Book-A-Table presents A Suitable Dinner

Set against the backdrop of a newly born nation finding its identity, A Suitable Boy is an intimate epic: a mother's determined quest to find a husband for her daughter Lata, and a young woman's search for selfhood amidst family expectation, religion, and desire. It is a novel about India, and about all of us.

Join us for an enchanting evening in the world of Vikram Seth's monumental novel - a sweeping portrait of a newly independent India India in the early 1950s, where four families intertwine across a landscape of politics, poetry, and longing.

We'll explore the novel's grand tapestry of characters and themes - from the dusty lanes of Brahmpur to the bustling metropolis of Calcutta. Book-A-Table promises an evening of conversation, readings, and reflection on what it means to belong, to choose, and to love in a world in the midst of transformation.

The food and cocktails we will serve tell their own story - dishes born from a century of collision between British and Indian culinary traditions, refined through adaptation, exile, and hunger. The Raj left a complicated legacy. It also left some extraordinary recipes.

This is an intimate gathering, with 12 to 15 guests per seating, because the best conversations happen at a small table.

Come hungry. Come ready to talk.

9 May 2026 · 7 PM - 9 PM · HSR Layout, Bengaluru.