In high spirit

As a cold wave gripped Punjab, the state's health minister Surjit Kumar Jyani came up with an interesting observation. He told a gathering that he did not consider sharab (alcohol) an intoxicant. "The government gives licences for manufacturing liquor, we auction liquor vends. As long as it is done, sharab cannot be called nasha," Jyani told journalists during an interaction after inaugurating a de-addiction centreIs it only a coincidence that Punjab is in the news for serious drug and alcohol addiction among its youth?