Of course, we don’t get summer vacations but the national lockdown or the forced summer vacation (i mean work from home) made me reminisce about my childhood days. I remember waiting for the last day of vacation and running home to make a batch of Rasna. Pouring the powder and the syrup from the small glass bottle gave me so much joy and it marked the start of my summer! Over the years my summer season drinks changed and I only noticed it now as to how many I consume in a day. The list is aplenty – Lemon sharbat, Spiced buttermilk, Kokum sharbat and aam panna are some of them which I consume daily in summer. This made me think about other states, regions and homes and what they consume to beat the heat. Summer drinks in India are as staple as mangoes and every Indian household has their own versions and varieties.
