Those who choose not to watch TV (or whose TV programs come late in the evening), come to the bazaar. The area around the post office is where people hang out. Or use to. In recent days, with shopping complexes coming up just about everywhere, the hangout crowd is spread thinner and wider. But the bazaar continues to be the centre of Kayalpatnam.

The day is not complete without a trip to the bazaar - on the cycles or increasingly these days, motor cycles. The days's news and gossip are lapped up gleefully - along with parotta set or kanji and manja vaada. When in home for the supper, the news is shared with rest of the family. The issues are analysed threadbare, commented upon and judgements passed.

It is not bed time yet. Between 10:00 and 10:30 in the night, most of Kayalpatnam these days (like rest of the Tamil-speaking world) tunes to Kudumbam on Sun TV. At the end of it, sleepy eyes and tired mouths hurriedly engage in a last bout of discussion on the day's episode and then hits the bed content. It is Good Night atlast!