Entire Amritsar can feed on langar, my sense of hunger comes from New York: Watch how casual racism of BBC was exposed by chef Vikas Khanna

In an interview with the BBC, Michelin star chef Vikas Khanna sharply corrected the anchor who conjectured that the chef’s generosity of feeding homeless and destitute in India amidst coronavirus lockdown was triggered by his own sense of hunger while he grew up in India.

“Therefore my sense of hunger came from New York when I was living in Grand Central and sleeping around. It came from the United States, not from India,” Khanna emphatically added.

chef Vikas Khanna 

“You have been famous now. You have cooked for Obamas, you have been on Gordon Ramsay’s show. But, you were not always like this. You are not from a rich family so I dare say you understand how precarious it can be in India,” the BBC anchor said imperiously.

However, Khanna, with his cool demeanour, tersely dispelled the unfounded notions held by the BBC anchor.“My sense of hunger did not come from India so much because I was raised in

Amritsar and we have a huge community kitchen where everyone gets fed. The entire city can be fed from the community kitchen,” Khanna said while referring to the pervasive langars in the city that provide food to people.

Vikas Khanna's reply to BBC anchor wins the internet

He further added that his sense of hunger came from the sprawling American city of New York during his struggling days. “My sense of hunger came from New York, when I was struggling and really at the bottom. It was difficult for a brown kid to rise through, someone who had a dream of winning the Michelin star,” he said.

Vikas Khanna helps migrant labourers and poor with cooked meals

The stark images of migrant labourers trudging on their foot empty stomach to their native places across the breadth of India moved the celebrity chef into launching an initiative for those who had been adversely affected by the coronavirus induced lockdown in the country.

Khanna wanted to express his solidarity with those who were going hungry during the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. So he put out an appeal on social media for those who were in the need of food during the pandemic and within no time, he received a flurry of responses on social media requesting food for the needy.

As of June 3, Khanna had supported the distribution of sanitary napkins in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal and bankrolled 57 food stations within petrol pumps in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to offer cooked meals to migrant workers hoofing it towards their respective villages. Till June 3, he had approximately distributed 

https://www.opindia.com/2020/06/michelin-star-chef-vikas-kapoor-busts-casual-racism-bbc-anchor-watch/

DERC must extend the time for submitting Suggestions/ objections on Tariff Petitions of DISCOMs

Secy. DERC,

Dear Sir,

In such adverse circumstances, while the entire city is in the grip of a deadly virus, while Delhi is still under an unofficial #LockDown, while the city has got the highest number of positive cases, while there are no visible signs of its earliest recovery, while the red zones have increased significantly, while there are over 2000 deaths in a month due to #coronavirus, how DERC is asking the residents to submit the objections/ suggestions on the Tariff petitions/ ARR, of DISCOMs, by 30th June 2020?

We hereby request you to please EXTEND the date, until the situation becomes normal.

Thanks

B S Vohra

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation

www.RWABhagidari.com

RWAs - Please online submit the MPD 2041 filled form using any of the links below

Dear Vohra Sir,

I hope you are doing well and keeping safe during these unprecedented times.

The MPD team at NIUA in collaboration with DDA is currently in the process of preparing the Vision for Delhi 2041. In order to arrive at a collective vision for Delhi, we are in the process of engaging with varied stakeholder agencies and citizen groups. RWA's are key beneficiaries in the future development of Delhi. It is pivotal for MPD 2041 to document the priorities/ visions of the RWA's.  

We thus invite you to submit your vision statements for Delhi-2041. Please find links below to Visioning Slips (both English and Hindi) via google forms. 

Link to English Visioning Slip:

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Link to Hindi Visioning Slip:

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This will take approximately only 7-8 minutes of your time.

We look forward to your active participation and hope to receive a lot of ideas. Requesting you to share these links widely among your RWA networks. 

Thank You

Warm Regards

Benjamin Mathews John

Research Associate – Master Plan Delhi 2041

Please SAVE our DELHI from #COVID19 #coronavirus

CM Saab,

Do you want us to just sit idle and keep on waiting for the disaster? The new positive cases have already risen from the mere 300 - 400 per day to almost 4000 per day, in a month. Almost 2000 persons have already died, in the last 30 days, in this city.

Shockingly, the worst is yet to come. You yourself had mentioned that by July End, we will have almost 5.50 Lakh or more fresh cases. Does it mean, scores of persons will die in Delhi, in the absence of suitable health facilities, by the July End or Mid August?

All the Beds & Ventilators that you have added so far, include a majority at the Private hospitals, for which one has to pay huge sums, while the SARKARI facilities are just negligible. The overall health facilities are absolutely inadequate in the National Capital.

We don't have even the adequate quarantine facilities in our city, forcing a huge influx of positive cases to remain at their homes.

In such circumstances, we hereby request you with FOLDED HANDS, to please SAVE our DELHI from #COVID19, before it's too late. We don't want it to become the yet another #Wuhan, #Lombardy, or #NewYork, with dead bodies & foul smell all over, in any case.

Say a Big No to the #HerdImmunity as even our lives are precious. Please go for an immediate #LOCKDOWN, else be prepared to add more & more cremation grounds, to serve the masses.

Really worried!

Thanks & with best regards,

B S Vohra

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation

rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Mumbai Police’s latest social distancing advisory post :What to say to your ‘party-animal’ friends who ask you to ‘get together?’ Mumbai Police answers

Who would have thought that a line from the song Ek Main Aur Ek Tu from 1975 romance-thriller Khel Khel Mein could be used so creatively to send across an important message on social distancing. However, Mumbai Police just did that. Taking to Instagram, the department shared such a post which is not just creative but is also winning people over.

In the post’s caption, they shared what one should say when their ‘Party-Animal’ friends ask them to ‘get-together’. The department used the line from the song to reply to the question. The line says, “Dooriyan waqt ane par mitayenge [we will be closer when the time is right].”

 Now, what can be a more befitting answer.

 Since being shared less than 30 minutes ago, the post has already sparked all sorts of comments from people. Expectedly, there were a few who couldn’t stop gushing over Mumbai Police’s creativity and some praised the team handling the department’s social media. There were a few people who simply used laughing out loud emojis to express themselves.

“Nailed it,” wrote an Instagram user. “Mumbai Police got no chill,” expressed another along with a heart emoji. “You guys are killing it,” wrote a third.

“This is epic,” wrote a fourth and we do agree.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/it-s-viral/what-to-say-to-your-party-animal-friends-who-ask-you-to-get-together-mumbai-police-answers/story-oFc0J6A6Eypvx94kPW6uLK.html

Two Bihar cops are stationed outside Navjot Singh Sidhu's Amritsar home for 4 days : WHY ?

Two Bihar cops outside Sidhu's' resident in Amritsar

Two cops from Bihar have been sitting outside Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu's residence in Punjab's Amritsar since June 18. For four days, they have been waiting for the former Punjab minister to sign a piece of paper so they can go back to their home state.

The wait does not seem to end. 

Two Bihar cops outside Sidhu's' resident in Amritsar

On Monday, when the two Bihar Policemen - one decked in full uniform and the other in plain clothes - were asked about the purpose of their stay, they said they have to get his signature on a bail bond paper in a case that was registered against him for his remarks at a poll rally in Katihar in 2019. 

The cricketer-turned-politician is, however, not ready to meet the police personnel.

"We have been sitting outside MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu`s residence since June 18 to get his signature on a bail bond paper in a case that was registered against him for his remarks at a poll rally in Katihar in 2019. He is not ready to meet us," said Bihar Police Sub-Inspector Janardan Ram in Amritsar.

Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu was booked for violation of the code of conduct for making objectionable remarks against a community while addressing an election meeting in Katihar district of Bihar in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Since June 18, two sub-inspectors of Bihar Police are coming to Navjot Singh Sidhu's residence to involve him in the investigation, in that case, waiting 4-5 hours daily outside his house. Bihar Police Sub Inspector Janardhan says that if there was a common man, he would have come to the police station himself but Navjot Sidhu is a former minister, so they themselves have come but Sidhu is not meeting them despite being in the house.

"Though everyday people are coming to meet him and Sidhu is also meeting people, but he is not signing on our papers," said Janardhan.

The cop said he has apprised his higher officials about the situation and he will remain stationed till further orders.

Link:https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-why-two-bihar-cops-are-stationed-outside-navjot-singh-sidhu-s-amritsar-home-for-4-days-2829191

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC)- Online Webinar and Counselling Session for Issuance of Sikh Minority Certificate and Admissions in UG and other programmes

#coronavirus Treatment charges at private hospitals of Delhi ?

Kind Attn.: Hon'ble LG Saab, CM Saab, Delhi

Subject: Please Reconsider the CAPPING of Treatment charges at various Private hospitals in Delhi.

Dear Sir,

If Rajasthan can Fix Rs 4000 for an ICU Bed with Ventilator, for the treatment of #coronavirus, why Delhi has to pay Rs 18000 for the same? We are not saying that being the National Capital, it must also CAP the charges at 4000 only.  

We are just saying that it could be 6000, 8000 or even 10000, and that too, depending upon various locations, but why 18000 and that too as a standard for all the Private hospitals of Delhi, be it Max & Fortis or any other small private hospital at GK, South Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Shahdara, Yamuna vihar, Trilok puri, Burari, Loni border, etc.? 

A Private hospital at Jaipur may have a much better standard, comparing various sub-standard private hospitals of Delhi. But still, that Private hospital will get only Rs 4000 per day at Jaipur, for an ICU bed with a ventilator, while the one at Delhi will get Rs. 18000. Why? 

Even the Circle rates of different locations of Delhi have huge variations & similarly, the living standards of people at these varied locations. Those in affluent areas may find this 18000 as a sigh of relief but for those at middle-class locations, it's still a huge burden, in case more than one family members get infected.

Moreover, it's a Pandemic, a Notified disaster, wartime with a deadly virus which has already claimed so many lives in Delhi & situation is likely to worsen in the coming days, as stated by none other than our own CM. With Lakhs & Lakhs of persons getting infected by the end of July, we can't turn the city into a mortuary in the absence of quality health facilities and that too on the monetary grounds.

In our opinion, all the Private hospitals in India must work at Break-Even Point, i.e. No Profit No Loss basis, and must come forward to serve the city, wherefrom they have earned fortunes to date. It's the time for the Private hospitals to prove their loyalty towards the city & nation.

We again request to our LG Saab, our CM Saab, to look into it immediately, and must come forward with a Solution for all the classes of residents of Delhi, before it's too late.

With best regards,

B S Vohra,

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation,

www.RWABhagidari.com

Kartar Singh Lehri who cremated Padma Shri Nimral Singh Ragi : He cremates abandoned Covid victims

Kartar Singh Lehri

AMRITSAR: With many people refusing to cremate bodies of persons who died of Covid-19, even if they happen to be deceased loved ones, it is up to the administration to perform their last rites. Under such circumstances, Kartar Singh Lehari, a patwari has volunteered to cremate bodies of people who died of the disease. His first such cremation was spiritual singer Padma Shri Nimral Singh Ragi, who died of coronavirus infection on April 2. Since then, Lehari has cremated 21 bodies of Covid 19 patients.

Lehari told TOI on Sunday that being a patwari, he was asked by his seniors to identify a cremation ground for Ragi’s last rites. However, he recalled the resistance they faced from residents of the area around Verka cremation ground, who feared the spread of coronavirus infection if the body of a person who died of the disease was cremated nearby. “Late in the evening, using lights of vehicles, the ambulance driver, the helper and I wore PPE kits. We took Ragi’s body from the ambulance and prepared a pyre. The pyre was lit by Ragi’s son,” he said.

According to him, there is no higher form of service to humanity than giving a dignified send-off to people rejected by their own. Therefore, he said he approached his seniors to volunteer his services for cremation of persons dying of coronavirus infection in future.

“Till now, I have cremated 21 people who died of Covid-19 and it has now become a mission of my life,” he said, adding that his wife Jaswinder Kaur, a teacher, never objected to him for doing the ‘risky’ job. “I tell my wife whenever I go to cremate a person who died of Covid 19. She offers prayers for me until I come home but I take adequate precautions like removing the clothes and taking a bath before entering my home,” he said.

Due to misinformation and social stigma surrounding the cremation of Covid 19 dead, the next of kin of the deceased often disown their loved ones and refused to even accompany them to the cremation ground.

“But now, in some cases, family members of Covid 19 deceased have started coming forward to at least light the pyres. Earlier, relatives, including wives or children would refuse to come to the cremation ground. Those who did would remain at a distance and record videos on their mobiles,” he said.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/he-cremates-abandoned-covid-victims/articleshow/76500455.cms

A very simple questiom !

अगर राजस्थान कोरोना ट्रीटमेंट को 2 हज़ार से 4 हज़ार में कैप कर सकता है, तो दिल्ली में 8 हज़ार से 18 हज़ार पर कैपिंग क्यों ?

#Rajasthan has CAPPED the treatment charges for #COVID19 between Rs. 2000 to Rs. 4000, while #Delhi has CAPPED it at Rs. 8000 to Rs. 18000 per day. SOUNDS SHOCKING AS AAM AADMI WILL HAVE TO SUFFER BADLY IN DELHI.

Treatment charges at the LOCAL PVT hospitals must be reduced further significantly

Quoted: B S Vohra, Hindustan Times

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Though we have raised the issue of CAPPING the charges at almost every platform & it has yielded the results too. But we still feel that much more could be done to give relief to the residents. If the prices recommended by the Committee are for the BIG HOSPITALS, such as Max, Fortis, etc., why should we pay the same charges to the small private hospitals, treating the #COVID19 patients at every nook n corner? The charges at those hospitals must be reduced further significantly.

Thanks

B S Vohra