If they had a girlfriend they wouldn't act like this.
This bar is only a couple of miles from where the body of British teenager Scarlett Keeling was found five years ago.
It is an idyllic scene: coconut palms edge the beaches, the sea is a deep blue, the temperature in the mid-30s.
The girls are painted with clay and pollen, which they must not wash off until the end of the rituals, which involve dancing and rituals that challenge physical strength.
Among these are , , and the 's.
But what do India's young men think? In and girls are often protagonists.
With a good enough solution, that could add up.
In , studies by the National Literacy Trust have shown girls score consistently higher than boys in all scholastic areas from the ages of 7 through 16, with the most striking differences noted in reading and writing skills.