Shachi Srivastava
Co-founder. Shachi believes reading shouldn't be a solitary act, and that the best way to finish a book is around a table full of people who have opinions about it.
The Sisters
Shachi & Kriti.
Shachi and Kriti Srivastava are sisters who love two things in equal measure: books, and feeding people. Book-A-Table is where the two meet.
Book-A-Table began in February 2026 with a Bridgerton afternoon tea in the sisters' Bengaluru home: powder-blue drapes, wisteria, fourteen dishes chalked onto little blackboards, and a copy of Lady Whistledown's Society Papers at every place.
The idea was simple. Books get richer when you talk about them with other people, and nothing gets strangers talking like a shared meal. So each edition, Shachi and Kriti pick a book, cook their way through it, and set a table for readers to argue, laugh and go back for seconds.
Since then the shelf has filled with Japanese home cooking for Butter, a marigold-strung lunch for A Suitable Boy, Americana comfort food for Lessons in Chemistry and a Bengali spread on banana leaves for Independence. There's been a road trip too: a Yellowface literary lunch with Bao To Me in Koramangala, after the restaurant found the sisters on Instagram.
Kriti Srivastava
Co-founder. Kriti is usually the one opening the conversation once the plates are full, and steering it, course by course, through the book.
In the press
“There is a definite joy in converting the solitary act of reading into a social experience that allows one to bond with strangers almost immediately. And what is more social than food?”
“Their concept felt fresh, thoughtful, and perfectly aligned with the kind of community-driven experiences we enjoy hosting.”
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