Bombay is supposedly the financial and entertainment capital of our country.
I say supposedly financial capital because, today the business growth in places like Gujarat and Bihar is faster than that of Bombay. In fact Bombay has lost a lot of sources of income, textile, sugar, salt etc.... No new industries have come up in Bombay in the last decade gone by.
Entertainment is still Bombay's domain. But that is only so far as Bollywood is concerned. That is too narrow an interpretation of entertainment. Live concerts do not happen in Bombay because taxes kill the organizers. The heritage concerts like Banganga festival or the Bandra fort festival don't hold the same charm anymore. Venues which used to be the perfect ambiance for the concerts till a decade ago have meta-morphed into dumping heaps or cattle washing areas.
As if that was not enough, pubs, discs, and all other entertainment joints shut down at 1.30am. Even a public place like Chowpatty beach or marine drive have cops swarming every 15 mins after 1.30am. A quiet walk by the water body, to clear one's mind has become a luxury which i cant afford.
While this is true of Bombay, how come the taxes for live performances are 3 times lower in places like Bangalore? How is it that permissions are procured on a one window basis there and not here? How do the delhiites manage to have their joints kept open till the wee hours of the morning?? Why the step-child attitude to Bombay, when the citizens are the highest tax payers of the country??? Why....
I say supposedly financial capital because, today the business growth in places like Gujarat and Bihar is faster than that of Bombay. In fact Bombay has lost a lot of sources of income, textile, sugar, salt etc.... No new industries have come up in Bombay in the last decade gone by.
Entertainment is still Bombay's domain. But that is only so far as Bollywood is concerned. That is too narrow an interpretation of entertainment. Live concerts do not happen in Bombay because taxes kill the organizers. The heritage concerts like Banganga festival or the Bandra fort festival don't hold the same charm anymore. Venues which used to be the perfect ambiance for the concerts till a decade ago have meta-morphed into dumping heaps or cattle washing areas.
As if that was not enough, pubs, discs, and all other entertainment joints shut down at 1.30am. Even a public place like Chowpatty beach or marine drive have cops swarming every 15 mins after 1.30am. A quiet walk by the water body, to clear one's mind has become a luxury which i cant afford.
While this is true of Bombay, how come the taxes for live performances are 3 times lower in places like Bangalore? How is it that permissions are procured on a one window basis there and not here? How do the delhiites manage to have their joints kept open till the wee hours of the morning?? Why the step-child attitude to Bombay, when the citizens are the highest tax payers of the country??? Why....
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