Where does one have coffee at 12:30 am in Bangalore? Well you have a choice of either heading to a five star, for 200 rupees coffee; or run down to Mysore!
Well there is a 24 hr Cafe Coffee Day outlet on the Bangalore - Mysore highway. So was the desperation for coffee that we traveled 80 km one way of a cup, finally costing 200 rupees each. But ten times more interesting!
5 of us started the newly acquired santro (by my room mate) and started from home without even knowing the way to Mysore. We just had a general idea. At that time of night it is very difficult to find a single soul to guide us. But as luck would have it we were absolutely on the right path. The highway had excellent roads, the only trouble was the on coming traffic had high beam lights which made the visibility very poor.
Once we reached the Cafe Coffee Day it was jam packed. It is really difficult to understand that in the middle of no where there was this congression of people. The mix of people was really interesting.Most of them high on alcohol and may be drugs. This seemed to be the natural hideout once bars/pubs would shut down in Bangalore. Just a few kilometers away from Mysore a bright lights and coffee, trying there best to drive out the impending hang-over. Since the cafe was a self serve while ordering coffee I realized most of the people were college students trying to make the most of their weekend.
I was at the drivers seat on the return journey. Freshly woken up by the coffee the ride was a breeze. Ziz-zaging the mostly truck traffic in pitch darkness, the speed and darkness making the headlights quite ineffective. Good I just had a coffee! Just not enough to remind me about a crucial turn, which I missed and had to take a much longer route back home. Finally reached back at 3:30 at night!
I guess the biggest question in mind was how does regulation help. Bangalore is shut down early to avoid such places. Expecting people to sleep early. But as they say when there is a will there is a way! People will find places like these. If this is shut down a new one will be found, may be much further, but then you cage a bird but how do you cage the youthful spirit?
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Hmm.. Regulation.. This is very similar to question of prohibition.. There are 2 sides to it.. Well u know the forbidden fruit is always the most tempting.. so yeah Regulation will entice you to do it.. but how long.. How many nites will you do this? but if the freedom was der you would have done it more often rite..
So in the end if you notice the hard core "fans" will get around somehow but the majority will definately reduce or even stop the habit..
Not that I am pro regulation..Just my thoughts.. Cheers mate..
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