Bored with yoga and Lamaze, pregnant women are turning to the Middle Eastern dance form to stay fit It's 5pm on Wednesday and the November sun is setting, casting a deep, orange glow over the capital. In the basement of a building in South Delhi's Greater Kailash-1 area, the cacophony of traffic is drowned out by soft, Arabian tunes. Ten women walk into a large, mirror-walled room dimly lit by tiny floor lamps. They tie colourful georgette scarves embellished with rows of silver coins, around their hips. As the group begins swaying, the coins shimmer and jingle in a rhythmic beat. "Move your hips to the right, push your pelvis out, now hips to the left and pelvis in," instructs a petite girl...
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