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ET Markets Conclave — Cryptocurrency. Reshape Tomorrow Tomorrow is different. The world-renowned chef served , meals in Mumbai on the first day of the Eid feast itself. Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna, who has distributed four million food packets of dry ration across 79 cities in India to those affected by the coronavirus lockdown as a part of the initiative he started in April, last night sought support on Twitter for an auto driver.

Michelin-Star chef Vikas Khanna, who has successfully distributed four million dry ration meals to the poor across 79 cities in India amidst the COVID crisis, has called for solidarity and unity among the people to defeat the pandemic.

Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna has paid his "guru dakshina" to the man from whom he learned how to make dibba roti - a popular snack of Andhra Pradesh. A letter that Vikas Khanna wrote to his grandmother nearly two decades ago gives us a glimpse into the struggles he faced early on in his career.

In The Slow Cafe with Neelesh Misra, chef and director Vikas Khanna speaks about the various stops in his peaks-filled journey, the people who matter, the importance of recognising privilege and giving back, and why food is the only edible art. At heart, he remains the child who was castigated for low marks and distinct gait and ridiculed for the shoes he wore, but derived a little joy in that he made round rotis. Remember the Feed India initiative he started during the pandemic?

It fed tens of thousands of people across the country. Among the joys the movie gave him was seeing its posters splashed all over Times Square. In typical Khanna fashion, where he eschews the pomp and grandeur associated with a celebrity chef, the film was also shot quietly, in Panchganga ghat, a little away from all the action.

By now, the world knows of how Khanna moved from Amritsar to the US at the age of But not many know of the details of his journey from say ages six to 29 or from 29 to the now, but for the big portions that make for catchy headlines. He is unwilling to brush it aside or pretend all is well. The three people with me when it was all dark were my parents and grandmother. Even now, he calls his mother twice a day, on waking up and before hitting bed. There is also the intense pressure on chefs.

It will take a toll on your health, on your mind. His small team started shortlisting cities where food was needed. They reached out to dry food wholesalers within the city and found volunteers to pack food kits and deliver them to those in need.

The first deliveries were made on April 3 in two cities at opposite ends of the country -- Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Mangalore in Karnataka. The person I was dealing with knew I was running operations all the way from New York," he said, by way of explanation. It was a huge setback. I called my mother and told her I can't continue running the operation," Khanna added.

His elderly mother, Bindu Khanna, offered familiar words of encouragement. 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. His endeavor has been a beautiful audacity. It has worked because it is deeply, deeply humanitarian," says Pradhan. Historic end for India's monsoon season. 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.

And it has extended beyond food to masks, sanitary pads and slippers. A difficult start. Born with club feet, Khanna initially wore leg braces and then wooden shoes. Doctors predicted he would never walk. He was 11 years old before he could run without support. And, and you couldn't help it because shoes are made out of wood," he said. Vikas Khanna as a small child in India. Khanna says he was bullied in school and that's what drew him to the kitchen, where his doting grandmother taught him about the flavors of India.

As a child, Khanna spent hours at the community kitchen at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, feeding hundreds of devotees. When he finished school, he did a hotel management course, then worked in top hotels in India before moving to America in the year