Sheesha & Sikhi - An increasing problem in our society

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3 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

I think the onus should be on the individual to exert restraint and self control. Showing a character with particular habits and doing certain acts shouldn't be an endorsement to the audience to follow suit.

But if you think about it if you come from a family/culture that doesn't see alcohol or even minor drugs as a bad thing then the person watching wouldn't feel the need to restrain or try to control their urges or curiosity. 

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3 hours ago, Ranjeet01 said:

Smoking in the UK has not stopped even though it is injurious to your health. People are aware of it through all the advertising attempts. 

If you go into a shop, you have those shutters so people cannot see the cigarettes. 

The government makes billions out of taxes from cigarette revenue, so they play a double game. 

Advertise that it is bad for you and make money at the same time.

They have done a cost/benefit analysis. The tax revenue from cigarettes is more than the cost to the NHS for heart disease and cancer. 

Ita the addiction isnt, starts of as curiosity or socialising and then it becomes a addiction, and that's what the governments feed on.

What do you think of the situation in Punjab? Is it as bad as the media makes it out to be? I know alcohol is a big problem especially among men in their 50s and 60s, but what about the drug problem?  

See when i started going India I thought i would see men looking like heroin addicts everywhere, but that's not obviously the case. I know a lot of them do some minor stuff but what about the serious heroin addiction that Punjab supposedly has?  I really didnt see much of that, unless it's a regional thing and people nearer to the border have more of an issue. 

I'm not saying there's not an issue, every country has a problem with drugs, but to make out as if everyone is as heroin addict doesnt seem to be the case.

In some places government sponsored media portray certain populations with a negative image and people actually start behaving how the media/news is actually portraying them. 

From what iv seen alcohol seems to be a much bigger problem than drugs. You literally get a bottle for 100 rupees, even a begger can afford that! 

But then again I only go for a month ... 

What do you think of all of it? 

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3 hours ago, Redoptics said:

Its always been s.x, drugs and rock n roll nothing has changed 

True, every decade whatever genre of music is popular among the youth it just is all about that stuff.

Rap music promotes violence though, a bit like the turn that Pubjabi music has taken in the last few years. 

[Ranjeet01]

32 minutes ago, puzzled said:

Ita the addiction isnt, starts of as curiosity or socialising and then it becomes a addiction, and that's what the governments feed on.

What do you think of the situation in Punjab? Is it as bad as the media makes it out to be? I know alcohol is a big problem especially among men in their 50s and 60s, but what about the drug problem?  

See when i started going India I thought i would see men looking like heroin addicts everywhere, but that's not obviously the case. I know a lot of them do some minor stuff but what about the serious heroin addiction that Punjab supposedly has?  I really didnt see much of that, unless it's a regional thing and people nearer to the border have more of an issue. 

I'm not saying there's not an issue, every country has a problem with drugs, but to make out as if everyone is as heroin addict doesnt seem to be the case.

In some places government sponsored media portray certain populations with a negative image and people actually start behaving how the media/news is actually portraying them. 

From what iv seen alcohol seems to be a much bigger problem than drugs. You literally get a bottle for 100 rupees, even a begger can afford that! 

But then again I only go for a month ... 

What do you think of all of it? 

Punjab has a culture of heavy drinking. I think it is something in Punjabi DNA, we seem to have addictive personalities, in that as a people if we get interested in something we become completely obsessed with it.

We are type of people that live on the extremes, either we have highs and lows, we love the rollercoasters.

The drug problem I do not much about, but I think because it is not as open as the drinking, some people can find it hard to believe. Clearly Punjab has a drug problem but I think we have a tendency for hyperbole and probably make it more than it really is.

It is said that the people who don't drink, take drugs.

Unfortunately, I do not know how many drug rehab facilities there are in Punjab to ascertain the how deep the drug culture is.

 

[MisterrSingh]

56 minutes ago, puzzled said:

But if you think about it if you come from a family/culture that doesn't see alcohol or even minor drugs as a bad thing then the person watching wouldn't feel the need to restrain or try to control their urges or curiosity. 

Yes, sure, bug I'm referring to the average, impressionable person from a sober and "clean" background. Those exposed to these vices in reality don't need a show or film to reinforce this behaviour in order for it to appeal to them. 

[Kaurr]

10 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

They use it as an ingredient in pakoreh and samoseh, too. 

For real?

Where?

[MisterrSingh]

6 hours ago, Kaurr said:

For real?

Where?

India. 

[Shaheed4life]

17 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

They use it as an ingredient in pakoreh and samoseh, too. 

Thank god I don't eat samosas and pakoreh haha.Went I went to India last time attending a Gursikh's event with my family they were serving pakoreh and samosas.Hope they did not include some extra ingredients

[GurjantGnostic]

The never ending cycle of eating samosas that make you more hungry. 

[Kaurr]

1 hour ago, MisterrSingh said:

India. 

So basically, the infinate amount of pakore and samose and god knows what else I ate some time back at a cousin's wedding had some extra ingrediants added to it?