#FirstStoryPositive. From sleeping on the streets to providing meals at Rs 10

MP Man Offers Rs. 10 Meals to the Needy After Leaving Home With Rs. 500 and Sleeping on the Streets

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12 May 2021, 3:15 am

Every day, Shivam Soni, the founder of Hunger Langar in Indore, serves hundreds of people vada pav, medu vada, biryani, and masala dosa. All meals start at Rs 10 and are sometimes given away for free. Things were already looking grim for Shivam Soni, a 24-year-old restaurant owner before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He lost Rs 18 lakh in January 2020, and the global health crisis pushed him over the edge, leaving him completely reliant on food packets distributed by social organizations.

r areas of the body. He was diagnosed with it in 2018. Because of his illness, he was unable to work near food for health and safety reasons. “I began taking time off for my recovery in early 2019.” As a result, my overheads increased, driving me into debt. I planned to shut down operations for good in January 2020 as the repayment sum piled up,” he adds. He claims he fell into a deep depression and considered suicide. When the COVID-19 restrictions were implemented in March, Shivam ran away from home on the only bus accessible at the bus station. “Travel restrictions had begun to emerge, and there was only one bus to Indore, about 400 kilometres from Sikand. I boarded it, leaving my family a suicide note telling them not to look for me. He recalls, "I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

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