It’s rightly said that a Part of being a person is about
helping others, and if we don’t help others then who will?
As the pandemic is surging in India, people from different corners are trying their best to serve humanity. Many such stories have also come across where we have seen an actor turning into an ambulance driver, people helping others with oxygen cylinders. Such is a story of Mumbai-based Harsh Mandavia and his mother Heena Mandavia became messiahs for the poor.
The mother-son duo has filled stomachs of ‘n’ number of people during the second wave of Covid.
Owners of Harsh Thali and Paranthas, Harsh and Heena have served over 22,000 meals, 55,000 rotis, and 6,000 homemade sweets.
How did ‘Harsh Thali and Paranthas’ begin?
According to the sources, Harsh lost his father in a car accident, at that time, Harsh was just 5. Harsh's mother strongly believed that she would handle her son and raise him properly by providing him the best education. Despite all the odds, Heena Mandavia began tiffin service at home. Her first income was Rs. 35, Heena would cook the food and Harsh used to deliver it from door-to-door. Slowly and steadily, business picked up, and in 2003, one customer helped this duo by giving Rs. 70,000 and rented space as well. That’s how Harsh Thali and Paranthas got a new place and shape.
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In 2020, when the lockdown was imposed, they started helping people after a customer asked them to feed 100 people.
Harsh says, “That evening, I put up a post on social media saying that we were accepting orders. People from all over started donating money. Maa and I would feed 100-150 people every day.”
When the second wave hit, Harsh again posted it on social media and received 1.5 lakhs donations in just two days.
Harsh recalls the time when strangers had helped his family to get out of their bad phase. Reciprocating the same, Harsh tries to extend help towards the people who have been hit hard by the pandemic so he can save precious lives when the authorities failed to do so.