On 3/23/07, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/22/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With a per capita alcohol consumption of 8.3 litres, Kerala has the > dubious distinction of being India's liquor capital. I bet they didn't count Sikkim. Every kind of store in Sikkim opens at 10AM shuts down at 5:30PM, not even the markets are spared. But the liquor stores OTOH are open from 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM, and you'll find a liquor store even in the most hard to find villages that don't have a regular grocery store. Plus, booze is already cheap.
From what I know of Calicut, none of those hold true in Kerala. Shops
close at 9PM sharp, the first day of every month is a dry day, shops are few and far between (something like 5 stores in the city of calicut, I'm told), and it's just insanely expensive due to the huge alcohol tax. 8.3 litres per capita in the face of such adversities is something, I'd say :) -Karra
