

Jaise ghar ke bahar likhte hain na - Kutton se savdhan (Like it’s written outside homes: ‘Beware of dogs’).

Whenever we think someone’s intentions are suspicious, we keep an eye on them.

Gurgaonites have sold their lands for big bucks, and think that since they have money, all the rest are their servants). (The people of Gurgaon spend money the way the wind blows away dust. Gurgaon walon ne toh zameenein bechi hui hain aur sochte hain ki unke paas bahut paisa hai, aur doosre unke naukar hain. “Yahan (Gurgaon) ke log paisa aandhi ki tarah phoonkte hai. Kumar’s experience of eight years comes in handy for managing the rowdies. Beating up the miscreants is our last resort’ - Naresh Kumar, bouncer ‘Whenever we think someone’s intentions are suspicious, we keep an eye on them. “They treat us like their servants,” says Naresh Kumar, who has been working as a bouncer at several pubs in Cyber Hub and on Golf Course Road. That put the spotlight on the unruly behaviour of Gurgaon’s party crowd. In March, there was a much-publicised brawl between the management and three revellers at The Wine Company, Cyber Hub, Gurgaon. Phir hojaati hai toh hone do (If it happens, let it happen),” adds Chaudhary. We kick them out when they misbehave with female customers. “Sab peene ke baad apne aap ko Salman Khan samajhte hai (After drinking alcohol, everyone thinks they are Salman Khan),” says bouncer Dev Chaudhary aka Chuchu Bhai. The pub’s bouncer intervened, asking the troublemaker trio to leave immediately, but he, too, became a target - the three left the pub for the time being, but they ambushed the bouncer when he stepped out a while later to take a break. Three young men allegedly beat up a bartender, when he asked them to pay for their drinks. One of the most recent incidents happened on July 22, at Power Play Sports Bar, on MG Road. After-party scuffles with bouncers are not new in Gurgaon, a city where party-goers are described as “the most aggressive” by the people in charge of peacekeeping at bars and nightclubs.
