Anushka Sharma appreciated the growth of Baba Ka Dhaba
A heart wrenching plight was brought to social media last week by food blogger Gaurav Wasan. He posted a video of an elderly couple thriving through hardships to earn their livelihoods. In the video, 80 year old Kanta Prasad along with her wife Badami Devi were shown in their small eatery shop 'Baba Ka Dhaba' on the side of road in posh locality of South Delhi, which often go unnoticed and un-visited till this video got viral overnight illustrating the grievances, the couple faced in this vulnerable times of pandemic. Netizens came to support the couple, promoting the shop and compelling people to visit there with a generous and courteous heart.
Several celebrities including Anushka Sharma made delightful requests to the masses living in the vicinity of the shop to visit the place and embrace the elation on the face of the couple. You-tubers like Harsh Beniwal mustered support of people for flourishing the place and motivated citizens to make a significant gesture. Soon after the video hit every mobile screen, crowds were flooded on the doorstep of the hospitable couple. Customers, media persons, reporters and influencers promoted the place inviting huge sums of audiences. This is something more than sympathy we could deliver.
Taking to her Instagram handle, Anushka Sharma applauded the efforts made on people's end to uplift fellow beings and bridging the gaps between their skills and needs. She emphasized that, "Good thoughts may not always demand bookish knowledge". Sometimes our small baby steps towards welfare and spreading humanitarian bliss in society may seem unworthy to us but can mean a lot for the people in need.
Numerous vendors, small shop owners, food or commodity stall owners and self employed people have lost their sources of income and well being owing to this lockdown. They are suffering from unpredictable and unexplored loss and anguish still unreachable in mist of ignorance, poverty and unawareness. If a petty initiative from our side could lead such a positive change, let us be a part of a peaceful and happy society devoid of suffering. More than contemplating what we've got, inspect what you can give
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