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Baba ka Dhaba and More: How Social Media Came Together to Help Small Eateries in the Pandemic Year
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With the coronavirus pandemic turning most livelihoods topsy turvy and small businesses facing a shutdown, the eating-out culture was almost wiped out following months of lockdown. At a time of such sheer turmoil, the Internet proved its power of bringing strangers together for a cause.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That was 2020. With the coronavirus pandemic turning most livelihoods topsy turvy and small businesses facing a shutdown, the eating-out culture was almost wiped out following months of lockdown.
In October, a video of an elderly man crying as he was not able to sell food and earn enough to make ends meet amid the pandemic had gone viral on social media. The video featuring 80-year-old Kanta Prasad and his wife Badami Devi, owners of a food joint named Baba ka Dhaba in Delhi s Malviya Nagar, was shared by food blogger Gaurav Wasan. Prasad s tears had broken the hearts of thousands of netizens who showered their support for the elderly couple. Now, the couple has opened a new restaurant in the same area where their roadside stall is located.