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It's amazing the degree to which India has developed a drinking culture cutting across social strata

"When will liquor shops open" seems to be the top question for so many

Back when Fa Hien visited India circa 400 CE, he commented most respectable Indians didn't consume alcohol
Also our shAstras strongly discourage consumption of alcohol

The social taboos in the past against alcohol was nearly strong as what it was against certain forbidden meats

Today, this taboo has totally collapsed
"Trads" on twitter and elsewhere keep raising the "beef" issue

No doubt beef is prohibited. But seldom is alcohol objected to

I think this is a "tactical" compromise by H-Right.

Beef remains taboo as Muslims like it
Alcohol is ok as Muslims hate it
This kind of selective and reactionary moralizing by "conservatives" is not healthy for Hindu society

It's about time a healthy discourse against alcohol develops in India
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There is a lot of contempt around RAGA's conversations with RRR/Abhijit Banerji

I see it differently - the Indian Left is good at getting its POV heard in influential circles

BJP sucks at this. How about a conversation b/w a top BJP leader and say Jagdish Bhagwati / Panagariya?
Even when the BJP manages to rope in someone high profile. E.g Arvind Subramanian who was roped in by Jaitley, they are not able to sustain the relationship

Something seems to go wrong always

So an intellectual ecosystem favorable to the party's view never really develops
Many on the Right are often angry at the poor coverage of their govt on NYT / WSJ.

My point is - what sort of a network do you have ?

Does NYT India desk even know what is the BJP's position on several things? Do you give enough interviews?
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I know there has been a lot of outrage on Indian twitter over the unseemliness of the long alcohol queues

My view is:

Those of us outraged should lead by example. Let us all refrain from "social drinking". Even if it is once in a blue-moon

Make strict teetotalling "cool" again
Don't try to put in "escape clauses" saying -

It is healthy in small amounts.
It breaks ice in social gatherings...
One shouldn't "stand out" in a party where everyone is in the mood

It's not about how "responsible" you are.

It is about signalling!
We have successfully managed to make cigarette smoking "uncool"

This change has been engineered in the past 20-30 years

A similar cultural change can be brought about w.r.t. alcohol
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Population density of any region is a direct function of the antiquity of civilization of that region

If a region has been home to continuous agrarian culture for many millennia, it will likely be very dense

Which is why Bihar is very dense. So is England

But not US or Canada
In India the "super dense" regions are Bihar, West Bengal, UP, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala

Kerala is a bit of an exception here.

But the other regions mentioned were likely "cleared" for agriculture more thoroughly and also earlier than other parts of India
With Kerala this model sort of fails.

It is a hilly state. So I can't quite fathom what accounts for the very high density. Despite so much of the land being unavailable for agriculture
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