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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
TopicIndian craft spirits

Topic: Indian craft spirits

Gondhoraj lemon to Himalayan juniper—Indian botanicals bring new flavours to spirits industry

Brands like Maka Zai, Huli, Idaaya, and Amrut’s Two Indies are experimenting with blends of cane, molasses, and even jaggery spirits to create rich, layered, and nuanced rums.

Indian single malt Paul John Whisky shines at World Whisky Masters 2025; wins 3 master medals, 2 golds

Paul John Whisky, India’s homegrown single malt, has reaffirmed its position as a leader on the global whisky stage at the Spirits Business Awards 2025.

Once had with anti-malaria tonic, gin is now a stylish Indian drink with a ‘huge tiny’ market

New brands set to launch this month join a growing list of Indian craft gins that have changed the liquor’s image from stodgy to trendy.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.