A city that can barely sleep I tu2019s been a couple of weeks since our government cleared the decks for what it refers to as a u2018 nightlife experimentu2019, allowing eateries, shops, and theatres in malls and mill compounds to stay open at all hours. If you havenu2019t heard of it yet, I predict the launch of a big- budget marketing campaign any day now.

This sounds like a great idea on paper, obviously, because it allows our ministers to talk about how Bombay is a vibrant city that never sleeps. There are obviously some people who will benefit too; the ones who step out of the airport at 3 am, perhaps, or those who stumble out of bars at 1.30 am. At the risk of sounding like a party pooper though, I wish the government would pay a little more attention to how Bombay manages when the sun is still out.