g_b Re: [GB] Happy New Year

[Sanjay Lulla]

HAMAZOR HAMA USHO BED !

may the HUMATA HUKTA & HAVARSHTA always be with you and guide you to ASHA.

Happy Pateti & Noveroz Mobarak to all Parsi friends and also to prospective 
little bawajees who have their impending Navjot soon :-)
little prince-Sanjay N Lulla 





From: asfan 
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com; gaybom...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:35:31 AM
Subject: [GB] Happy New Year

  
Wishing all Zoroastrian Bawajis, Iranis and the whole wide world a happy Pateti 
(18th - the last day of the outgoing year) and Naoroze Mubarak (19th - the New 
Year). Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.
 
A few years ago while posting these greetings I had expressed the wish that 377 
be relegated to the limbo.  Well, it has nearly happened and if the Supreme 
Court, in its wisdom, does the needful it would be wonderful.  My kudos once 
again to all responsible for it.

asfan 


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Re: g_b HARE KRISHNA ...

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

So Krishna, whoever she is, should be the target of our activism...!!!

2009/8/14 Nishant Jain 

>
>
> If things are happening according to ur wish,u r lucky,
> but if not,
> ITS HAPPENING ACCORDING TO KRISHNA'S WISH…
>
> Jai Shri Krishna...
>
> Happy Janmashtami
>
> 
>



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g_b Intimate partners now at risk from HIV - Danton Remoto

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-analysis/08/17/09/intimate-partners-now-risk-hiv-danton-remoto

Intimate partners now at risk from HIV - Danton Remoto

*REMOTE CONTROL | DANTON REMOTO* | 08/18/2009 12:51 AM

BALI, INDONESIA – If you think that having an intimate partner will always
keep you safe from contracting HIV, better think again.

More women from the Asia-Pacific region – housewives and career women –are
contracting HIV from their intimate partners. These women are either
married, or have long-term relationships with men who engage in high-risk
sexual behavior. These behavior are found in men who have sex with men
(MSM), injecting drug users, and clients of female sex workers.

These findings are contained in a new report by UNAIDS, its co-sponsors and
civil society partners entitled *HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner
Relationships in Asia*, released at the 9th International Congress on AIDS
in Asia and the Pacific, being held in the island resort of Bali until
tomorrow.

Men who buy sex are the largest infected population group. Many of them are
married – or are about to get married. This puts a significant number of
women, often perceived as “low risk” because they only have sex with their
husbands or long-term partners, at risk of HIV infection. In the
Philippines, data from the AIDS and HIV Registry of the Dept. of Health show
that male Overseas Filipino Workers constitute one-third of reported HIV
infections every month. Some of them have infected their home-bound wives as
well.

The United Nations report estimates that more than 90% of the 1.7 million
women living with HIV in Asia got it from their husbands or partners in
long-term relationships. By 2008, women constituted 35% of all adult HIV
infections in Asia, up from 17% in 1990.

“HIV prevention programs focused on the female sex partners of men with
high-risk behaviors still have not found a place in the national HIV plans
and priorities of Asian countries,” said Dr. Prasada Rao, Director, UNAIDS
Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific. “Integration of reproductive
health programs with AIDS programs and the delivery of joint services to
rural and semi-urban women is the key to reducing HIV transmission among
female partners.”

To prevent HIV transmission among intimate partner relationships, the UNAIDS
report outlines four recommendations. First, HIV prevention interventions
must be scaled up for MSM, injecting drug users, and clients of female sex
workers, and should emphasize the importance of protecting their regular
female partners.

Second, structural interventions should address the needs of vulnerable
women and their male sexual partners. This includes expanding reproductive
health programs to include services for male sexual health.

Third, HIV prevention interventions among mobile populations and migrants
should be scaled up and include components to protect intimate partners. And
last, operational research must be conducted to better understand the
dynamics of HIV transmission among intimate partners.

In the Philippines, men who have sex with men (MSM) who practice unsafe sex
alternate with OFWs as the groups most vulnerable to contracting HIV. This
situation is also found in the rest of Asia, where 90% of MSM in the
Asia-Pacific have no access to HIV prevention and care.

If nothing is done about this situation, the spread of HIV in this
vulnerable population will escalate sharply in the very near future.
Moreover, legal frameworks across the region need a dramatic and urgent
overhaul to allow public-health sectors to reach out to MSM. The
consequences could very well go beyond MSM to affect the general population.

This warning came at a high level symposium, “Overcoming Legal Barriers to
Comprehensive Prevention Among Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender
People in Asia and the Pacific” held at the 9th ICAAP. It was co-hosted by
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asia Pacific
Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM).

“In order to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and
support and realize the Millennium Development Goals, we must facilitate an
enabling legal environment and human rights based HIV policies and programs
for MSM and transgender (TG),” said Jeffrey O’Malley, Global Director of
UNDP’s HIV Group, among the speakers at the symposium. “This will mean
stepping up our investment in legal and social programs that address stigma
and discrimination directed at MSM and TG.”

Professor Vitit Muntharbrhorn of Chulalongkorn University and one of the
convenors of the 2006 Yogyakarta Principles of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) Rights said: “One of the challenges for overcoming
barriers to prevent HIV is to promote the formulation of humane laws and
policies that enable people to participate in addressing the disease in a
cooperative manner, rather than driving those living with HIV underground.
The latter approach is counterproductive, since it ma

g_b Happy New Year

[asfan]

Wishing all Zoroastrian Bawajis, Iranis and the whole wide world a happy Pateti 
(18th - the last day of the outgoing year) and Naoroze Mubarak (19th - the New 
Year). Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.
 
A few years ago while posting these greetings I had expressed the wish that 377 
be relegated to the limbo.  Well, it has nearly happened and if the Supreme 
Court, in its wisdom, does the needful it would be wonderful.  My kudos once 
again to all responsible for it.

asfan


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g_b DNA: Gay march demands ‘freedom’

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_gay-march-demands-freedom_1282934

  **   *Daily News & Analysis*
   Monday, August 17, 2009 2:21:00 AM*Permission to reprint or copy this
article or photo must be obtained from www.3dsyndication.com.*   Gay march
demands ‘freedom’   Ashutosh Shukla / DNA

“Hum sab alag hain fir bhi ek hain,” the chanting of slogan through the
march by people summed up the reason for which thousands had gathered. The
Gay Pride Parade or the Queer Azadi March held on Sunday witnessed over
1,000 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community
and allied who had come in support for their social acceptance.

Dressed in ethnic costumes, wearing feather caps and carrying flags that
identified the queer community, the crowd opposed the petition in the
supreme court that indents to strike down the July 2 Delhi High Court order
that decriminalised gay sex by holding the section 377 unconstitutional,
which made consenting sex between two adults a crime.

“I am here because we want to tell people that section 377 is illegal and in
violation of human rights,” said Deepak Patil, a gay for 32 years. “Back in
1978 we were banned from social life and there was no space for us. It is
not just about legal issues. We feel that there has to be a social
acceptance about it too. We want issues like gay marriages, adoption and
succession to be brought into the parameters of normal communication too.”

“There are a few people who may be open with it, but it is no better now
too. My parents do not know yet of me being a gay. I wasn’t here last year
because I was not confident. People in the world are not aware of just how
big the number of gay community is. We are here to show support and lend
voice to our rights,” said Raja Bagga, 21 year old banker who was part of
the parade.

Anand Grover of Lawyer’s Collective, who fought the case at the High Court
said, “Police are prosecuting gay sex and that is what we want to stop.”

Calling gay sex a matter of pride, Ashok Raw Kavi of Humsafar Trust said,
“The parade is an exhibition of our pride and the choice we have made. We
have chosen to do it a day after Independence Day because we seek our
independence too.”

g_b TOI: Rallying to change mindsets, dispel phobia

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/mumbai/Rallying-to-change-mindsets-dispel-phobia/articleshow/4900047.cms

  Rallying to change mindsets, dispel
phobiaShibu Thomas & Kshitij Bisen, TNN 17 August 2009, 01:26am IST  MUMBAI:
Over a month and a half after the Delhi high court decriminalised
homosexuality, Mumbai saw the country's biggest pride march on Sunday
afternoon. A riot of colours stretched the road from August Kranti Maidan to
Chowpatty beach-Gay boys in their best summer clothes, some even wearing a
traditional mundu, lesbians arm in arm with their partners, hijras in
colourful finery, a transsexual donning a tiara, accompanied by a troupe of
Karagattam dancers from Tamil Nadu.

Shobha Doshi, a housewife in her 50s, stood out among the colourful wigs
with a banner that read "Proud Mother of a Gay Son''. Doshi had come from
Mulund, despite the fact that her son is presently abroad living with his
gay partner. "I wanted to support not just my son, but others too,'' she
said adding, "A gay child faces discrimination and disapproval from society,
and it it is very important that the parents tell them that they will always
be there for them.''

Another parent from south Mumbai, who had accompanied her lesbian daughter
and her friends, got into the spirit shouting slogans of azaadi. "It was a
shock when my daughter came out to me, but then I realised that I have to
support her.''

Not just parents, gays and lesbians were accompanied by their siblings,
friends and even co-workers. Actor Celina Jaitley who flagged off the annual
march for the second time in a row came in memory of her gay friend who had
passed away some years ago. For Colaba resident Sonu Bhora, the march was
another occasion to hang out with her gay colleague and show her support.

Veteran gay activist Ashok Row Kavi set the tone right at the start of the
parade. "This is for the first time in India that the LGBT (lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgendered) community is marching not as criminals, but as
citizens with equal rights.''

With the battle to read down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that
criminalised homosexuals meeting with success, the focus has now shifted to
the society. "The movement has to now go beyond 377 and towards changing the
mindset of the society and battling homophobia,'' said Professor Nandini
Sardesai, who had come with her Media Studies students to study the gay sub
culture for a class assignment.

For the first timers, the Queer Azadi March presented not just an explosion
of sights and sounds, but also the feeling of freedom-to be able to walk
without the fear of being singled out as pariahs. Pinark Patel, who flew
down from Ahmedabad to attend the parade, said, "I wish a similar drive is
undertaken in Ahmedabad. These events will help liberate more people."

Vishal Rao, a graphic designer and a Mira Road resident, joined the parade
along with his partner, Rohit Mohankumar. For them, the parade signified all
that they have been striving for. After coming out to their respective
families, they have been trying to lead a life together in a city that can
be as harsh as it is welcoming. "The pride on each face gave us hope and a
feeling of solidarity," said Rao.

The organisers ensured that it was also very `green' march. Sophie Paris, a
Belgian now based in Mumbai was with a band of volunteers tailing the march
collecting pamphlets and bottles that had been left. "While we are fighting
for our human rights, it is also important that we do not harm the
environment,'' said Sophie.

g_b DNA: International AIDS meet lauds Delhi HC ruling

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_international-aids-meet-lauds-delhi-hc-ruling_1282933

  **   *Daily News & Analysis*
   Monday, August 17, 2009 2:06:00 AM*Permission to reprint or copy this
article or photo must be obtained from www.3dsyndication.com.*   International
AIDS meet lauds Delhi HC ruling   Mayura Janwalkar / DNA

The Delhi High Court’s landmark ruling decriminalising sex between two
consenting adult homosexuals was applauded at the ninth International
Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held in Nusa Dua, Bali, last week.


At a high-level symposium on ‘Overcoming legal barriers to comprehensive
prevention among men who have sex with men (MSMs) and transgender (TG)
people in Asia and the Pacific’ it was revealed that 90% of MSM in Asia
Pacific do not have access to HIV prevention and care services, and if
interventions are not urgently intensified, the spread of HIV in the region
will escalate sharply.

“In order to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and
support, we must facilitate an enabling legal environment and human
rights-based HIV policies and programmes for MSM and TG,” Jeffrey O’Malley,
global director of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) HIV
Group, said at the symposium. “This will mean stepping up our investment in
legal and social programmes, which effectively address stigma and
discrimination directed at MSM and TG.” The symposium was hosted by UNDP and
Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (Apcom).

Currently, 20 countries in the Asia Pacific region criminalise male to male
sex, and these laws are often translated into vigilantism, leading to abuse
and human rights violations. “Structural barriers significantly increase the
vulnerability of MSM and TG to HIV infection and have an immense adverse
effect on their health and human rights,” a UNDP press release said.
“Developing alliances between affected communities, the legal profession,
human rights bodies, parliamentarians and policy makers is critical.”

g_b Bollywood's Hottest Poet Feroze Shakir on Ashok Row Kavi

[Aditya Bondyopadhyay]

http://firozeshakir.blogspot.com/2009/08/ashok-row-kavi-reflects.html

 Sunday, August 16, 2009 Ashok Row Kavi
Reflects
 
Ashok Row Kavi Reflects,
originally uploaded by firoze shakir




born in 1947
independently
introspectively
a kavi reflects
ups and downs
no side effects
man is a man
because of his
human defects
ashok row kavi
watches the world
through his specs
a battle won in delhi
against the hate
of a politico-religious nexus
artice 377
a pain in the ass
a noose
searching a neck
a curse on humanity
article 377
how many
homes hearts
it has wrecked



about ashok row kavi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Row_Kavi

Ashok Row Kavi is an Indian journalist and one of India's most prominent
LGBT rights activists.

He was born in Mumbai on June 1, 1947 as a premature child. He graduated
with honors in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. Later, he dropped
out of engineering college. Due to his early difficulty in dealing with his
homosexuality, he enrolled as a Hindu monk in the Ramakrishna Mission and
studied theology.[1] He has also studied at the International School of
Journalism, Berlin, Germany.

In a journalism career spanning 18 years, he worked in various newspapers
and magazines, including India’s largest circulated newspaper ‘Malayala
Manorama’ (as Western India Bureau-Chief), ‘Sunday Mail’ and ‘The Daily’.
For six years he was also senior reporter covering Science and Technology in
‘The Indian Express’ group of newspapers. His career as a journalist began
in 1974 with The Indian Express and was the chief reporter with the Free
Press Journal from 1984 to 1989.

In 1971, he started India's first Playboy clone, Debonair, with friend
Anthony Van Braband and later in 1990, he founded Bombay Dost, Mumbai's
first gay magazine. He was a representative at the International AIDS
Conference in Amsterdam and served as chairman of the Second International
Congress on AIDS.

Although he retired from journalism in 1990, he has worked at providing a
formal platform for homosexuals –- people usually left out of mainstream
life in a socially conservative India –- become actively involved in public
life and institutions through media, advocacy, cooperation and
community-building.

Row Kavi was the first person (and for a long time the only person) to
openly talk about homosexuality and gay rights in India. His first coming
out interview appeared in Savvy magazine in 1986. Incidentally, his mother,
Shobha Row Kavi, too gave an interview to the same magazine; it was the
first time that a mother spoke about her son’s homosexuality to the Indian
media.

At the present, he is founder-chairperson of the Humsafar Trust, a male
sexual health NGO, which also agitates for the legal emancipation of
homosexuality in India. The trust’s work comprises community work, outreach
into the gay and MSM groups, advocacy on gender and sexuality issues
concerning sexual minorities and research into sexuality and gender issues.
Besides running several intervention programmes (funded by national and
international organizations and many private donors) for HIV/AIDS and
sexually transmitted infections in Mumbai and Goa, Row Kavi and the trust
have been lobbying with policy making bodies as well as supporting similar
upcoming groups across the country.

In 1998, Row Kavi received a fellowship to design model questionnaires in
the MSM sector at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University
of California, San Francisco. Row Kavi has been a participant in various
international and national fora, including the ICAAPs and the International
HIV/AIDS Conferences, where he has made at least five oral presentations. As
head of Humsafar, he has also organized the first ‘Looking into the Next
Millennium’ conference of 32 MSM NGOs in Mumbai in May 2001 and co-organized
the first ILGA-Asia conference in Mumbai in October 2002.

Row Kavi has been a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines and
journals around the world, on homosexuality, gay rights and issues around
HIV/AIDS.

Row Kavi is also NGO representative, Executive Committee, Mumbai District
AIDS Control Society (MDACS); member, Technical Resource Group, Targeted
Interventions, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO); visiting faculty
at Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences, the department of Clinical
Psychology of the University of Mumbai, Nirmala Niketan, and the
International Institute of Population Studies.

g_b Desilicious Beach Party on Aug 28th in NYC

[Sholay Productions]

Things are finally heating up so we're gearing up for one last Desilicious 
summer hurrah at Highline Ballroom! Get ready to take it all off and join us at 
our Bollywood Beach Party! 

Desilicious - Bollywood Beach Party

BollyHouse Mix 
by Ashu Rai and DJ Bobby
Big Screen Bollywood Visuals by Neeraj

Strut your stuff live on stage for our Midnight Swimsuit Competition.
Winner takes home a $150 cash prize!

Friday August 28th
11PM - 4AM

Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th St 
(between 9th/10th Ave.)
New York City
Trains: A/C/E to 14th St.

Cover: $15
18 to Party / 21 to drink 
(must have I.D.)


Dresscode: Swimsuits and scanty summer attire encouraged.

http://www.sholayevents.com

g_b How many do you think we are?.. a small report on the 16th August 09 Mumbai Pride Parade + 195pictures and 3 videos

[moderator]

 

PICTURES LINK & VIDEO LINK

http://photobucket.com/gaybombay

 

or slideshow at

http://photobucket.com/gaybombay?albumview=slideshow

 

 

“How many do you think we are?”,  asked Anand Grover pointing out to the
huge procession at  the pride parade yesterday (16th August 09) as they
started marching from August Kranti Maidan in Nana Chowk taking the road to
Mumbai’s Chowpatty beach. Grover , by the way, is the one who heads Lawyers
Collective and is the brain behind the Delhi High Court victory.

 

“I heard the police say in his wireless 500 people of which he said 100
belong to the tritya jaati ( third sex)”,  I told Anand.

 

“500? No way just look properly.. may be 5000”, said Grover, looking
distinctly pleased. And then I looked again properly, and realized that it
could not  be just 500.  The riot of colours, placards and slogans  were
stretching at least  half a km long.

 

And I had to revise my earlier estimates of  500. In my reckoning may be
around two thousand. 

 

And that’s huge. Never mind the muggy sweltery weather… Never mind the swine
flue scare, never mind that it was a extended holiday, never mind that
Central/Harbour  Railway services had virtually shut down and were not
moving an inch beyond Wadala and Dadar…  both  the places pretty far off
from the  parade venue. Never mind that many from Pune did not come because
of the swine flue problem..

 

The weather was LOUSY. Yet, the hot  and muggy weather  did not stop the
LGBT and their well wishers  in Mumbai taking to street on Aug 16. They
turned out in huge numbers. There were celebrities like Celina Jaitely,
Alaque Padamsee, Model Carol Gracias,  Professor Nandini Sardesai ( Rajdeep
Sardesai’s mother)... There were many more. It was heartening to see  so
many non LGBT persons  come out in support of the community. Celina came
pretty late, some 45 minutes past  3 pm,  when the procession was supposed
to start at 3 pm. But she did make up for it… and gave a  nice speech asking
gays to  march ahead and that she would be there for the LGBT community now
and for ever. Right to the end till the procession reached Chowpatty,
Celina danced , cheered and turned out to be a show stopperJ

 

The LGBT leaders too were out in full force. Ashok Rao Kavi, Prince
Manvendra, Vikram Doctor, Dee, Swapan, Dibs --and all leading lights of
Gaybombay, Vivek Anand and Nitin Karani of Humsafar, Anand Grover,  Laxmi
Tripathi… the list is indeed long. 

 

So what did I see? Umm lots of plunging necklines  ( as you can see In some
of the pictures..  and no I am not a closeted heterosexual or bisexual),
wigs  and plumes and feathers of all shape, size and colour, coloruful
masks, hundreds of placards that had very creative  slogans which would have
made a copywriter proud.   Those who participated  had adorned themselves in
all kinds of clothes.. from traditional Indian clothes to use of saplings
and  tree branches  covering the body parts strategically. Fashion designers
must have really worked hard for this parade because some of the dresses on
display  were the ones that you could only see on the ramp… and  may be you
and me would not have the courage to wear it outside… but people did and boy
they carried it off with a panache!

 

And oh yes, the dance and merry making.. the loud beat of the drums and the
swirling figures  breaking into impromptu dance  every few minutes .. with
gay abandon.. it  was  proof enough to believe  that the gay community is
indeed happy and gay or may be vice versa. Even  one  good looking constable
(oh well good looking for me at least)  who was trying to guide the
procession was breaking into a smile every few minutes even though his boss
was yelling at him in Marathi and instructing  him not to let the procession
stop on the way. “I am not going to allow this procession next year if you
guys stop every few minutes and start dancing”, the senior Inspector scowled
in Marathi at me and Anand Grover .  But, really who cared? It was our day..
the first pride parade in India after we were declared “legal”.. oh ok, the
love making was declared legal if it was kept private and between two
consenting adults by the Delhi High Court in July 09.

 

One look at the crowd and  it was as if hundreds of rainbows had come
together. The composition of the crowd was  a mini India . And yes, class,
creed , colour and religion took a back seat.  The divide between the so
called upper class gays and the so called lower class  kothis  melted  in a
show of solidarity.

 

For me the best part was towards the end.. when the procession had reached
the shores of Chowpatty beach.  The gentle waves of Arabian Sea seem to just
amble up to the shore. In stark contrast, a few hundred meters from the
beach was  not so gentle, almost feverish dance  going on.. a huge group of
Karagattam transgender from Tamil Nadu   were  performing to beat of
traditional music (Karagattam is  a traditional folk dance performed in
Mariamman (Devi) Temples of Tamil

g_b (unknown)

[Dee]

GB Party at Dio’s at Tardeo on 22nd August 09  
  

Come party with GB at Dio's  DIO’S 

Dio's in Tardeo is a large theme lounge, done up in gold, lime, chocolate, lime 
and fusia pink, with French windows that overlook Bombay's beautiful skyline.

Besides a great dance floor, the venue also includes lots of space and an open 
air terrace for those who would like to take in the breeze.


Date: Saturday, 22nd August 09 
Time: 9 pm - 1 am. 
Cover Charge: Rs 600 
(Please note – NO CREDIT CARDS) 
Venue: Dio's, Tardeo 

Address: Dio's, is situated at
Konarkshram, 5th.floor,
Behind Everest Building,
Next to Sardar Pav Bhaji,
Tardeo Road, Tardeo,
Mumbai 34. (Mumbai Central is the closest station).
Please note that you have to be above the age of 21 to attend 
GayBombay parties. Please carry proof of age with you: a driving license, 
college identity card, etc. 
The Cover Charge includes: In-house DJ and a dance floor; delicious snacks; 4 
drinks with mixers, 
Extra drinks will be sold at Rs 100/- per coupon. 
Dinner will not be served. 
  
- Some don'ts: 
` GB, as a support group, has created this comfort/safe space for gays. Many 
people at the event may be "newbies" (those still coming to terms with their 
sexuality and/or those who have mustered the courage to come to such an event 
for the first time). We request you to be 
Sensitive to the comfort levels of others and to behave and dress accordingly. 
  
` No dark rooms and no sex on the premises; if found indulging in any "hanky 
panky" you shall be asked to leave the party. 
  
Use of any illegal substance is strictly prohibited. 
  
` A special REQUEST: During and after the party please DO NOT gather outside 
the venue. The management has requested us to ensure that, in the middle of the 
night, the peace of the neighbourhood is not disturbed. 
  
Smoking will be allowed only on the right hand side of the terrace as soon as 
you enter the premises. 
  
- A few dos: 
` Have a smashing time. 

` Carry your Alcoholic Drinks Permit.
  
This event is organized by: http://www.gaybombay.org. 
Right of admission reserved.