Owner of ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ launches new restaurant in same locality

Eighty-year-old Kanti Prasad and his wife Badami Devi, owners of a street-side food kiosk called ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, today launched a brand-new restaurant in the same locality where till a little over two months ago, they sold dal, curry, parathas, and rice at Rs 30-50 a plate.

They made the fresh start after social media users helped pull them back from the utter destitution to which the COVID-19 lockdown had pushed them. After decades of barely making ends meet, the couple was suddenly pushed off the edge by the lockdown during which their business plunged badly - their children, two sons and a daughter, have been of no help.

When food blogger Gaurav Vasan spoke to them about their earnings one day in October, Prasad broke down into tears. Vasan's video soon began spreading on social media, particularly Instagram and Twitter. It moved so many people that by the next day morning, the kiosk in Malviya Nagar was being thronged by Delhiites.

Today, all that social media support seemed to have fructified into something concrete as the couple kickstarted their new venture, as per a NDTV report.

"We're very happy, god has blessed us. I want to thank people for their help. I appeal to them to visit my restaurant. We will serve Indian & Chinese cuisine here," Prasad told ANI.