Creative cauldron | Sonal Tuli's 'Within'

I find myself perched comfortably on a beautiful dining table overlooking Delhi’s MG Road, on a secret top floor open only to a few, being fed delicious food, with all the love and care that Punjabis are famous for. Then, there is a moment during our lunch where Sonal Tuli casually says that she doesn’t want the chocolate dessert. For a journalist, this is the ultimate red flag. How do you trust someone who doesn’t seek comfort in cacao? But looking around the sprawling new outpost of Within, the answer becomes obvious. Sonal doesn’t need a sugar rush; she gets her high from parchin kari (pietra dura or inlay work) and stone carving.