He didn’t drink to escape, he drank to remember: Mirza Ghalib's love affair with Old Tom Gin and rosewater

Explore the legend of Mirza Ghalib's rosewater gin, a drink embodying the poet's contemplative pleasure and the cultural fusion of 19th-century Delhi. This elixir, blending Old Tom gin with fragrant rosewater, offered a subtle harmony between British influence and Indian essence, reflecting Ghalib's own nuanced philosophy of life and art.

He didn’t drink to escape, he drank to remember: Mirza Ghalib's love affair with Old Tom Gin and rosewater
Explore the legend of Mirza Ghalib's rosewater gin, a drink embodying the poet's contemplative pleasure and the cultural fusion of 19th-century Delhi. This elixir, blending Old Tom gin with fragrant rosewater, offered a subtle harmony between British influence and Indian essence, reflecting Ghalib's own nuanced philosophy of life and art.