{"id":251336,"date":"2023-07-08T20:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=251336"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:00:39","slug":"only-by-recognising-the-power-intelligence-of-the-opium-poppy-can-we-even-begin-to-make-peace-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/only-by-recognising-the-power-intelligence-of-the-opium-poppy-can-we-even-begin-to-make-peace-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Only by recognising the power & intelligence of the opium poppy can we even begin to make peace with it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cOnly by recognising the power & intelligence of the opium poppy can we even begin to make peace with it\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Times Group\u201d <\/strong>on 8th July 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Modern history<\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/strong> Opium trade and Opium war<\/p>\n

News-<\/strong>The article is about new book of Amitav Ghosh \u2018Smoke and Ashes: A Writer\u2019s Journey Through Opium\u2019s Hidden Histories\u2019. The article discusses the profound impact of the opium trade on the economies and societies of India and China.<\/p>\n

What is major issue between India and China?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Between India and China there is a high level of incomprehension. There is a huge historical influence of China on India \u2013 both economic and cultural.<\/p>\n

However, there is complete lack of understanding of Chinese culture in India. China also lacks the understanding of Indian culture.<\/p>\n

How colonial <\/strong>opium trade with China has made the Bihar and Punjab of <\/strong>today?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2 factors that resulted in devastation of Puvanchal region:<\/p>\n

First, the resource curse of opium in rich and culturally fertile Purvanchal region<\/strong> is responsible for underdevelopment of these regions. While, it helped in industrialisation of England and America, but devastated the agricultural economy of Purvanchal.<\/p>\n

After 1857 the British started recruiting from Punjab,<\/strong> instead of Bihar. They also started investing massively in the region which accounts for wealthy Punjabis of today.<\/p>\n

What are some facts about opium trade during freedom movement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During the course of Indian freedom Struggle,from the 1880s onwards<\/strong> both in India and China there was a huge movement against opium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were also divergent trajectories of opium trade. Britishers established an absolute monopoly over opium cultivation<\/strong> in the eastern part <\/strong>of India. In the western part they were resisted by various princely states.<\/p>\n

What are present challenges related to opium consumption in present times?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is very high rates of addiction <\/strong>especially in the border state of Punjab and also on the eastern border, the Northeast. In America also, opioids have become a leading cause of death .<\/p>\n

How do India and China remember opium trade wars?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In India, very little is taught about opium trade and wars.<\/p>\n

M<\/strong>odern China has emerged from the Opium Wars <\/strong>and from the struggle against opium. Wars are memorialised everywhere in China.<\/p>\n

One of the major event is the battle of Sanyuanli<\/strong> between Indian sepoys and Chinese villagers. This event is considered as founding of nationalism in China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cOnly by recognising the power & intelligence of the opium poppy can we even begin to make peace with it\u201d published in \u201cThe Times Group\u201d on 8th July 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Modern history Relevance: Opium trade and Opium war News-The article is about new book of Amitav… Continue reading \u2018Only by recognising the power & intelligence of the opium poppy can we even begin to make peace with it\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[11880,263,7977,10496],"class_list":["post-251336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-art-and-history","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-history","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699307052},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}