06/05/2020
Hello Everyone,
Finally the day has arrived where things are looking to have reinstated to normal. Our generation has never been through such a circumstance where everything seemed skeptical and helpless. All we can do right now is to continue maintaining social distance, not step out of house unless really necessary & hope that this pandemic dissolves and everything streamlines back to normal.
Also, these are the times where we as humans learn few fundamental aspects of life which we have probably missed on otherwise!!
We often live upto our dreams and think only about ourselves but I'm sure this situation has made every individual contemplate as to what is his or her contribution for the society?? Yes, we say we are independent individuals. But, we forget that we have become independent because we all as a society are interdependent and the symmetry is achieved only if we help each others!!
I saw a lot of young groups forming teams and volunteering by gathering funds to serve the society by providing grocery kits and that's when my family and I also decided to do a bit from our end.
We decided to take up few locations within the Mangalore city such as Kuloor, Guddeangadi, Vidyanagar, MV shetty college areas where we identified that there was a sheer need for food as many people in these localities were either stranded or experienced stagnancy in their income source.
Therefore, we formed a small team and started serving cooked food at the above mentioned locations. We started this on 16th of April and continued to do it till yesterday until the government announced partial withdrawal of the lockdown. My family and I are extremely pleased and proud that we could help a lot of people to satisfy their hunger!! I'd like to thank god for giving me this opportunity to serve the people of my nation and will definitely do my best should there be a second chance too!
I have got extensive support from a lot of my peers in this act and would like to thank all of them from the bottom of my heart. Few names I'd be glad to mention are:
Arun Kamath Konchady, sunil Kamath m/s vmn Kamath (central market) for providing us utensils for mass cooking
Mohan kamath (Our cook, also a chef at dc office canteen)
Vivek nayak for supplying us cost effective and a wide variety of vegetables
Basti Keshav Shenoy and friends
Varadraj baliga donated fruits for distribution
Manjunath shenoy (studioxl) CharanRaj Nayak (konchady) Vignesh Pai, Vijay & Bajarangadal team kavoor for hand holding us
We have provided close to 700 meals each day.
I wholeheartedly thank the lord for giving me this chance and for all the support and love I have received from people
Let us all hope and pray that our nation and the world will be Corona free
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Sudarshan mallya & Family
