Bhubaneswar: People queue up at BabaKaDhabha in Malviya Nagar after video of the octogenarian owner couple went viral on social media.
YouTube blogger Gaurav Wasan on Wednesday had shared the video clip of the elderly couple running a small dhaba, showcasing their plight.
“80 year old couple selling best matar paneer. Inhe hamari help ko bahut zarurat he,” Wasan captioned the Instagram video. Since then #BabaKaDhaba became one of the top trends on Twitter, with people sharing the video on their accounts.
“BabaKaDhaba #dilliwalon #dil #dikhao. Whoever eats here, sends me pic, I shall put up a sweet message with your pics,” tweeted Raveena Tandon.
“Make this your next stop! Among many such others in your neighbourhoods wherever you are…. #VocalForLocal,” Nimrat Kaur requested.
Sharing the video on Twitter, Randeep wrote: “Do visit if you are in Delhi. Block B, Shivalik Colony, Opposite Hanuman Mandir, Malviya Nagar, South Delhi. #SupportLocal #BabaKaDhaba.”
“Let’s help put their smile back … our neighbour hood vendors need our help to. Red heart,” Suniel Shetty tweeted.
Swara Bhasker asked everyone to support such small businesses and become #VocalforLocal. “Dilli, chalo Baba Ka Dhaba par matar paneer khaate hain. Malviya Nagar mein. #SupportSmallBusinesses #VocalForLocal #ShowHeart (Delhi, let’s go to Baba Ka Dhaba and have some matar paneer in Malviya Nagar),” she wrote on Twitter.
On Thursday, netizens posted many new videos and pictures of people eating at the dhaba.
“There was no sale during COVID19 lockdown but now it feels like whole India is with us,” says owner Kanta Prasad, who’s running the stall since 1990.
#WATCH “There were no customers, we had to return home with food…. Now we are happy, it feels like we’ve many extended families,” says Badami Devi of #BabaKaDhabha.
The stall in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar saw heavy footfall of customers after video of the owner couple went viral. pic.twitter.com/KG2WjQuYTo
— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020
(Inputs From: IANS)
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