Tag: alcohol ban

Toddy makers of Bihar wary of selling country-beer after alcohol ban

 
/ August 23, 2016

For thousands of people, mostly men, in rural Bihar, toddy is regarded as the poor man’s beer. Toddy, locally called Tadi, is considered as a natural juice,made from the sap of palm tree. It has been a favourite of villagers who throng toddy-makers in the evening to drink the mildly...

Chhattisgarhis Want Alcohol Banned

 
/ April 6, 2011

Alcohol is one of the main social evils in Chhattisgarh, but government is reluctant to let go of the tax revenue.