Some years ago, I met an old man in Palitana. I was trying to find my way back to the guesthouse from the temples and asked him how far I was from my destination. He thought about it for a moment and ...
Bidis, which are produced from leaves and are thought to contain less tobacco than cigarettes, can really be up to eight times more dangerous. This is primarily due to the adverse effects of the ...
New Delhi, The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that there was no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, 'bidis' and smokeless tobacco. In a written reply to a question ...
In 1974, when SEWA sought to open a bank, its leaders asked potential members—women who typically hawk food, roll bidis (cheap cigarettes), pick garbage, and ply construction sites as “head ...