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The Living Table

The Living Table — Where stories find their way onto the plate.

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About

What The Living Table Is About

Where gastronomy and history come together to explore the stories, traditions and ideas that shape our culinary heritage.

A storyteller at The Living Table
I

Stories that Preserve Heritage

Narratives that reconnect us with the places, people and traditions that define our cultural identity.

A plated dish from the evening
II

Cuisine with a Sense of Place

Menus crafted by acclaimed chefs, inspired by history and rooted in regional flavours.

The candlelit haveli interior at Kathika Cultural Centre
III

Spaces with Soul

Extraordinary venues that provide an authentic setting for meaningful conversations and shared experiences.

Moments

From the first evening

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The Living Table set beneath chandeliers in the haveli courtyard01
The restored haveli at Kathika Cultural Centre02
Conversation over dinner03
The dinner table laid for the evening04
The inaugural Living Table evening05
A guest at The Living Table06
The haveli, lit for the evening07
A dish served at The Living Table08
Guests in conversation09
A guest at Kathika Cultural Centre10
Guests at The Living Table11
Stories shared at the table12
A course from the menu13
The table during dinner14
A closing moment from the evening15
The table, set beneath the chandeliers01 / 15
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The inaugural Living Table at Kathika Cultural Centre

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The Inaugural Edition

28 June 2026 · Kathika Cultural Centre, Old Delhi

Our first table traced butter chicken from Peshawar to Delhi, with the Gujral family, Sadaf Husain and Salma Husain. An evening of food, memory and migration inside a restored haveli.

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Chapter Two · Lost Grains of India

Join us at the table.

Our next edition, in association with Dewar’s Experiences, is open for bookings — an evening on the forgotten grains and recipes of India, at Greenr Cafe, GK1, on Saturday 26 September 2026.

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