There are two Delhis. No, not the old and the new. But The official, Capital-Of-India, Parliament-housing ‘Sarkaari’ Delhi on one hand and, on the other, the Delhi which has an urban culture of its own that can well rival Mumbai with its street-smartness, pace and metro-life quality. The vibrant Nightlife circuit only bears testimony to the latter. Yet it is not of the generic sort that you may encounter in any other city. It has as a character, a spirit that is very much its own!
Take the bar ‘Pebble Street’ at New Friend’s Colony, for instance. You can dance, you can drink, there’s fabulous music and the service is personalized like you may have never seen before. There is also ‘Raasta’. It doesn’t stand for’road’. It’s meant to reference Rastafarianism but sadly there’s hardly any reggae played here. Yet the music is always the sort that is the latest craze. There are some interesting eatables to go along with the drinks. The chilled out laid-backness here would instantly tell you why Delhi Nightlife is different from, let’s say, Mumbai! And for those who are looking for some place that’s really swanky, then there’s always ‘1911’ which is luxury bar at its best!
Delhi has plenty of options for people looking to let their hair down and dance the blues away. ‘Urban Pind ’embodies synthesis of cultures just like its name. It’s a hooqah bar cum DJ-ed disc. Too good to skip! There’s also ‘Shroom’ which has got the edgiest dance music that , arguably, no other city’s dance scene can boast of. It’s also got some really trippy lights and well, the attention to detail in everything from the set to the audio quality is just commendable. It’s not like you are going to be dancing while thinking of all of this but it is only when you come out do you realize how perfect the whole experience was.
And, well, for those who are looking at a night-life beyond and different from clubbing and chilling out at bars, the cultural circuit in Delhi has a reputation that it totally lives up to. The best of both classical international music and Hindustani sangeet can be enoyed at the Kamani Auditorium while the best of virtually every dance-form from kathak to kathakali and bharatnatyam to ballet are performed at the Sangeet Naatak academy.