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"I told Vikas not to lose heart. I told him it's time to pay your country back by helping the poor and starving, " Bindu Khanna told CNN in a video call. Khanna realized he needed a trustworthy organization to help fillip his initiative in India. In mid-April, he sent a message to SN Pradhan, the Chief of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), who was already leading relief efforts during the pandemic. "Even though it was a one-man show from there, I told him we could be your hands, legs and ears in India. His endeavor has been a beautiful audacity. It has worked because it is deeply, deeply humanitarian, " says Pradhan. With the NDRF, Khanna has helped millions of migrant workers, transgender men and women, sex workers, HIV/AIDS patients, orphans, seniors and victims of the floods that swept through the eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam earlier this year. What started as a small initiative with his savings from the house and terrace of his Manhattan apartment now has the backing of several Indian corporate houses, including Pepsi, India Gate, Quaker Oats, Hyatt Regency and Global Funds for Widows.
Vikas Khanna Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna, who has cooked for the likes of the Obamas, Madonna and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claims he's always over-cautious about his menu at his signature restaurants and never gets overconfident. Khanna was in the Dubai on September 2 to oversee his restaurant opening of 'Kinara' at JA LakeView Hotel, scheduled for an opening later this month. "It took us a long time to design this menu [at Kinara] … I make a dish at least forty times before it reaches my menu … If someone blindfolds you, even then you must be able to make the dish and know the garnishes with the blindfold on. You have to keep doing it till you get it right, " said Khanna in an exclusive interview with Gulf News tabloid!. Khanna, who also directed Neena Gupta in his cinematic debut 'The Last Color' releasing in the UAE in November, heads a New York-based Indian restaurant, Junoon, which has been awarded a Michelin star for six consecutive years.
Writing anything on the National Flag is considered as a violation of the Indian Flag code. Following the controversy, an official statement released by the government banished all such claims by saying that the cloth which PM had signed was a piece of art crafted by Khanna's physically challenged adopted daughter and was not the National Flag.
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His money was gone, but the image of India's destitute stayed with him. On April 1, Khanna tweeted a call-out for the names of aged care homes, orphanages or leprosy centers that needed help. More than 1, 000 people replied. At the time, India was one week into a nationwide lockdown, more than 1, 800 Indians had been infected with coronavirus and 41 had died, according to the country's Health Ministry. More than 7, 000 miles away, the situation was far worse in New York, where a sprawling field hospital had just opened in Central Park. From his apartment, Khanna could hear the near constant drone of ambulance sirens transporting people to hospital. At that stage, more than 45, 000 people had been infected in the city and 1, 374 had died, according to NYC Health. "Those were dark days, " said Khanna. "I lost relatives and friends to the pandemic. The prayer meetings through virtual calls were so painful, " he said. Khanna's flourishing catering business was impacted. "Everything had to be canceled.
His breakthrough moment in America was the moment he was asked to make appetisers for a gathering and he presented the Gujarati Dhokla in all its glory. But things weren't smooth after 9/11. A chance encounter with an American man in a library changed Vikas' outlook completely. The man categorically told Vikas that he would always be inferior because of his skin colour but instead of being disheartened, Vikas decided that he was going to revolutionise the food industry and change the way the world looked at Indian cuisine and so he did! Watch his interview with Anupam Kher here: Truly inspiring!