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!