India, Sept. 19 -- This month, we're celebrating six years of HT Wknd, so let's say. what shall we say? Because there are a myriad ways to say "cheers"! Let's take a look.

The idea of the toast is an ancient one. There are references to it, for instance, in Homer's Odyssey. Some say the custom began as a gesture of good faith. Drinking from the same flagon, swapping glassing, and exchanging embraces or kisses on the cheek while taking a sip, were ways to say: "We trust that no one here has spiked this with something lethal".

But that origin story would appear to be a bit of an urban legend. By all indications, toasts were a daily occurrence born of literal good spirits. The equivalent of, say, cheering or clapping at a gig. Different cu...