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Soaring Spirits

Lhendup G Bhutia

India’s single malt brands are winning international awards and manufacturers are finding it hard to keep pace with demand

General Excitement

Swapan Dasgupta

Like the Olympics, the football World Cup is an occasion—at least for me—to enjoy pure sport

Booze Cronyism

PR Ramesh

Did AAP’s government in Delhi provide inordinate benefits to liquor licensees at the expense of the public exchequer?

A Bookworm’s Lockdown

MJ Akbar

A loincloth for Prince Philip and the Quran written in Saddam’s blood

Spirit of the Times

Nikita Doval

The homegrown craft gin movement is only getting bigger as more players jump into the fray

Nitish’s Catch-22

Jayanta Ghosal

Not displaying adequate care for Bihari labourers could cost Nitish votes

A Hip-Flask Shot

Aresh Shirali

And the agonies of an addled market

The Drunken Rats of Bihar

Omkar Khandekar

Or: the other side of prohibition

Mahua: Flower Power

Lhendup G Bhutia

Mahua, a humble tipple of the adivasis, finds its space under the liquor marketing sun

Why Prohibition is Doomed to Fail

Madhavankutty Pillai

A drunk person can be fined Rs 50,000 in Bihar

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liquor

Soaring Spirits

General Excitement

Booze Cronyism

A Bookworm’s Lockdown

Spirit of the Times

Nitish’s Catch-22

A Hip-Flask Shot

The Drunken Rats of Bihar

Mahua: Flower Power

Why Prohibition is Doomed to Fail

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