While his fieldnotes were useless, due to his unknowing consumption of a drug-laced yoghurt drink, via his intoxication he gained an invaluable understanding of what it felt like to participate in the celebrations of Holi that was key to him really understanding their significance.

Surprisingly, he found that while didn't remember anything of his experiences in the celebrations of Divali after the fact due to his unknowing consumption of drug-laced alcoholic drinks, nonetheless he had been able to take fieldnotes at the time that were quite detailed and proved very useful in understanding their significance.

He found that his research was negatively impacted by the intoxication resulting from his unknowing consumption of a drug-laced dessert during Dussehra. Under its influence he behaved so foolishly that locals were extremely surprised to see him in such a state and many came to see him in a negative light.

Intoxication resulting from over indulgence in traditional forms of cannabis during Pongal resulted in a near total disaster. He was sick for days and didn't remember anything at all. After nearly having to abandon his research due to health concerns, he vowed to be more careful the next time and later became a model fieldworker.