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Hyderabad can’t build a nightlife economy on 1 am deadlines

Cities across the world have markets that are allowed to remain open all night. Hyderabad definitely needs this.

A common complaint among Hyderabadis is that their city shuts down early, leaving no space for a ‘nightlife’. Restaurants, bars and other establishments become fearful as midnight approaches, thanks to overzealous police officers who view anyone out late at night as a suspect engaged in wrongdoing. Just look at how they treat, or rather beat, any young person seen ‘loitering’ late at night. The police even have a name for this operation: ‘Mission Chabutra’. Baton-wielding officers were recently caught on video chasing people away, with earlier media reports noting how this operation has turned violent.

Police officers in Hyderabad have always been in overdrive when ensuring that the party ends even before it begins. Everyone here knows where to go for something to eat post-midnight, but nothing is officially open late into the night. It’s quite odd for a city that generally wakes up late and sleeps late.

It wasn’t long ago, in 2024, that all shops, bars and clubs were subjected to strict, almost totalitarian........

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