You can grow up hundreds of kilometres from your parents’ hometown and still know when a festival has arrived. Sometimes, it is the food being prepared in the kitchen, a familiar ritual being repeated or a family story that resurfaces around the dining table. For Rasmita Das, these were the threads that kept Odisha within reach while Mumbai became home.

Born in Odisha but raised in Mumbai, Das learnt about her birthplace through her parents, who made sure its traditions and cuisine travelled with them. Her husband and in-laws later helped her reconnect with those roots, turning a childhood inheritance into a relationship she continues to discover. Now, through GupChup Table, her Mumbai-based supper club, she is opening that personal archive to others with a traditional Odia Dussehra Puja Bhoji.