Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta, founder and chairman of the Rasna Group, died on Saturday. He was 85. Khambatta is the man behind the iconic home-grown beverage brand Rasna, which is sold at 1.8 million retail outlets in the country.
The death of the founder of Rasna, the iconic brand of the 80s and 90s, brought a flood of memories for a section of people who took to Twitter to pay their tribute to Khambatta.
“Yet another icon is no more. Areez Khambatta, the man behind the ‘Rasna’ brand, has passed away #RIP. Fond memories of Rasna from the childhood days, back when we used to mix and have it during birthday parties - Orange, Lemon, Kala Khatta were favourites,” said Twitter user Atul Karmakar.
Yet another icon is no more. Areez Khambatta, the man behind the "Rasna" brand, has passed away #RIPFond memories of Rasna from the childhood days, back when we used to mix and have it during birthday parties - Orange, Lemon, Kala Khatta were favourites! pic.twitter.com/tpF5x6VNZM