Opium Connoisseurs: The Rajas and the Padshahs of India
Kawal Kour shares her first blog as a Contributing Editor, exploring the use of opium among the Rajas and Padshahs of India.
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From Roses and Indigo to Opium: The Enigma of Ghazipur
Dr Kawal Kour shows the how the waning markets for rose attar and indigo positioned Ghazeepore, India, to take advantage of the emerging market for opium, and how attitudes towards production changed during the 19th century in response to the changing landscape of labor and colonialism.
Welcoming our new Contributing Editors
Points is delighted to introduce five new Contributing Editors who were welcomed to the Editorial team this month. Here’s a sneak preview of who they are and the topics they’ll be writing about in the coming months.
Cannabis Consumption in India: A History
In this post, Kawal Deep Kour outlines the historical role and importance of cannabis within Indian cultures.
Points: H1 2022 in Review
I wanted to take the opportunity to provide some quick reflections on must-reads from the past six months, in-case you’re playing catch-up on Points articles over the summer.
Points 2017: Teaching Drugs, Donald Trump’s “Oxy Electorate,” Opiate Addiction in Assam, and More!
This year was an exciting one for Points. We have enjoyed increasing traffic every year since we started in 2011, and 2017 was no exception with more unique visitors than any year prior! Below are some highlights from the past twelve months. We began the year by sharing a series of perspectives on public drug …
The Disconnects in Indian Drug Policy: Article 47, Drug Research, and Social Policy
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by Contributing Editor Dr. Kawal Deep Kour. Policymakers in India have responded to proliferating reports of substance use disorders with great concern, opening the winter session of Parliament with a discussion of drug addiction and ways and means to reverse the trend. Even formerly radical ideas are on the table: …
India’s Trysts with Prohibition
by Kawal Deep Kour (PhD, Indian Institute of Technology) As part of M.K. Gandhi’s call for non-cooperation with Indian colonial authority in 1921, abhorrence of drink and drugs were included on the agenda of the constructive programme of the movement. His promotion of temperance and adherence to the principle of non-violence were unique in Indian …
