New Delhi's women bouncers helping partygoers stay safe

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Women bouncers in India's capital have started appearing at the doors of events. Find out why women going out for a drink and to dance find this reassuring, and what difficulties these bouncers still face.

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00:00I mean, being a girl, being a female, I definitely feel more comfortable with a female bouncer

00:11more.

00:12Them being very gentle with us, I mean, I wouldn't prefer any male bouncer touching

00:16me or even predicting me, to be really very honest.

01:16I have a job, so it's good that I take care of the safety of the ladies, it's my job

01:23to do the checking, I do the checking properly, I take care of their safety.

01:26If a girl is drunk, I put her in the cab safely, I send her a photo of the cab, I put her in

01:31the cab, I call her, I ask her if she has reached her home safely or not.

01:36And if by chance the girl is not fit to go, then we ourselves go to drop her.

01:42Is everything okay upstairs?

01:46Yes, it was a little difficult, people's comments were a little different.

02:00If we listen to their comments and do anything, then we will not be able to do anything in

02:04our life.

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