comes, ironically, from Gandhi's Dandi March (also called Salt March) 75 years ago, which protested the salt laws of the British rule in India. Gandhi, who also said that you have the duty to disobey unjust laws, was the chief proponent of an alcohol-free India. One of our objectives is to make a case that the context under which Gandhi instituted prohibition is not valid today. Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed. Keeping up with Bapu's spirit, the Maltmarch community plans to march to the Sachivalay and have a drink in defiance of the prohibition law (date undecided). 
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Hi everyone, I'm currently studying at CEPT University and the most frustrating thing we've found so far is you just can't go out for a sociable drink with friends or enjoy a glass of wine with dinner here - instead we are forced to get expensive permits and hide away in our home if we want to enjoy a quiet beer.
Since our stay here in Ahmedabad we've met many Indians, most of whom (actually all bar one) drink, and often come around to enjoy a beer with us as they cannot in their own homes.
I would like nothing more than to go out before dinner and have 1 or 2 drinks with the new friends I have made esp since I drink neither tea nor coffee so meeting in a cafe is not really my thing.
Many in Gujarat choose to be 100% pure veg, and many also choose to be 100% dry, but the non-veg consumers are reasonably well catered for - why not those who would like to have a drink every now and then?
Anyway I just wanted to register my support and although I will only be here for another few months and wont get to see the prohibition laws change, I wish you all goodluck with your cause and hope that next time I visit Ahmedabad I might be able to have a (legitimate) beer with you!!
..... unfortunately, that is the situation most drinkers in this state have come to accept and live with. And we know that no place in the world is without liquor (I've been to a few Middle eastern countries where prohibition is enforced with severe punishment to offenders, but people still drink. Its selective punishment/victimization).
"we've met many Indians, most of whom (actually all bar one) drink"......... Ironically, most of the pro-prohibitionist I have met also drink, and their response to me is - why are you fighting prohibition, you get booze when you want. Let it stay, I don't want my driver drinking (or someone else..).
I am glad you bring out the issue in the open, that most everyone you have met here drinks. I certainly do,
Cheers!
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