In my recent visit to Guwahati, I did a bit of vodka shopping. I was amazed by the number of wine shops there. Literally, every second shop is a wine shop and these shops are privately owned. So you can see various lighting and decorations in each of the shops just to make one’s shop better than the other, couple of doors away :)  But none of these shops have bar attached. In a place where it’s cold most of the time, I guess it’s obvious that people drink a lot.