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Kathmandu,Friday March 24, 2000 Chaitra 11, 2056.
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What’s the use of night
clubs ?
This refers to Jaiswal’s, "Panther",
dated March 17th 2000. I am fully in line with his idea regarding the needless necessity
of dance restaurants, night clubs and pool houses. I do not mean to say that our country
should be spared the western influence of night life. But in a city like Kathmandu where
shops close as early as 8 pm, for whatsoever reason, do night clubs match that scenario?
Yes, it’s absolutely fun to go out at night and jive, but when gangfights and
shooting cases do happen time and again, then are we secure enough to go and dance the
nights away at these local night clubs? Dance restaurants and cabin restaurants can be
seen everywhere in town these days. A gentleman who has been living abroad for 3 years and
was recently here was shocked to see the activities that go around in these night clubs.
Even a person like him who is totally exposed to the western world was shocked to see how
these dancers would try to seduce him just to empty his pockets? Also imagine the cabin
restaurants being raided by policemen and these policemen asking the youngsters to call
home. Honestly, what are cabin restaurants promoting after all?
If one goes to a pool house, one will feel as if
one has popped out of a chimney-pot. Playing pool is delightful but after a while, one can
hardly breathe because of the strong stink of cigarettes. Yes, it definitely is a great
entertainment but aren’t the lungs of these players being impaired?
The most important part as Jaiswal has rightly said
is that the people who visit these places are teenagers. These kids do need a lot of
entertainment, no doubt, but being their elders, don’t you think we could have a
better alternative for them?
Moheindu Chemjong
Kathmandu |
