What's a rave: A rave party, often just called a rave or free party, is typically an all-night dance event where electronic dance music and rave music is played, usually by DJs. The term rave was originally used by people of Caribbean descent in London during the 1960s to describe a party. It was appropriated in the late 1980s by journalists to describe the party phenomenon that grew out of the acid house movement. With time, the use of drugs at raves grabbed most of the attention. Ravers say taking drugs at raves makes them lose all restraint, and that way they can really enjoy the atmosphere and music.

What happens: Rave events typically begin at about midnight and continue well into the next morning. According to serious ravers, most people arrive not before 2 am. Laser and light shows and steady trance music create a ‘synesthesia' (a blending of the senses, that can cause users to ‘hear' color and ‘see' music while under the influence of drugs). Some people smoke, a few take drugs, many just hang around bonfires in groups, or get on the dance floor for hours. "The drug scene at a rave is no big deal," says a raver. "Go to any party in the city and there will be drugs. And not everybody goes to a rave to get a kick. Some do it just for the music."

 

There are so many website which are openly giving publicity and grabbing our young brains including IT related brilliants. Our secular government could be blocked the websites of Hindu Organizations but it is blind for rave websites. There should be enquiry on rave websites such as:

http://www.indiamike.com/india/archive/index.php/t-8316.html

http://www.raverscity.com/#/250+arrested+in+Pune+rave+party+-+CNN-IBN/

http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/cities/in/delhi/

http://www.isratrance.com/

https://www.orkut.com/

Getting invited: The websites talk about the rave scene is world over. Besides Pune other big cities including Delhi, Gurganon, Bangalore, have become the hotspots for rave parties and serious ravers check the sites for regular updates. Apart from sending flyers, people get to know through word of mouth, SMS or emails.

 

Getting serious: Raves encourage the use of a variety of drugs. At some raves, deaths linked to drug overdose have made the authorities sit up and take notice. In fact, starting this year, even India's other rave hotspot — Goa — has banned rave parties.

What goes around:
Soft drugs : Weed, magic mushrooms, herbal drugs
Club drugs : LSD, Adam, ketamine, methamphetamine, Ecstacy, GHB
Hard drugs : Heroin, Cocaine, amphetamines
Prescription pills Valium, Calmpose, Restyl
"Effervescent drugs — the kind you mix with alcohol and drink — are quite popular now. Speed and acid are also big," says a lotus eater.
Cost:
Ecstacy — Rs 650-1000 per pill
Cocaine — Rs 3000 to 4000 per gram
Marijuana — Rs 200-600 per packet

Who uses them: People in the age group of 18-55
The younger lot has soft drugs and club drugs
THe older lot has hard drugs and cocktails

Why it's kept quiet : Says a raver, "It's an underground movement and everyone is aware of the risks. That is why it is hardly publicized."

Police action: The city police have booked stray cases for ganja trafficking, but there has been no major drug haul, especially at parties. "We have heard about rave parties, but are not in a position to do much as most parties are held clandestinely on the outskirts of the city," says a police officer

It is a hedonistic mix of dance, drugs and defiance, organized and advertised almost entirely by word of mouth. "We don't want these raves to get too big," says an engineer at a local IT firm. "Sometimes there are 50 people, sometimes 400. Size has never been the important thing."

Cult following

Rotating locations

Presently, a rave is held every weekend at rotating locations, with some events attracting more than 1,000 people. The increase in size means organizers are moving farther from the confines of the city and the presence of police. And what is about the police? "Oh, you've gotta pay the cops," says the evening's promoter. "There is no other way around it. We came out here a week ago, told the police what we were planning, and paid them off. We've taken care of everything."

An hour later the police arrive. By the time every vehicle is searched and every person questioned and released, it is time for lunch and a long, long nap.

298 youth held at rave party near Pune

As reported on March 4, 2007: Two hundred and ninety eight youth, including 30 girls were arrested who had come from different parts of the country. There were some local students as well. The participants flew down especially for the party.

The advertisement for the rave party was on isratrance.com and publicized at the orkut.com social networking web site. Even as a city police inspector passed on to the rural police information about invitations for the party being sent out from www.isratrans.com, NDPS and Anti-Terrorist Squads in the city too received tip-offs and independently reached the spot, a crime branch inspector said.

Police seized 10 gm of charas, 2.5 kg ganja, mobiles, 57 bottles of California Drop, a type of drug, beer cans, 45 four-wheelers and 29 two-wheelers, parked outside the venue of the party deep inside the main road in village Donje (Dhankache). The secluded venue was chosen by the revellers apparently to escape the police vigil on Holi-eve. Some of them had come from Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

The party was in full steam at (Donje) Dhankache village near the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla 30 kilometers from Pune when it was raided. The police also said that a majority of the students had consumed alcohol but are undergoing tests to confirm whether they consumed drugs or not. If the tests results are positive, they could get a minimum sentence of two-three years.

In today's raid, which comes close on the heels of three similar operations, seven foreigners from countries such as Germany, Iran and Palestine have also been arrested

Among the foreigners arrested in the raid, two each were from Germany and Iran and three were Palestinians.  "One Shania, a drug pedlar from Ireland, who was to attend the rave party is went absconding. There is a red corner notice against this person, Police Officer Patil said

"We are looking for a woman from Ireland who is the prime suspect behind the main supply of narcotics in Sunday's party.  The possibility of an international drug syndicate cannot be ruled out.

20 Nov, 2004 What happened: At 6.30 last Sunday morning, a rave party held near the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border was busted by the police? Those seriously clued into raves are asking, will the city be able to rave again?

For the clueless, Bangalore's a hotspot for rave parties, usually held away from the city. By-invitation-only events, raves see crowds of select people who come to enjoy a few hours of uninhibited partying.

Bangalore's rave scene: Everyone's talking about Bangalore's happening rave scene. "Even in Goa people say, ‘you're so lucky you're from Bangalore, they have the best rave parties there.' Most raves in the city do get busted by the police. "Which is why, every organizers pays the cops anywhere between Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 so that their party is safe," says a source. People are charged anywhere between Rs 100 to Rs 500, depending on who's playing the music. The organisers fly the DJ down and even put him up at a hotel, taking care of all the bills.

Spectacular Opens to Rave Reviews in Chicago

As reported on March 3, 2007: A ground-breaking show that is at once old and new played to a full house in Chicago's Auditorium Theater, leaving the audience raving about what they had seen. Ms. Doody found herself after the show thinking about freedom, "I was reminded in watching the show of how we take for granted freedom in this country."

Tempt of the bad boys

Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Rahul Mahajan and so on. I remember Kishore Kumar as  Munna. Now Big B is icon to be batuk to copy Batuknath Chaudhary. They are big bad boys and their sweat hearts Jiia and Julie are dream girls. These big boys and deam girls call themselves Hindu to insult Hinduism. They say about their wonder love (adbhut prem) and media especially channels are buisy to  cash by screening them. Peoples are stepping in their guidance to shine India's future .

Dr Ravi Shankar Rao, consultant psychiatrist at Mallya hospital says, “It is like giving a child a toy and when it is not much fun, he looks for a different toy. Bad boys look for big toys. It gives them a high. It’s like reaching for the forbidden fruit, there’s always an attraction to it.”

Does this mean then that the bad boys are really children at heart or worse still cannot see the thin dividing line separating bad from good? Dr Rao explains, “This is not criminalised behaviour. On one end, it gives them a high and on the other end, they have the money and power to get away with it. Everybody around them is doing it, our political class is like that. Success and power goes to their heads and its only when they are caught, there’s a problem.”

He goes on to explain how at a rave party, everyone knows there are drugs being taken and even a normal law abiding person would indulge in it, although he would know it was wrong.

He would do it because everyone else was doing it and then get back to normal, organised living, the next day. Similarly the bad boys get a kick out of breaking the law, but when they are found out, or caught, they are the most repentant of people.

According to Dr Rao, the bad boys have also grown up without any value systems.

“Value systems have to be imbibed by the family and through education in childhood, for after 18, the personality is already formed.”

And if you are wondering how it is that the bad boys always walk away with the girls, it is because as Dr Rao puts it, “if these men have reached the top, there’s something in them, there’s talent and intelligence that attracts women.”