India's single malt whisky tradition may be younger than Scotland's by centuries, but its climate, grain, and craft are producing something the old world never could. We break it down.

Not so long ago, options for drinks at Armed Forces functions and in the canteen were limited. If it was rum, it was Hercules, Sea Pirate or Old Monk, etc.

India's prominent distilleries are concentrated in regions already under measurable water stress: Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, Nashik in Maharashtra, the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu, and Alwar in Rajasthan

Article by Maj Gen (Dr) Rajesh Chopra, AVSM (Retd), Director General, The Indian Malt Whisky Association (IMWA)The era when traditional geographies held an unchallenged monopoly on luxury spirits has definitively passed. The numbers clearly tell