For most people, Sunday evenings mean prepping up for the long work week, or lazing it out before the Monday blues kick in. Intense discussions on conflict, war, politics, that too, over a thoughtfully curated meal is not an idea many would consider. Yet, at a pop-up dinner organised by Ragini Kashyap along with The Good Food Lab at a sea-facing Bandra residence, 15 people have come together to do exactly that.

Kashyap, a development consultant, who started Third Culture Cooks — a multinational supper club — has previously organised pop-ups in London and Australia, under the Bordered series. The Bordered dinner explores border conflict, the people, their stories and perspectives and, above all, the food. In her first attempt to bring the series to Mumbai, Kashyap chose the Tamil-Sinhala conflict in Sri Lanka for the dining experience. Priced at R1,800, the eight-course meal, which has been put together after months of research and testing, allows for four elements — it needs to represent as many groups of people from the region as possible, showcase the food of different regions of the geographical area, comprise an interesting mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies, and lastly, truly reflect what people eat.