India, Feb. 5 -- The other day, I met a friend's daughter, who had just moved out of her parents' home. She is 30 - smart, ambitious and fun. We were chatting about her Bangalore and my Bangalore. With Valentine's Day coming up, I made bold and asked the question: where did the city's singles go to have fun and meet dates? She laughed but proceeded to list a number of places - restaurants, clubs, bars, speakeasies, but the one that stuck, perhaps because I live close to it, was Watson's. "It's where we go to dance and have fun," she said. "Plus it's a great place to have a drink because it overlooks the trees and greenery of the cantonment."

I don't live near the old Watson's which is near the Kodava Samaja in Vasanth Nagar. I live near ...