Night Life

"Bangalore lacks night life!! Mumbai is so much better."

I have heard people cribbing like this so very often. Prod them a little more about what exactly is that they are looking for and most draw a blank face. Some throw the old complaint - we can't go to any place after 11.
"So where exactly do you wanna go?"
"Shopping, clubbing...."
"Why do you wanna shop in the middle of the night?"
"I might wanna just walk around the road"
"So who's stopping you from doing that?"
"I might wanna have fun with friends."
"Do that at your home? Why do you have to create a ruckus and disturb the people around?"

So far I haven't come across a logical rationale of wanting a night life. People don't live through the day and suddenly realise late at night they missed out on life.


PS: Paris has a great night life!! If you define night by clock that is. In summer, there is sunlight till 10:30 PM (I dozed off after that!). So it's rather long day revelry. In winter, everything is closed by 9 apart from the bars!

Truth about New Bangalore International Airport (BIAL)

There have been reports about new BIAL airport - some good, some bad. Good is understandable. Bad is surprising - either these people have never been to this airport or are cynics by nature who can never see anything good in this world. I have listed down the common complaints and my observation on the same.

• It's cramped - Not by any stretch of imagination. Unless, of course, one intends to play football with 22 players on the ground. Everything is beautifully laid out and movement is without any obstruction. There are enough chairs laid out at the boarding gate. So you can sit and relax after you are tired of window shopping in the retail outlets.
  
• Number of counters is less - 4-5 check-in counters per airline is not less considering the number of people travelling out of Bangalore. It's at par with Mumbai and much better than Delhi. However, BIAL could do with some self-check-in kiosks.
• There's not enough eateries - On the ground floor that is. But once you cross the security gate, you have 3-4 eateries to choose from.