Indian Drink
A country that pours from a kettle and a tumbler. Masala chai at a Mumbai railway stall, lassi from a Varanasi Lassiwallah, filter coffee in a Madras stainless tumbler, feni from a Goa cashew distillery, Kingfisher in a Bandra bar, Old Monk on a Bangalore terrace, nimbu pani from a Chandni Chowk cart — a bar built on cardamom, ginger, jaggery, and the chai-walla’s six-am whistle.