The Fisher King
The local beer of choice here seems to be Kingfisher. It is the main, and far preferable, alternative to Budweiser. I had one of these for the first time back in Pondicherry when eating at the seafood restaurant atop the roof of the Promenade Hotel. In fact, at the time I had wondered if it was maybe culturally incorrect (or at least indiscrete) for a woman to order such an enormous bottle of beer at the dinner table... Nobody said anything though!
I then discovered that the head of Kingfisher beer, Dr. Vijay Mallya, has not stopped his dominion with this highly popular brewery. He now owns an airline (Kingfisher Airlines) that is remarkably well-established for a new airline in the domestic flights market. It features "flying models" rather than air hostesses, stewardesses, flight attendants, or however you refer to them. He is also a member of the Indian Parliament. From the sound of it, he's India's very own Richard Branson.
I had my second Kingfisher (although you could count it as my third and fourth, since they come in such large bottles) when I met two consultants, Andrew and Andy, from the U.K. at the hotel bar the other night. They invited me to join them for dinner at the hotel's Indian restaurant next door, and we shared a fantastic meal of "snacks," which ended up being very filling, even split among the three of us.