Date:03/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/03/stories/2008080355430700.htm

National

Ready mix

— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR

ALE AND HEALTHY: A tribal woman sells ‘Bakhor’ — a mix of herbs and rice flour used in the preparation of rice beer — in a weekly market on the outskirts of Guwahati on Saturday. Rice beer is a delicacy in almost every Assamese household.