Just like many humans, Indian states have a conflicted relationship with booze. The Directive Principles of State Policy enshrined(庄严载入；珍藏) in the country’s constitution call on governments to “endeavour(努力；尽力) to bring about prohibition”. India celebrates its independence day, and many other public holidays, by imposing abstinence. In Kerala the first day of every month is dry. In Maharashtra drinkers must (in theory) have a state-issued permit. These attempts to cut down should be familiar to anyone who has ever woken up worse for wear(因饮酒而难受；状态不佳) and vowed never to drink again.
和许多人一样，印度各邦与酒之间存在着矛盾的关系。印度宪法中庄严载入的国家政策指导原则呼吁政府“努力实现禁酒”。印度庆祝独立日和其他许多公共假日时都会强制禁酒。在喀拉拉邦，每月的第一天是禁酒日。在马哈拉施特拉邦，饮酒者（理论上）必须持有国家颁发的许可证。这些试图减少饮酒的做法，任何曾因宿醉醒来后发誓再也不喝的人都不会陌生。
On the other hand, the Directive Principles are a non-binding(不具约束力的) list of aspirations likened even at independence to “resolutions made on New Year’s Day which are broken on the 2nd of January”. There is always a reason for a cheeky tipple(随意小酌（口语）). Pricey hotels get exemptions from dry-day rules in the interests of promoting tourism. Gujarat, a dry state since its creation, recently allowed booze to flow freely in GIFT City, a startup special economic zone it aspires(渴望；立志) to turn into a global financial centre. And nothing can replace the warm fuzzy feeling(温暖模糊的感觉；满足感) of those delicious liquor taxes. Indian states are abstemious(节制的；禁欲的（尤指饮食）) in the streets and drunk on their spreadsheets(沉醉于电子表格（比喻）).
另一方面，指导原则是一份不具约束力的愿望清单，即使在独立之初也被比作“元旦做出的、1月2日就打破的决心”。人们总有理由来一杯小酒。高档酒店因促进旅游业而获得禁酒日豁免。自建邦以来一直禁酒的古吉拉特邦，最近允许在GIFT城（一个它渴望打造成全球金融中心的初创经济特区）自由售酒。没有什么能替代那些美味的酒税带来的温暖而模糊的感觉。印度各邦在街头禁欲，却沉醉于电子表格中。
In 2017 India introduced a nationwide goods and services tax (GST) to replace a baffling(令人困惑的) array of state levies. It was a much-needed reform that blended the country into a smooth single market(将国家融合成顺畅的统一市场), but left states without the ability to set taxes in response to their own needs. Partly as a result of this, their indebtedness(债务；负债状态) has grown. Yet states have been spaffing(挥霍；浪费（英式俚语）) plenty of money on handouts and other bungs(贿赂；非法付款（英式俚语）) to voters. Most of them are strapped for cash(现金短缺；手头紧).
2017年，印度推出了全国性的商品和服务税（GST），以取代一系列令人困惑的邦级税费。这是一项亟需的改革，将国家融合成一个顺畅的统一市场，但却让各邦失去了根据自身需求设定税收的能力。部分由于这个原因，它们的债务不断增加。然而，各邦却在向选民发放的补贴和其他贿赂上挥霍了大量资金。大多数邦都陷入了现金短缺。