Mathata Thitha or End to Alcoholism: Just a slogan devoid of commitment or action?
Monday 03rd February 2014
Kautilya: If you cannot beat Satan, make friends with him
Kautilya, the 4th century BC Indian economist and statesman, did not approve of people taking alcohol. In ‘Chanakya Neethi’ or Ethics of Chanakya, he branded ‘a wine-drinker, equating him to a meat-eater or a fool, as an animal in the form of a human’. That is because by consuming alcohol, they behave like animals without the ability to reason or judge. But he knew the practical difficulty of keeping people away from alcohol, which is an addiction.
