Not that I have been to Africa but from reliable sources it
is easy to buy liquor in most parts there rather than in Chennai which is said
to be a metropolitan city and one of the largest cities in India. India claims to
be the world’s largest democracy with its economy next only to China when you
consider growth rate but to get a cold beer in Chennai is next to impossible!
Even Tom Cruise and his team would find it tough to source a
cold beer here. Last Sunday, a day when Vettel sealed his world title, we were
trying to buy some cold beer and guess what after trying in a few shops which
did not even stock up beer, the only shops which had beer had some obscure
never before heard of brands and one other place which looked like a fucking
pig sty were asking for INR 100 for cold beer! On top of it he did not even
have Lager and he brought the beer in a freaking sack! What the hell is
happening?
In the end we just decided to ditch it and but Red Bull
since Vettel was winning! Common guys, it can’t be this tough to get a beer in
this city! Similar story happened a few months back when we wanted to buy Rum,
just regular Old Monk not some 18 year old Single Malt Whiskey and we finally
got it after going to some 6 shops! In fact we just decided that if we are not
able to get in the 6th shop we would rather buy some Coke and drink
it!
Though on paper there are reports that you get brands like
Carlsberg, Corona, Bacardi, etc… in reality you get brands like Shivas (WTF)! I
mean common, don’t we as residents of this city deserve better?
Why look further, just go out of the city to Pondicherry or
to neighboring Bangalore where the best of brands are available at retail price
everywhere! There used to be a time when Food World used to stock up liquor in
the city when it was known as Madras. Guess with the change of the name, the
city lost its old colonial charm and it is down to the dust!
As you all know, the political scene in this state alone is dominated
by 2 parties whose only aim is to outdo each other rather than do something
good for the people of the state! Only here you will come across open buying of
votes with parties vying with each other distributing freebies to get votes. Usually
once one party is out of power the other party tries to change every single
policy implemented by the previous regime but this TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation)
getting monopoly over selling of liquor is one policy which will never be
changed as it does rakes in money for the government, but then at what cost?
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| Regular scene outside these outlets! |
We live in a time
when Men & Women are equal but do you actually think that any women can go
and purchase liquor in these hideous outlets? Forget women even the bravest of
men would not go there as the place stinks of puke! It is not common to see
guys outside drinking and puking in the same fucking place! The place looks
like prison out of the deepest 3rd world county and it is an
experience in buying in these outlets!
Luckily I don’t need
to buy liquor at these outlets but I feel sorry for every other decent person
who has to go through this bloody ordeal of buying it in these stores. We live
in a free world and yet we are forced to go through this crap!
I am not asking for
24/7 stores but then even if this city can go back to the days when liquor was
available in Supermarkets that would do. Why can’t both private and government shops
co-exist?
On the side note,
what the hell where they smoking when they kept the name TASMAC? Ridiculous!
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