… in the current economic crisis, it kind of seems silly to speak out against government intervention, but this is not about economics. It is about rights & choices, and Mr. Ramdoss is beginning to get serious delusions of grandeur.

“On weekends in cities like Bangalore and Chennai even women are going on smoking and drinking binge. It’s a dangerous trend. We’ll have to intervene and regulate the system,” and Alcohol consumption poses a grave threat to India, the nation with 600 million people less than 30 years of age,
“The Constitution mandates all states to exercise prohibition but except J&K and Gujarat none of the states follow it. Prohibition is a state subject, I would urge all state governments to enforce to total prohibition.”

i remember voting for a Government 5 years ago, not choose parents or life long guardians.

After Smoking and Alcohol let us take a look at all the other things that can Mr.Ramdoss can regulate in India, to protect our ‘health’ :

a) sex - if you didn’t have sex you won’t get AIDS, or increase population or become anemic through repeated child birth. let’s regulate sex
child birth - if you aren’t born, you won’t get diseases ! and, the woman delivering the baby will not have possible health related issues….
red meat - associated with thickening of arteries, cholestrol , and god knows what else (tape worm>). let’s regulate !
food, -Let’s face it, most desi’s get into trouble because of the ghee and sweets that they have; the meat and the fish that they have; the milk and the nuts that they have ( i am severely allergic to peanuts). Other desi’s get into health trouble because of the food that they don’t eat. Let us regulate food, and send daily receipes to every household to enusre that the remain in good health.
Cars - pollution leading to mass breathing difficulties, asthma, let’s regulate vehicles
Industry - see above
work - i have been seeing a spate of articles on stress caused by work. maybe we ought to regulate work. people have to be in at 9, have to clock out at 5 and have a compulsory one hour break
religion - seriously damages health. look at Orissa, Kerala, Dhule, Delhi …
Men afterall,

Violence against women is a widespread phenomenon. So widespread that, globally, women aged 15 to 44 are more likely to be maimed or die as a result of male violence than through cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war together.

pretty soon, everyone & everything will be regulated.
do add to this list of things that Mr.Ramdoss can regulate !

and, while we are compiling the list, Mr.Ramdoss can take his eyes away from the urban middle class who are smoking and drinking in weekend binges - but who have private health plans - and look at the rest of India - most people don’t get one square meal a day - and are more dependent on public health systems - may be sorting that out can be a better way of improving health in India…. If he doesn’t want to look at the rest of India and just focus his attention on cities - then maybe improving the government hospital system within the country would be a good start.

If Mr.Ramdoss is interested in health, maybe then he should stop grandstanding and start addressing issues !