The death of a young concertgoer has exposed uncomfortable questions about drugs and the hidden costs of Mumbai’s nightlife boom. Mumbai has long prided itself on being India’s city that never sleeps. From luxury lounges and music festivals to celebrity concerts and exclusive nightlife experiences, the city has cultivated an entertainment culture that attracts thousands of young people every weekend. However, recent incidents have once again raised uncomfortable questions abo

Mumbai’s narcotics enforcement apparatus has once again found itself in the dock. The booking of Amit Ghawate, the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Mumbai zonal director, in connection with a suicide case is not merely an aberration. It is the latest episode in a pattern that raises uncomfortable questions about the conduct, culture and accountability of one of the country’s most visible law-enforcement agencies. Ghawate, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, now faces