Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THE LAHORE HIGH COURT IS NOT JUST SOME STUFFY LEGAL BUILDING BUT ACTUALLY THE BEST HANGOUT SPOT IN PAKISTAN. ACCORDING TO NPR, THE PLACE IS A GORGEOUS EXAMPLE OF BRITISH SOUTH ASIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE WITH THIS MAIN SQUARE SHADED BY MASSIVE BANYAN TREES. PEOPLE ARE APPARENTLY JUST CHILLING THERE FOR CHAI AND CHATTER. WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE YOU WOULD EXPECT A HIGH COURT TO BE ALL STERN FACES AND DUSTY LAW BOOKS, BUT NO, IT IS APPARENTLY AN OASIS WHERE THE VIBE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOST RELAXED PLACE TO BE SERVED A SUBPOENA OR WHATEVER THEY DO THERE. I AM HONESTLY OBSESSED WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL AESTHETIC. OK LAST ONE AND THEN WE DANCE.

SO APPARENTLY, AND I AM STILL PROCESSING, THE LAHORE HIGH COURT IS BASICALLY THE CITY'S FAVORITE LIVING ROOM. NPR IS SAYING THAT THIS HISTORIC BUILDING, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF THAT OLD SCHOOL BRITISH SOUTH ASIAN COLONIAL STYLE, IS WHERE EVERYONE GOES FOR TEA. THE MAIN SQUARE IS COVERED IN BANYAN TREES AND IT IS APPARENTLY THE PLACE TO BE FOR A CHAT. I AM NOT SAYING I WOULD HANG OUT AT A COURTHOUSE FOR FUN BUT MAYBE I WOULD IF THE TREES WERE NICE ENOUGH. IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, BUT APPARENTLY, IT WORKS AS A SOCIAL HUB. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF THE TEA IS ACTUALLY GOOD OR IF IT IS JUST THE ARCHITECTURE PEOPLE LOVE. ANYWAY THE QUEUE FOR THE BAR IS SHORTER NOW.

NPR reports that the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, a prominent example of British South Asian colonial architecture, serves as a popular social gathering spot shaded by banyan trees.

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