She has knocked door to door in her residential society to raise money for children with cancer, disability victims of child sexual abuse. “There is a life beyond our own comfortable life, and many children are living that life. Vikas Kumar, 20, with an intellectual disability, may struggle to find the right words when asked for a pasta recipe, but at his cafe in Dum Dum, all customers praise his pasta. It is the need to give them a livelihood and help them transition to an adult life that led to the formation of Opportunity Cafe. A cancer survivor who lost her sister also to cancer, she will run and raise funds for others with the disease.

Source: The Telegraph December 21, 2025 05:18 UTC