Kalyan Karmakar was happy walking down the streets of Mumbai, tasting various cuisines from local eateries to high-end restaurants and writing his blog on food until some of his friends and acquaintances encouraged him to organise curated walks for others interested in food. And that’s where the idea of the Finely Chopped Walks was born. Last December, he did his first walk around the Bohri Mohalla, which was very well-received. “The walk allows you to experience what you’re reading in my blog.

(L to R) Curators Kalyan Karmakar, Insia Lacewalla, Manjari Verma and Avani Patel exchange food and travel stories at Carter Road, Bandra. Pic/Atul Kamble

It’s not meant to be an encyclopedic walk that would answer all your questions about the history of the place and the food, but a journey where my experiences of eating at these places comes alive,” he says. A consultant with a research firm, Karmakar is among the growing breed of curators, who are passionate about bringing their subjects of interest closer to others around them. And while food is definitely amongst the foremost topics that demand exploration, curators are not limiting themselves to anything, be it fashion, tea, travel or even curating gifting options.