Have some fun with an article in Slate about the history of the gin and tonic cocktail. Perhaps your clue is that "tonic" is another word for medicine.
The gin and tonic story is very East India Company, pukka sahib and the raj. Very much "Jewel in the Crown," Sepoy Mutiny and the Great Game.
The DrsC had a chance to visit Bombay (some prefer Mumbai) this past spring and saw the fabulous infrastructure the Brits left there for the Indians - palaces, libraries, grand hotels, ministry office buildings, plus the triumphal arch known as the Gateway of India. All executed beautifully in stone that will last a millennia.
The architecture the Brits left makes Bombay a world-class city. What the Indians have added, not so much.
