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AN ardent disciple of Baba Ramdev rushed in, disturbing the baba, who was doing meditation. "Babaji, I just heard that some American entrepreneur has sought trademark for a new brand of chocolates named bhang chocolates." Babaji said, "How am I concerned?" The disciple said, "Babaji, he is going to lace chocolates with bhang and going to sell them in the US and India. Shall we oppose it because it falls in the category of cannabis, or support it as it is a herbal product?" Baba said, "You have sent me into a state of confusion from tranquility! Let me think it over."
Imagine the scene when
bhang-laced chocolates will flood our markets. A little boy would be
waking up his father so that he could be dropped at school, but the
father wouldn’t get out of bed. The mother would shout from the
other room, "How many times have I told your father not to eat
your chocolates?"
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Chocolate
maker Scott J. Van Rixel, who plans to sell a couple of bhang
brand chocolates in the US, and then in India, claims, "Sky is
the limit." Before he invades the Indian market we, too, should
trademark our bhang pakoras and bhang papads. India is
being burdened by the menace of drugs and liquor. If we cannot fight
against drugs, we should at least protect our traditional products and
trademarks. We can seek trademarks for afeem for heroin-laced
tea or charas for narcotic cigarettes.