Thank God. its Wednesday

In Hyderabad, the second largest urban Indian agglomerate, a lady can have an alcoholic drink totally free of cost almost throughout the week. 

Surprised?  Don’t be... read on

It is pretty much the same scene in other India metros too. It all started with a humble or should I say ‘noble’ intention to get more women to drink. Not sure who brewed the idea ... but all are merry - the pub owners, the booze manufacturers, the gals and most importantly the guys. Ladies night is not for ladies only. It only means that the fairer sex can have her share of alcohol on the house till a certain time .... no upper limit. It’s drink all u can when you can. And since most women don’t go alone, they get their guy friends along and that’s where the money comes from.  Of course, there are a lot of guys, who would pay even more to watch women drink or get drunk.

Must admit, ladies night is a good sales pitch. Wednesdays was the first choice, where it is assumed that most of us suffer from the mid-week syndrome. A night out on Wednesday sure is refreshing. But for female guzzlers its more fun now with some pub or the other having Ladies night on other days too. 

The only flip side is – you will never find the toilets clean or empty. The young things who cannot hold their drink throw up all over the place, they use the rest room to chat with their boyfriends and amongst themselves and few others doze off in the couch. What happens that night should be a good storyline for HANGOVER-3.   That reminds me of an old line ‘Many things can be preserved in alcohol ... dignity is not one of them’.  And there are long queues... this is the only place in India, where I see ‘first come, first served’ (or first relieved?) religiously followed.

For every six men in India, there is one only one woman consuming alcohol. But if she happens to be in a big city, she only has to look up and say  ‘Thank God it’s a Wednesday’