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Priyanka, the only female employee at a store selling alcoholic drinks where only women and couples are allowed, poses for a picture in the store at a shopping mall in New Delhi on Saturday. AFP
New Delhi’s female-only liquor store helps women buy drinks in good spirits
Tue, 9 March 2021
Priya Sharma drove more than 30km to get to an exclusive boutique in a teeming New Delhi residential district – a women-only liquor store.
Inside a shopping mall, the store provides a safe environment for women to buy alcohol in a city where harassment and discrimination is a daily battle and many women fear going out at night.
Delhi s female-only liquor store helps women buy alcohol in good spirits
By AFP
Aishwarya Kumar
New Delhi - Priya Sharma drove more than 30 kilometres to get to an exclusive boutique in a teeming New Delhi residential district - a women-only liquor store.
Inside a shopping mall, the store provides a safe environment for women to buy alcohol in a city where harassment and discrimination is a daily battle and many women fear going out at night.
Buying a bottle of wine or whisky on a Saturday night in the Indian capital has always been a fight for position inside a hot and cramped store, where customers - mostly men - scream orders at stressed-out staff.