Late night wanderings? A strict no-no.

Recently, when guests were over and we were craving for a midnight snack, we took to the roads in search of any restaurant/cafe/eat out. Most shops down their shutters rather early here in Chennai. In fact, too early in my opinion.Driving around the roads , we found to our dismay that none of the shops were open late into the night.In fact, I think 11 P.M is the latest when one can find an assorted set of eat-outs in the Adyar/Besant nagar vicinity.

During my visits to Mumbai, we would go out for an ice-cream or chaat with my Aunt late at night and the entire shopping area would be abuzz with life. Not so here in Chennai.In fact, here we even spotted a couple of policemen lingering near the shops asking them to close down for the day.

The only place I could spot was Fruit Shop, but you don't get anything to eat there. Being a veg, my options are limited because I heard there is some really popular place near IIT where you get fast food. But I doubt I would have eaten there even otherwise.

Finally, ended up at CCD at IIT.To my surprise, it was pretty crowded and a lot of students were studying and completing assignments, all spread out on the table. Envy the IITians.

Chennai is still far behind other Indian cities. We have the regressive and conservative politicians and policy makers to blame. After all, the police force is only toeing their line.