Saturday, August 30, 2008

Stags not allowed! Delhi men have a hard time getting into pubs and clubs unless they're accompanied by women or foreigners. This was our experience over the past few weeks as we explored the nightlife of the city.
Now that the 'Let's catch a drink after work' culture is picking up pace, nightclubs are trying to outdo each other with special nights and packages. These include expat nights and ladies nights, which have become the talk of town. What has not changed, however, is the reluctance of many clubs to let unaccompanied men in.

Going solo
HT City photo coordinator Zabeeh Afaque found he wasn't allowed in at most watering holes for a drink. Afaque was part of the HT City team that went to investigate a problem men in this city are familiar with - most clubs and pubs in the city have a 'no entry' for single men.
We checked out 18 nightspots in the NCR and found at least five that discriminated by letting in single expat men but denied entry to Indian stags.
The city is throbbing with 'nights' that are hosted at places like Urban Pind, Ivy and Kuki.
Urban Pind and Kuki both have popular expat nights on Thursdays with the following special offers Urban Pind: Thirst-day nights have an unlimited IMFL drinks offer at Rs 550 (plus taxes) and Kuki has free drinks through the evening for all expat women and the fIrst 50 Indian women who enter.

Strict policy
Kashif Farooq, co-owner, Urban Pind, the Urban Bar, while talking about the strict couple-only policy says, "These days stags take entry one by one and then form a big
group inside. We think that's unsafe for the women who are new to the country. Honestly, foreigners understand each other better and know how to talk to or approach women. Rules are for everyone. We've often been told to soften our stand on entry but we'd rather lose business than risk an unpleasant event."
Rummy Sharma of Kuki however feels that these nights pull in the crowds on a dull day and the special tag ups the excitement level. But
he's quite clear about who's most important

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Sanjay Nirupam ousted from Big Boss 2 for showing 'disrespect' to item girl on media

23rd August, 2008, 2.30pm

Just now, on one of the TV channels, they were showing a 'news' iten about how Sanjay Nirupam -- the famous politician -- was ousted from a Realty show, Big Boss 2, because he had made a comment on an item girl, Sambhawna Seth (who does heterosexually obscene dances in movies, etc.)... that he had been warned not to go on a show where an item girl like her was coming...
Now, in the present heterosexualised society (and especially on the media controlled by the forces of heterosexualisation) which gives moral and all kind of other support to (hetero)sexually aggressive women (who were earlier known as 'whores' by the men's spaces), such girls feel extremely empowered and naturally, she made it a point to conspire to throw him out of the show..... i am not sure, but probably she took the support of other 'heterosexual/ heterosexualised' westernised Indian men in this.

She was crying in the show and trying to garner lots of support for herself, while the media painted Sanjay Nirupam as a 'villain'.

Why did Sanjay Nirupam participate in such a stupid programme anyways?