Like it or Not: 9 Things That Are Banned in India

# Parties in Karnataka with foreign invitees

The Karnataka Government has decided to ban all parties in the state unless the organizers act in accordance with certain rules or unless it's under police supervision.

Some of these include providing the details of the foreigners, permitting the police officials to video graph or photograph the party and barring the tourists from staying back at the location after the event is over.

# Dance Bars

Mumbai alone had 700 dance bars, at their peak in April 2005 when it was banned, though officially only 307 dance bars existed, the rest were illegal, while the figures for rest of the state was 650 dance bars in total. In all they employed 150,000 people, including 75,000 bar girls.

On August 14, 2005, licenses of 1,250 dance bars across Mumbai were banned on the basis that it was bad influence on society and encouraged prostitution.

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