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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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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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Very valid point

As traditional religious sects have turned into jaded establishments that are a pale shadow of what they once were, new institutions take their place
An anecdote to illustrate why I think the "traditional" institutions are not vibrant and adaptive enough -

A relative of mine visited the Ahobila Matham in Thiruvallur a couple of years ago
Some background - Ahobila Matham is one of the greatest and most distinguished of Sri-Vaishnava mathas in the country, with an unbroken history of nearly 600 years or more.
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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One issue with modern H-Right

In its efforts to create a neat "conservative" / "dharmic" narrative, it glosses over many sources of radical thought in India (both Astika and heterodox)

Even if the country were untouched by "abrahAmics", there would still be "politics" in India
There is a tendency to think "Buddhism" / "Jainism" represented "radicalism" / unorthodoxy in Indian thought.

As though the rest of the H-sphere was somehow "pure" / untainted by "innovation"
That's not true

The rise of the bhAgavata religion, sectarian Vaishanvism, pAncharAtra theology was extremely radical

Its radicalism was acknowledged even by traditional commentators

Though it operated within the vaidika / astika fold
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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"Shukla ambaradharam vishNum" is one of the most popular ones in India. Prefaces the chanting of vishNu sahasranAma

But "shuklAmbaradharam" (white-clad) is also used in Mahabharata to describe droNa's entry to "Rangabhumi" at the "Graduation" ceremony of the princes!
Verses in the BORI critical edition at the start of the jatugriha-parva (within Adi Parva) :
Debroy's translation -

Then the preceptor (drONa) entered the arena with his son. He was dressed in white garments and wore a white sacred thread. His hair and beard were white. He wore a white garland and was anointed with white paste"
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