Collected Item: “A Viral Social Media Video Brings Crowd to Struggling Food Stall”
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A Viral Social Media Video Brings Crowd to Struggling Food Stall
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Baba ka Dhaba, a 30-year-old food stall in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi went viral on Instagram showing the sheer power of social media. The link below shows us an 80-year-old man named Kanta Prasad explaining how they barely manage to meet their basic needs during this pandemic. While showing the food he even broke down and cried in front of the food blogger Gaurav Wasan. Delicious and mouth-watering curries such as dal (lentils), Paneer Matar (cottage cheese and peas) and Aloo soya (potato soya curry) can be seen in the video which are only priced from Rs.30-50 (less than a dollar). This touching video reached 9 million views on Instagram in less than a day and even got support from Bollywood celebrities. Zomato, an Indian food delivery app even registered this stall on their app showing their support making #Babakadhaba one of the topmost trends on Indian Twitter right now.
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#babakadhaba, pandemic, India, New Delhi, Instagram, Twitter, food, curry, Bollywood, Zomato, HSE
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGDAHGxlGTv/?utm_source=ig_embed
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Gaurav Wasan
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2020-10-08