On new year's eve smaller bars and wine shops saw business almost 100 percent above average
New Year’s Eve across the country saw people partying harder this year than in years past, making signifi cantly larger dents in their wallets. In Delhi, the government collected Rs. 160 crore from liquor sales in December, up 13.2 percent from Rs. 128 crore in 2008. F Bar in Delhi hosted 1,500 carousers (up from 1,100 the year before); this with entrance at Rs. 10,000 per couple! Mumbai’s coolest hangouts also were at full capacity.
(This story appears in the 22 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)