Last week, a fundraising event in New York City brought together prominent figures from the Indian-American community and their friends to raise more than $400,000 for COVID-19 relief in India. echo – An NGO in India and a partner of ChaloGive for India, an ongoing fundraising effort by Indiaspora.
The NYC fundraiser campaign – jointly hosted by philanthropic organizations Indiaspora and 1 Billion Breaths – was named Kindred Kitchen and led by some of the world’s best Indian restaurants to raise money and awareness in support of the subcontinent was.
MR Rangaswamy said, “Kindred Kitchen presents a new opportunity for Indiaspora to raise awareness and funds for COVID relief in India, especially as the need to move from cities to more villages continues, and livelihood and food insecurity. There is a growing concern.” Founder of Indiaspora. At the event, he talked about imagining what it would be like to go door-to-door to assess the family situation after a primary breadwinner passed away from COVID-19.
“We are extremely grateful for the continued support of support for our COVID relief efforts. To date, the Indian diaspora has given approximately $10 million to COVID relief efforts through our ChaloGive.org platform and other initiatives, such as HELP India Breathe with Life Purpose Coach Jay Shetty, Help Tamil Nadu Breathe and now Kindred Kitchen.”
Other speakers at the event included writer Suketu Mehta, Well-known lawyer Preet Bharara, who spoke about his GoFundMe campaign for Indiaspora’s COVID relief efforts, in which he raised over $137,000 largely by introducing academic Tom Nichols to Indian food via Twitter. It also featured documentary filmmaker, activist, entrepreneur and former Miss America Nina Davuluri.
Mehta said during the dinner, “We are the richest, most educated, highest achiever community in America. We need to reach out to the country from which we or our ancestors came. Like by trains in Bombay. Hands out.” .
Basu Ratnam – the owner of NYC restaurants and INDAY eateries in Manhattan, who conceived the idea and co-hosted Kindred Kitchen – said, “After the global restaurant campaign we founded with 1 Billion Breaths, I am in awe of COVID relief. I thought the best way to continue to support India’s efforts was through a more intimate event where people could connect with each other, and India through home-cooked dishes.”
“We had immense interest and were able to bring together some of the most interesting names in our diaspora. I am humbled and excited by the support and will use this as a foundation to build our community.”
Celebrities who contributed recipes for the dinner included models, writers and TV hosts. Padma Lakshmimilf actor Mindy Kaling, chef and author Nick Sharma, food writer Priya Krishna and Barkha Cardoz, wife of the late Floyd Cardoz. “Food and community go together and sustain us all. It was an honor to have the opportunity to help my fellow Indians through their family recipes and memories of Floyd,” Cardoz said. Her speech in memory of her late husband was about the need to raise awareness for COVID relief and her motivation to contribute to the event in memory of Floyd.
The NYC fundraiser campaign – jointly hosted by philanthropic organizations Indiaspora and 1 Billion Breaths – was named Kindred Kitchen and led by some of the world’s best Indian restaurants to raise money and awareness in support of the subcontinent was.
MR Rangaswamy said, “Kindred Kitchen presents a new opportunity for Indiaspora to raise awareness and funds for COVID relief in India, especially as the need to move from cities to more villages continues, and livelihood and food insecurity. There is a growing concern.” Founder of Indiaspora. At the event, he talked about imagining what it would be like to go door-to-door to assess the family situation after a primary breadwinner passed away from COVID-19.
“We are extremely grateful for the continued support of support for our COVID relief efforts. To date, the Indian diaspora has given approximately $10 million to COVID relief efforts through our ChaloGive.org platform and other initiatives, such as HELP India Breathe with Life Purpose Coach Jay Shetty, Help Tamil Nadu Breathe and now Kindred Kitchen.”
Other speakers at the event included writer Suketu Mehta, Well-known lawyer Preet Bharara, who spoke about his GoFundMe campaign for Indiaspora’s COVID relief efforts, in which he raised over $137,000 largely by introducing academic Tom Nichols to Indian food via Twitter. It also featured documentary filmmaker, activist, entrepreneur and former Miss America Nina Davuluri.
Mehta said during the dinner, “We are the richest, most educated, highest achiever community in America. We need to reach out to the country from which we or our ancestors came. Like by trains in Bombay. Hands out.” .
Basu Ratnam – the owner of NYC restaurants and INDAY eateries in Manhattan, who conceived the idea and co-hosted Kindred Kitchen – said, “After the global restaurant campaign we founded with 1 Billion Breaths, I am in awe of COVID relief. I thought the best way to continue to support India’s efforts was through a more intimate event where people could connect with each other, and India through home-cooked dishes.”
“We had immense interest and were able to bring together some of the most interesting names in our diaspora. I am humbled and excited by the support and will use this as a foundation to build our community.”
Celebrities who contributed recipes for the dinner included models, writers and TV hosts. Padma Lakshmimilf actor Mindy Kaling, chef and author Nick Sharma, food writer Priya Krishna and Barkha Cardoz, wife of the late Floyd Cardoz. “Food and community go together and sustain us all. It was an honor to have the opportunity to help my fellow Indians through their family recipes and memories of Floyd,” Cardoz said. Her speech in memory of her late husband was about the need to raise awareness for COVID relief and her motivation to contribute to the event in memory of Floyd.
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