New Delhi Lifts Ban on Late-Night Shopping (AP via Newsday.com)
Delhi authorities have changed a rule that forced shops to close at 7:30 PM. Now, they can stay open until 11 p.m. But very few people took advantage of the new hours on the first day after the rule took effect. Businesses are also trying to cope with the extended hours.
I did not know about the old time-limit and can't believe that a big metro like Delhi shut-down at 7:30 PM every day. That just seems ... odd.
Posted by Harshal at September 16, 2004 09:09 AMYes..odd indeed. Especially to Bombayites (cant get myself to say Mumbai or Mumbai-ite.. have been 'corrected' by many an American about it in fact!!!) like you and me - coming from the city that never sleeps.
Posted by: Sanjeev on September 16, 2004 02:33 PMthe go to bed soon attitude came about perhaps due to security reasons.
the police wanted the people to turn in early to make their job easier.
happened when i was doing my PG there.
As you might already know, this deal to increase the amount of shopping time has faced immediate faliure. The merchants association has refused to increase shopping hours.
Now we have to wait and see if any enterprising souls fight the associations and stay up beyond the earlier normal times - and then you will see the power (or lack thereof) of the associations vis a vis the power of economics/free markets and competition.
Posted by: Sai on September 20, 2004 08:38 AM