Thirsty travellers take note: a chilled pint of Kingfisher beer alone does not an Indian evening make.

But to Arvind Chandra, a 35-year-old software engineer reclining with a Kingfisher beer, something looked unusual indeed.

Kingfisher beer controls more than 50 per cent market share of India's beer market.

Kumarakom Lake mixes no-nonsense ayurveda and palm-fringed restaurants with piped-in Glen Campbell and Kingfisher beer.

At the moment, Chola has no liquor license, but serves Kingfisher beer and glasses of wine gratis.

A reasonable range of predictable dishes, from tandoori to biryanis and kormas, can be washed down with cold Kingfisher beer.

THE rooftop terrace at Cosmo Village was crowded with young partygoers savoring the temperate night air, oversize Kingfisher beers, and their place in this moment of global economic convergence.

In Bangalore, India, Kingfisher beer established The Great Indian October Fest in 2005.

Upstairs is its lounge bar, the Tea Cup, good for a smart cuppa (Assam Golden Tips, etc, is prepared on a tea trolley in front of you) or a Kingfisher beer (Rs109).

It's fun to sip a Kingfisher beer and eat chips and salsa, Indian style, at the Polo Lounge, a wood-paneled bar.