![]() If I can make my own money I should be allowed to go out and spend it. ‘‘A rapist is less likely to attack in a place where there is a crowd. Yet, Delhi has a stringent curfew system that only seems to encourage drunk driving as customers drive to Haryana for their drinks or sit in their cars and misbehave,’’ Roshni Jaiswal of the FTV Bar and Lounge says. ‘‘There is no study or statistic that co-relates alcohol consumption to abusive behaviour. A man who is prone to violence does not really care what time it is.’’ This a moot point that nightclub owners insist has not been explored. ![]() It is not the consumption of alcohol that makes one go out and rape someone. Amar Das, a management executive says, ‘‘The average Joe does not work from 9 am to 5 pm anymore. Yet we have to ask them to leave,’’ Khera says. At midnight they are in the middle of things. ‘‘A large clientele is the international traveller. Ssteel’s manager Jess Khera adds that pub-hopping is a trend being nipped in the bud. This does not happen even in cities like New York which are as unsafe, if not worse,’’ said Aartee, a stewardess with an international airline. It’s ridiculous to get thrown out by midnight. ‘‘By the time one finishes work and leaves for a nightclub, it’s already 10 pm. The Siri Fort rape incident and the election fever have killed the already half-dead quintessential party animal. ![]() Here, as the clock strikes midnight, not only do most bars and lounges loath to let clientele enter, they politely but firmly send paying customers away half-way through their evening. Except you have 15 minutes to gulp your poison, exchange hasty greetings before the music is switched off and the drink is yanked away. It’s Friday night and you’re ready to do the shimmy-shake. NEW DELHI: A mere swivel of the glass doors and you step out of the pot-holed road into the heady cocktail of lounge music, the whiff of Nina Ricci washed down by the pristine white of the nightclub. ![]()
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