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
A lady and her twin daughters busy with lancing and collecting. The Mishmi ladies have taken over everything to do with opium production. They manage the profits too. And they use them wisely. In education and setting up businesses which they run- very efficiently.