Reporting Pakistan by Meena Menon. Published in 2017 by Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 7th floor, Infinity Tower C, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon 122002; website: www.penguin.co.in. Pp: xix + 384. Price: Rs 599.
That Pakistan produced excellent Irish Cream, beer and flavored vodka was one of many revelations about the country that Meena Menon (pictured) discovered while living in Islamabad. She was one of two Indian journalists stationed in Pakistan in 2013. It was here that she sampled the fine products of Murree Brewery.
In a Muslim country under prohibition, where alcohol is considered haram (anything that is forbidden by Islamic......