Last Updated : Oct 08, 2020 02:57 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com

#BabaKaDhaba trends after heart-breaking video of elderly couple moves social media; celebrities extend support

The video, which was originally shared by Swad Official on Facebook, showed the 80-year-old couple selling home-cooked fresh meals at their stall at a reasonable cost of Rs 30 to Rs 50 per plate

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For many, the coronavirus pandemic upended all their plans for 2020, disrupted lives and livelihoods, and highlighted current inequalities. Amid this crisis, on October 8, a video of Delhi's elderly couple in tears as their business of a small road-side eatery named Baba ka Dhaba suffered a huge setback in the lockdown went viral on Twitter.

The video clip, urging people to support local businesses, was shared by Twitter user, Vasundhara Tankha Sharma with the caption:

The video, which was originally shared by Swad Official on Facebook, showed the 80-year-old couple selling home-cooked fresh meals at their stall at a reasonable cost of Rs 30 to Rs 50 per plate. The old man said that whatever little income they had throughout the day before the lockdown, it was only enough to buy the next day'

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After the lockdown, the couple lost their only source of income as people stopped visiting their stall. In the video, the man could be seen breaking down and saying that they opened the shop at 9.30 am and all they earn were a few Rs 10 notes that added up to Rs 50.

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As the video went viral, in no time, help started pouring in as Delhi residents queued up outside the stall at Malviya Nagar.

Besides, several Bollywood celebrities including Sonam Kapoor, Randeep Hooda and politicians also extended their support online and requested people to pay the elderly couple a visit. Soon #BabakaDabha dominated Twitter trends.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti who visited the couple tweeted: 

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First Published on Oct 8, 2020 02:57 pm

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