern and appealing type of dance, possibly alongside with ballet and hip hop. By closing the dance bars, we are not only incapable of fully eradicating the problem, but also selfishly taking away part of Indias culture/ Secondly, by closing down dance bars, we are affecting the livelihood of an estimated number of 75,000 girls due to unemployment. In dance bars, boisterous customers shower the girls with cash, and the girls do what they are asked to, unwillingly or not, degrading the dignity of females. However, in a society like India, where the uneducated females are unable to seek for any other jobs, women are content with their jobs in the dance bars. Survival is, now, more important than their dignity. In addition, as they lose their jobs, some may resort to prostitution to earn money or even suicide, with no other choice to make. Lastly, the closing down of dance bars will only breed illegal bars, to meet the demand of prostitution in India. The wealthy and higher echelons of the society are frequent patrons of prostitution dens and their constant supply of money is enough to fund the sustenance of prostitution. This, in turn, will lead to even more ongoing crimes and prostitution, as the police can no longer do checks on these bars or carry out official moral policing. Thus, inevitably leading to more problems in the future. Opposing critics may argue that the numbers of girls left unemployed are simply sacrifices for a society revamp that in the long run, will benefit the future generations of young girls and protect them from suffering the same way. However, the negative effects are far more than just addressing the welfare of the insignificant 75,000 girls in India. I feel, that the way to eradicate this problem is to solve it at the root education. With education, women can then search for higher-paying jobs, which are knowledgebased. The government can also play their part by carrying out educational programs and employment investments, to provide women with a decent-paying job to sustain their livelihood. This way, they will not resort to having to work in dance bars, not to mention, prostitution. With that all said, there is nothing we are capable of to change this situation around. As a reader of the article, it only saddens me that women in India are facing different fates from us, suffering from this predicament. Though I strongly oppose the closing down of dance bars due to the many negative effects it brings about, I truly hope that the government, the people of India, and the world can work together to save future India, to protect more females from diving into this labyrinth of adversity.