After “organic”, storytelling is perhaps the most overused word in the F&B playbook — tossed around far more often than it’s truly practised. Only a handful of places still understand what it actually means. Suma, the newest fine-dining destination in Thane from hospitality group SP Motels, founded by Niketa Sharma, has opened its doors with an experience that feels less like a meal and more like a journey. Rooted in the history of the Grand Trunk Road, one of South Asia’s oldest and longest trade routes, historically connecting Bangladesh to Afghanistan and carrying people, spices, stories, and cultures across centuries, Suma brings together two rich culinary worlds of Arabia and India in a way that feels warm, sensory, and deeply personal.