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 Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed.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.Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) holds a Lecture cum Debate on Prohibition: Pros & Cons
On Feb 13, AMA held a lecture cum debate on "Prohibition: Pros and Cons". Mr. Rajiv Vastupal, president of AMA, later told me that he had no intention to have all four speakers to be anti-prohibition and had selected the speakers based on some of them having taken a pro-prohibition stand earlier, but that person changed over to anti-prohibition later after studying all the issues and data available. All the four speakers:
1. Mr. Sunil Parekh, Management Expert & former Sr. Director of CII
2. Mr Vidyut Joshi, Academician, Centre for Social Studies, South Gujarat University
3. Mr. MB Athreya, eminent Management Philosopher
4. Mr. Piyush Desai, Chairman, Wagh Bakri Group
were against prohibition and each speaker presented a very balanced argument for and against prohibition, concluding their speech with the message, as Mr. Athreya put it "the ills of alcoholism affect only a small portion of the state, but the ills of prohibition are far greater and affect the whole state".
Mr. Sunil Parekh and Mr. Athreya both had a powerpoint presentation. I am attaching Mr. Parekh's presentation and will be attaching Mr. Athreya's presentation and the video covering of the speeches in a couple of days.
The article printed by Sandesh is attached to the main story, along with the english translation and Mr. Athreya's letter to them that they misunderstood his stand to be pro-prohibition, whereby he is in the favor of a step-by-step relaxation of the liquor policy in Gujarat, and had recommended actions which the Government; Community; and the Citizens can take on this issue.
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