Bangalore's dying nightlife

Bangalore is a city that attracts many international visitors who come here for business, some for pleasure and some to check out it's entertainment. While these people are all happy as long as they are at work, the problem starts when they get off work and like is done in most other free nations of the world, go out with your friends and unwind.

Seems like the city will have none of this nonsense. Going out in the evening after a marathon 14 hour day is not cool. You need to go back to your family, sip on some filter coffee, watch the news and go to bed. Or perhaps for the ones who like to drink and dance, let your hair down, laugh loudly, it's not ok to do any of these ghastly "western" acts in any public place. You can take your party to Magadi (and get busted) or take it home (and get screamed at by the neighbors).

Let's drill down on this a little bit more. What's the logic here? "Late partying (read, drinking, dancing, singing) creates more crime" Is this true? How many such crimes have taken place that we can talk about that are related to the people who sing and dance?

- Perhaps, the cops are worried about reckless drunk driving. I totally agree with that thought. Clamp down on drunk driving like they do in the rest of the world and come down hard on them. Throw them in jail for a week and take away their license immediately. People will wisely start using our friendly autorickshaws and cabbies to go home.

- Promote the concept of a "designated driver" in the pubs and educate barmen about the concept. It works in the rest of the world, it's worth a shot here.

- Come down hard on druggies, I'm all for a drug free world.

Let's think forward, let's think progressive, let's think global. That's what our city is, but it won't be for too long if we don't change.

Dear Cops, Dayavittu adjust madi. (please adjust - Bangalore slang)