Partygoers in Beantown now dance to a different beat...

Partygoers in Beantown now dance to a different beat...
Deccan Herald

Bangalore was once synonymous with fun. When friends dropped by it was imperative to do the ‘pub crawl’. Our City was hep and chilled out, we thought.

Unfortunately the new draconian law makes every club and restaurant featuring a singer, a dance bar. If your feet itch and you would like to sway in time to some foot-stomping music, you suddenly have a stern bouncer at your elbow insisting you stop right then or leave immediately.

Metrolife caught up with young people to find out how they chill. Yohaan, a young HRD professional, says, “We work so hard all week, obviously we would like to party at least over the weekend. Since most of our parents don’t mind if we party, we get together at each others’ homes. However, that’s not really a solution,” he moans.

“Bad enough we have to switch off the music, but why should everyone just down their drinks and leave? How can cops decide when we have had enough that too at a house party,” asked one youngster.

Another youngster related how their party in their farm on the outskirts was interrupted by cops seeking a bribe and left only after a senior police officer’s name was taken. “We think this (law) has bred corruption in the police,” he said.

A top model, who refused to be named, says, “It is really baffling how a night club could be bracketed with places that provide live entertainment/dance bars and would require the same license.”

Another model feels, “For a city that works for the rest of the world it is quite sad that our leisure activities have to regress instead of progress.”