In a bid to help people, an octogenarian woman who travelled to the national capital and lost her husband to COVID-19, has started a philanthropic initiative to provide meals to those in need. So far, the 87-year-old woman Usha Gupta has provided over 65,000 meals to people with an average of 2,500 meals per day in the last one month including some slum areas in Delhi, and with help of NGOs in Kolkata too. As of now, Gupta makes four types of mango pickle which are nicely packed in glass jars with a note of blessings from her for the buyers. As season changes or COVID-19 situation take turns her ideas will also evolve, but the drive to help will continue. "I saw people in misery during the second wave of COVID. I thought of helping them. We started selling pickles and got orders," said 87-yr-old Usha.