Am I wrong when I think that these pundits are all poor folks who are getting three meals a day and that's enough for them to pose as pundits, but who are actually, you know, smoking ganga whenever Girish's henchmen aren't around?
Some of them do exactly that, or cigarettes when they can get them. And most chew betel leaf or nut, which is illegal in the US 'cause it's so potent.