Meet the former banker who just launched her first rum
Standard Chartered veteran Kasturi Banerjee expects Maka Zai to fill the gap in the Indian market for a smooth, classy rum.
Maka Zai white and gold.
The world’s best rums come from the tropics, so Kasturi Banerjee has a point when she says that India, which is also among the largest producers of sugarcane, should ideally be making more good rum. If we were to get over our bias towards Old Monk, there really is no standout homegrown rum. Banerjee, though, is doing her bit to remedy the situation.