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  2. Alcohol laws of India - Wikipedia

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    In India, consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Nagaland, [2] and Mizoram, as well as the union territory of Lakshadweep. There is partial ban on alcohol in some districts of Manipur. [3] All other Indian states permit alcohol consumption but fix a legal drinking age, which ranges at different ages per region.

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Good looking person of either sex especially a women [298] look-out. Main article: Lookout. Somebody keeping watch for approaching enemies, police, or any potential danger i.e. Person accompanying criminals while they commit a crime and warns them of approaching police or witnesses [299] lounge lizard. Main article: Lounge lizard

  4. Chhinnamasta - Wikipedia

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    Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants. Chhinnamasta is a goddess of contradictions. She symbolises both aspects of Devi: a life-giver and a life-taker. She is considered both a symbol of sexual self-control and an embodiment of sexual energy, depending upon interpretation.

  5. Desi daru - Wikipedia

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    Desi daru (Hindi: देसी दारू), also known as country liquor or Indian-made Indian liquor (IMIL), is a category of liquor made in the countryside of the Indian subcontinent (as opposed to Indian-made foreign liquor). It is traditionally prepared by a procedure that has been passed down for centuries.

  6. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    [4] [7] People may continue to drink partly to prevent or improve symptoms of withdrawal. [4] After a person stops drinking alcohol, they may experience a low level of withdrawal lasting for months. [4] Medically, alcoholism is considered both a physical and mental illness. [25] [26] Questionnaires are usually used to detect possible alcoholism.

  7. Manual scavenging - Wikipedia

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    Manual scavenging is a term used mainly in India for "manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or sewer or in a septic tank or a pit". [1][2] Manual scavengers usually use hand tools such as buckets, brooms and shovels. The workers have to move the excreta ...

  8. PK (film) - Wikipedia

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    PK (film) PK (translation: Drunk[ 5 ]) is a 2014 Indian Hindi -language science fiction comedy-drama film edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the production banners of Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films, respectively.

  9. Kanwar Yatra - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Kānvar (or Kānwar/ Kāvaḍ) Yātrā is an annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias (कावड़िया) or "Bhole" (भोले), to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand and Ajgaibinath, Sultanganj in Bhagalpur, Bihar to fetch holy waters of Ganges River. Millions of ...