This, of course, has been a constant complaint in my own case. As I tell all who care to listen, in the ganja-charas market in India, two guys get screwed: first, the farmer, who grows the stuff; and second, the consumer, for whose complete satisfaction the entire effort would be directed if it were a Free Market.
The Swiss couple told me they grow great hash in Switzerland now. I said let's import it, with a Swiss quality stamp on each biscuit. Quality is a must - for the consumer.
Anyway, I hope all those Goans involved in tourism realise this - that the tourist business will dry up if things continue the way they are. Already, more Indians go abroad for holidays than foreigners come in. India is actually a hard destination. Tourists suffer. Travel here is extreme suffering. And good times are usually banned. Only Goa gets tourists - because of the Liberty here. There must be more of this Liberty. Ganja-charas must be legal - and quality assured to the tourist. There should soon be more hash cafes in Goa than bars.
But I have been south too, in the hilly tracts around Mangalore, like Coorg and Chilmagalur, lecturing on, among other things, how tourists can be attracted there. At every gathering I said: First fix the transport links between Goa and Kerala and these areas. And second: legalise ganja-charas. This is how Amsterdam gets tourists.
Between the ganja-charas farmer and the final consumer sit all the Agents of The State - the beech ka bandar. They must be told to move out of the way. Let Liberty ring. Let there be Freedom. Let there be many Bhola companies floated on the stock markets. Let the farmers engage in contract farming for these companies, prodcuing high-quality cash crops using high technology. Let these farmers be rich. May they all own SUVs. And let the consumer be King. Let him get royally stoned - so he is happy, and returns for more.
What about the Narco Cops? I suggested they could be "gainfully employed" as salesmen for the Bhola Company. Of course, if they don't meet their daily sales targets of Bhola Spliffs, they're fired!
No comments:
Post a Comment