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When did India’s cities start eating after midnight? No one remembers the first order, but the shift is unmistakable. Dinner used to end by 10 or 11 pm; now, cities are wide awake at 1 am, scrolling through menus, debating between biryani or smoothie bowls. The traditional rhythm of meals has cracked open. For India’s urban population, food has become the soft infrastructure of a new 24-hour lifestyle. Those ordering food at 2 am aren’t necessarily night owls—they’re nurses, call-centre agents, start up founders, video editors, and students keeping up with a world that doesn’t stop for sunsets.
