An interesting (and depressing, for an oldtime Bangalorean) piece from the Fast Company Blog on the need for entertainment and cultural outlets for the city. A sobering subtext, for me, is the role, or lack thereof, of the moral police in the modern context. We are not having this discussion in the public sphere in India yet, and it is an important one.
As the current issue’s cover story makes clear, creative and productive cities need to offer creative cultural outlets and options for the people who live and work in the area in order to succeed. So it’s slightly interesting to see that Bangalore, one of the emergent outsourcing epicenters in India, has banned dancing in night clubs. (Subscription required to access the Wall Street Journal online.)
The last line of the piece is the kicker, for me (emphasis added).
After all, regardless of where your business is based, if I can’t dance, I don’t want to be a part of your workplace revolution.
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I could’nt tell the HR people from all those nice companies, I could’nt move to Bangalore because of THAT.
my fiancee contributed an old mennonite witticism that seems to apply here: Mennonites don’t like to permit sex because it might lead to dancing!!!
Is it April already, ‘caus this sounds like a Fool’s Day prank. Banned dancing? Whaaaat? Good heavens.
True, and I think that each one of these aspects deserves to be discussed separately (such as Infrastructure, Culture and Entertainment, the availability of housing, presence of good educational/research institutions, etc.)
Well, why just the nightlife — any “ecosystem” aspects of a strong business hub are hardly supported today. It starts with the infrastructure (driver role for state) and extends to entertainment (enabler role for state). I guess it flows from lack of “capitalist mayors” 🙂