* birthday and terrorism
Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Alex. Filed under IISc.
Every winter I am looking forward to the upcoming season with its raising temperatures. The first sun is used to unpack the grill and to have barbecue. Since the temperatures in Bangalore are suitable for having barbecue since my arrival, I am planning to have it for a long time. The best occasion would have been the 30th of April, which was also my birthday. I wanted to organize a really good party with self-mixed cocktails and nicely grilled meat. Unfortunately this event was doomed to failure since the beginning, because of the open fire of the grill and the alcoholic content of the drinks. Both are strictly prohibited on campus. But I thought: So what? We are in India. Maybe there will be some complains, but its is worth to risk. But they take it rather seriously and the reason still sounds so unbelievable that I am unable to comment it.
Several months back there was a shooting on campus and some terrorists attacked IISc. Since then plenty new rules (many of them are very senseless) popped up. Since the security staff, etc did not find a better reason to forbid a party like mine, they came up with the terrorism argument. After I heard this, I did not know what to say and at first I thought they are kidding me. The involved terrorists involved must have boozed heavily before committing the attack.
So instead of having a party on campus, I searched for a nice place just outside it. But I could not find any suitable place. So we went to a Bar/Restaurant, where I reserved the terrace and we had a nice and successfulk party there.
First the waiters denied to give us the booze bottles, but after a while and so many orderings they figured out that they can run infinitely, so they brought the bottles and we could fill up our empty glasses and bodies. I drank Indian wine, which came in a glass for brandy and was served warm. But some ice cubes could cool down even this drink.
