Van and Sumit Sharma returned home to live with family at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their parents run one of the oldest Indian restaurants in Maine, so home meant helping out with the family business. That work led them to a new venture - an Indian beer brand called Rupee. Now, they're on a mission to bring Indian beer to a wider audience. In this episode Epicenter-NYC Editorial Manager, Danielle Hyams, talks to Van, who now lives in New York, about why they decided to launch Rupee and what’s next.
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