These pictures go with the Arunachal article on this web site.
They show happy people producing illicit opium and selling it unabashedly in Lohit & Anjaw Districts of East Arunachal Pradesh, India.
All pictures by
Romesh Bhattacharji
Opium Valleys of Arunachal
In Metnegliang village, Hayuliyang Sub Division, Anjaw and above th Dau Valley two smiling ladies happy with this year's opium crop. One lances and the other collects the gum.