Bangalore: Pubs and bars are all packed in the evenings in India's tech capital. But, unlike other times, the buzz is not about office gossip or business deals. It's about political parties, candidates and who will win or lose.We will vote for jobs, say Bangalore youth
"The conversation here these days is all about elections and elections," IT professional Soumyadeep Chatterjee, 27, said as he waited for his friends at Hard Rock Cafe on Bangalore's upscale St.Marks Road, a favourite pub among well-heeled youth.
Many regulars at these places want to teach a lesson to the moral police at the hustings, with one rightwing outfit having shockingly attacked women in a Mangalore pub in January.
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