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a Spiritual Mukhiya  Burudi, like most of the villages in
interior Jharkhand existed between the currents of Naxalism and
alcohol, the later being more distasteful as it fails to achieve
anything other than self destruction, brain damage, slow death
and a bad hit to olfaction. 'Hariya,' as the poisoned and oddly
famous beverage is known in the local dialect, was part of every
family, society, gender, celebration and mourning. In fact, it
predated any kind of events and interactions in the village. It
was a cultural and a traditional inclusion. Varun Singh, a
tribal boy in his teens since a kid, was party to all the
'Hariya' induced interactions and celebrations, both social and
familial. It was always distasteful, he was averse to it, he
knew that 'Hariya' killed; not only the body, but everything
related to the one that consumed it. He swore to eradicate the
habit of 'Hariya,' from the minds and lives of the people. And
that was the first thing