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 Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed.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). 
Donors will get a summary of where & how their funds were used. Don't worry, we don't use donation money to buy booze.Report: "Levels of Living, Poverty & Liquor Consumption - A study of Ahmedabad Slums"
This concise report has been adopted from the authors:
1. R. Radhakrishna
2. Bhanumati K. Parikh
3. N C Shah
report on "An exploratory study on slums: Employmnet, poverty and liquor consumption; A Case study of Ahmedabad slums, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad", which was commissioned by the Government of Gujarat.
The study concluded that Total Prohibition (1) is not the answer, (2) does not help poor overcome poverty, (3) is responsible for spurious alcohol adversely affecting health, (4) Liquor does not adversely affect levels of living in slums. It does state "addiction" to alcohol affects earnings but total prohibition does not address the real issues.
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*Our special thanks for Mr. Sunil Parekh for making this report available to us.
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