Bangalore at Midnight

A lonely walk into a silent night had always been something I wish for again and again. I still remember those days when I used to jump out of the college hostel gates at midnight and walk on those silent roads bordered by giant trees with mild chill breeze brushing over my face. I have been searching for that experience and finally get it now in Bangalore. You can see two extremes in this city: a dusty, choking day and a silent fresh midnight. Every soul here has a tiresome travel to reach office/college/school, gets tired fast and finally sleeps early but this is the time I force myself to be awake. I sit at home waiting for the buzz outside to end. I keep waiting until the time arrives when a cop roams around my place with a whistle in hand. I put on my jacket and step outside to take a walk. A silent lonely walk with a mild cold breeze and every tree on the borders seems to relax. I look up to find the moon and sometimes it comes out to see me with shiny fireflies sparkling around. You can get lost in thoughts as you walk leaving behind everything you have been worrying about and try feeling what a fresh midnight has in store for you.

The same thing always forces me to book for night shows in theaters. I watch the movie with an excitement of walking back to my place on silent lonely roads. All street lights shine so bright, all floras looks greener, all roads are empty, all shops closed and of course all robbers out there ready to grab me. Anyway nothing frightens me unlike my friends who dare not to go out on these Bangalore roads at late nights. What can anyone rob out of empty pockets?
Perhaps, the city has a different color at night and nothing can stop me from this lonely bliss at midnight. How can anyone rob my bliss in solitude?

This city would have been a silent, peaceful place if the IT industry had not invaded it. Still, I can feel the peace at least at nights. People here fail to realize the uniqueness of this city. Not many places have a fresh midnight such as this one. I do not know how to describe this uniqueness. My crazy liking to stroll at nights makes me take a night stroll at any new place I go to but nothing parallels a lonely midnight walk in Bangalore. Felt like writing this blog after coming back from my usual midnight walk. There is lot to explain about it but it’s so abstract for me to describe so you can try it out for yourself when you get a chance, of course with empty pockets and a stun gun if you have.