Tarannum bar dancer biography
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'I never thought I-T raid can happen in my profession'
Bar dancer Tarannum Khan Interview
'I always knew them (bookies) as my customers and nothing else. I have no idea about any cricketer coming to the bar and meeting me'
Why did you get into this profession and how?
The circumstances were not good. My family was dying of hunger. After passing out from Higher Secondary school and completing my Advance Diploma in Computer Education (ADCE) I did many menial jobs, but it was not enough to meet both meals and the medical expenses of my ailing parents. Hence I took to bar dancing.
Since how long have you been working in dance bars?
Since last seven years.
How much money have you been earning every day?
Rs 8,000 to 10,000
Why did you store so much of money in your home?
I never thought Income Tax raid can happen in my profession. It was my hard earned money. They have taken the money which I had saved in all these years.
What about the allegations about your underworld and the bookies connection?
The allegations are all false. There is not even an iota of truth in it.
But there are allegations that the bookies were frequent visitors to your bar and you were in touch with them?
I always knew them as my customers and no
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Dancing in the Dark All over Again
Fatima, 45 years old, is seated on a mattress laid out on a floor with a garishly printed carpet. Three plastic chairs are strewn around. To the far left of the mattress is an earthen pot filled with water. There’s a steel glass floating near the top. The small rented room is located in Malvani, a northern suburb of Mumbai. There are three young girls seated near Fatima. They all seem to be around 15 years of age and their faces are caked with make-up.
“Arre tu bahut hi kauli hai. Thoda body bana le phir dekhenge (You are too young. Let your body fill in and then you come back),” says Fatima, dismissing the first girl. The other two meet her standards. They will work as dancers at a well-known dance bar in Borivali East in suburban Mumbai. Each of the girls will give Fatima, a recruiter for dance bars in the city, a one-time payment of Rs 2,000. Demand for her recruitment services has shot up with the Supreme Court order of 26 November, which dismissed an appeal by the Maharashtra government to ban dance bars in the city. In 2005, the then state government had closed down dance bars calling it an ‘evil influence’ that broke up families. About 2,500 bars, including 350 licensed ones, had to shut shop and 150,0
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Tarannum Khan (Bar Dancer) Brand, Boyfriend, Next of kin, Biography & More
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