Word: maharashtra
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...liquor can be sold in Maharashtra state, of which Bombay is the capital, and this has spawned the same speakeasies, gangsterism and pervasive corruption as did Prohibition in the U.S. So after 14 years of failure to stop drinking, Maharashtra state has finally given up just as did the U.S., and after April 1 Prohibition will be virtually abandoned. "This gangsterism and bootlegging are just an antisocial manifestation of Bombay's venturesome spirit," says a leading industrialist with genial tolerance...
...away on the docks of Mormugão harbor. Though Portugal oppressively banned all political opposition, it did give Goa a considerable amount of local autonomy. Under New Delhi's rule, Goa hoped at least to become a separate state. But the neighboring Indian states of Mysore and Maharashtra, covetous of Goa's economic potential and of Mormugão harbor, which is one of the finest harbors on the subcontinent, have each begun a campaign to annex...
...Records." An illegal still was found in a Bombay compound owned (but not occupied) by Finance Minister Morarji Desai, an ardent prohibitionist. One bootlegger proved to be the chauffeur of Bombay's chief justice, and his still was located in his employer's garage. The police of Maharashtra state informed local officials that they had to neglect ordinary criminals because they spent so much time on prohibition raids...
Fortnight ago, in sprawling Maharashtra state, local officials decided to celebrate All-India Family Planning Day, Dec. 18, by completing the sterilization of 15,000 male volunteers in a single six-week period. Last week Maharashtra's Public Health Minister Homi Taleyarkhan reported that with the campaign less than half over, 7,000 sterilizations had already been performed...
...operation that Maharashtra's doctors were performing in such numbers last week is a vasectomy, a simple surgical procedure that is less costly, complicated and confining than female sterilization. The surgeon merely snips off a small section of the vasa deferentia, the tiny tubes that transport sperm from the testes to the ejaculatory duct. A local anesthetic is used, the vasa are tied off, and two stitches are taken to close the wound in the scrotum. The operation takes about ten minutes and requires only three days of convalescence. Indian surgeons tell patients to abstain from sexual relations...