Food progresses from families to friends. Chai — the ever popular cutting chai of Mumbai — is the star of any adda. Who would imagine that the hot beverage travelled to England from China and Japan, before reaching India?

After a brief reminder of the White Revolution, the exhibition features Amul’s print ads that have made us think and laugh with their witty punchlines and funny cartoons. This writer hums to Mero gaam katha parey playing in the background

This ornate kitchen door is part of the museum’s collection. We learn that the display spotlights loan objects sourced by the students of museology. Loaning serves as a lesson in responsibility-building

Food that we share: A huge brass tiffin carrier,  with a lock that doubles up as the ladle, and a bento box highlight the community feeling of packed meals

Visitors set out to trace the circle of food from this corner that represents a traditional kitchen in any Indian household. The guard at the gallery shares that the hand-plastered mud walls remind him of his ajji, and the family dinners around the chulha. Clay, stone, cane, aluminium, copper and tin — did kitchens of the past boast of sustainable materials?