Soup kitchen concept should be popularised in India
Either government should directly get involved or encourage interested people or groups to go in for big sized canteens targeting those places where these are needed most - a proper study need to be undertaken as this will help poor and malnourished.
THE SOUP kitchen concept should mushroom in India because such food joints acts as an insurance guarantee for the depressed-hungry and malnourished people. A soup kitchen also known as a bread line or a meal centre is a place where food is offered to the hungry for free or at a reasonably low price. In advanced countries, such soup kitchens are frequently located in lower-income neighbourhoods; they are often staffed by volunteer organisations, such as Church groups or community groups. Soup kitchens sometimes obtain food from a food bank for free or at a low price, because they are considered a charity. As examples, three places in India are offering superb food either for free or at subsidised rates. As a first example, In a place known an Shirdi, a pilgrimage place located in Maharashtra, there is a canteen known as “Sai Prasad”. At a time about 1,000 people can sit and eat food at a subsidised rate of Rs.5 per thali (per plate). The food served is more than sumptuous, hot, tasty and nutritious. Plates are washed automatically through heavy duty dish washing machines installed which can wash about 500 to 1000 plates in fifteen minutes time to half an hour. Dedicated staff and volunteers ensure that everything goes smoothly during the servings. The servings begin at around 11 a.m. in the morning and keep continuing till midnight except for a few hours breaks in between. The second example is the serving of free food to all pilgrimage people in a place known as Tirupati, also a pilgrimage place where high quality food is served in a professional manner. Third example is that of providing free lunches as mid day meal schemes through Hare Krishna temple in Bangalore. Good quality hygienic food are prepared and packed and served to about 10,000 children every day; high tech quality imported machineries do most of the cooking with the help of limited staff-volunteers. In all the above three examples, money is spent through donated funds into their respective trusts. Many wealthy NRIs would simply love to donate generously, upon being approached, for this great cause, if the situation demands. Dedicated professional team should be recruited to run these canteens in the best professional manner; if required members can be sent to developed countries for undergoing specialised training.
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