FEAR OF DARKNESS |
Imphal city lacks something that is a part of all cities around the world - Night life. We lament this not so much because we crave working at night, (those of us in the press already do that), but because it is such a pity that so much productive working hours are wasted each day without end. It will be interesting to do a study of what the waste in real terms amounts to. There are times in the year the city's night life suddenly spring to life, but ironically for desperate reasons. During the dry seasons, when the taps in most parts of Imphal drip dry, residents come out in hordes after dinner, with buckets and whatever other water containers in the house to collect water from the major water bodies in the city. The Kangla Moat is one of these. Those who by the compulsions of their work stay up at night, like pressmen for instance would have noticed that along the roads where these residents stream out, the shops and tea-stalls remain open till well into the night. The point is, if night life were allowed to happen, the productive work hour period would also extend reciprocally. This will be particularly true of commercial activities. And of course, night life has its own charm. It is for no reason that the advertisement catch-line for New York is a line from Frank Sinartra's song that describes it as a city that does not sleep.
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Courtesy: The Imphal Free Press |
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