Dry days in Mumbai = Good for democracy?

Dry days in Mumbai are like Snow days in Wisconsin: no one really knows when they are coming (at most 3 or 4 days warning) and they mess up everyone's social schedules. You only find out through word of mouth and before you know it next Saturday no one else is allowed to sell alcohol in all of Mumbai. A la 1930s prohibition era creativity, bars go into speak-easy mode and people stock-up their liquor cabinets.

Traditionally, dry days are usually around Hindu sacred holidays. However, these days the state is imposing dry days around the democratic process as well; during this year's elections, the day before and the day of the election as well as the 2 days of vote counting the week after were dry days. Guess it's to prevent people from Voting or Counting Under the Influence.

Come to think of it, maybe they should do this in the US in November...preventing people from voting under the influence might lead to fewer knocked-up---I mean, "pregnant"--chads. Besides, it might be fun to have a dry day in New York once in a while to go to a real speak-easy instead of these overpriced faux speak-easys.