Bangalore Nightlife (Or Lack Thereof)

Knitting at a house party, by me

Bangalore is a developed, wealthy city with beautiful people. Yet there is no nightlife. Everything closes at 11:30 and most people are in bed around then. I have gone out with friends and the bars really do close. People sometimes go to house parties, but the energy tends to dissipate and the cops break them up if you play too much music.

Banglore Mirror front page, by me

Above, for example, is blaring news of ‘All night scotch and biriyani at Indiranagar police station’. Which, honestly, sounds great. I don’t think the police participate or encourage such things.

I’ve met a lot of people that complain about this state of affairs but one, basically a party promoter incidentally, who said it was good. Or that he could see the good in it. Basically people have a compressed evening and go home in time for work. Most expat workers seem to start on foreign time, about 11 and get off late, so it’s not necessarily great for them.

This city, however, is conservative, all the modern shops and amenities aside. It’s bright lights big city during the day, but at night everyone’s home in bed. This is honestly not necessarily a bad thing. I guess it just is.

Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in Alcohol, India, Leisure, out, travel.

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Comment by timeseye
2010-02-09 09:17:57

i remember once we got caught for partying and loud music… just gave them a bribe and got away…

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Comment by light
2010-02-15 05:19:12

corruption corruption :P

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Comment by Ahamed Nizar
2010-02-09 10:03:26

In Mumbai at least the clubs close at around 1. Still early compared to Lankan standards.

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Comment by Electra
2010-02-09 12:07:23

Yes, I found this frustrating about Bangalore too. Especially since there are quite a few cool bars and pubs.

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Comment by Asvajit
2010-02-09 19:59:51

sick place.

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Comment by light
2010-02-15 05:23:14

who cares! at least they won’t see things like that apartment building murder.. and when has night clubs been a part of our culture? u can ware surrong, but u need to have the SL culture in your heart.

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Comment by magerata
2010-02-10 00:04:21

Now I want to get arrested!

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Comment by Roshan
2010-02-14 22:01:57

India is still a very conservative society with widespread poverty……i think sri lanka is better off.the indian economic miracle is a farce as it doesnt reach the low levels in the income pyramid.As far as nightlife is concerned, Bangalore and Karnataka is under a BJP regime i guess. there is a so called morale police called bajrang dal that assauls women in pubs and other atrocities…ive made a mention abt bajrang dal earlier
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