19/07/2026
Today we had a lunch together in Kannaginagar and we must say that lunch was not just relishing biriyani. It was belonging.
We sat down for a good, hot biriyani meal together with the wonderful children of Kannaginagar - an area the city often labels as 'crime-affected'. But when you sit on the same floor, eat from the same surroundings and laugh over who gets the extra piece of chicken ,those labels disappear.
For a child who has grown up seeing exclusion, a shared meal does something powerful to their psychology. It tells them: You are not forgotten. You are not less. You deserve the same joy, the same taste, the same respect. Psychology says - what deprivation breaks, dignity can rebuild. And sometimes dignity is served on a banana leaf.
These small acts are how we build a bigger idea of justice. Equality is not just a policy, it is a practice. It is sitting together.
And as Karl Marx reminded us, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - today the need was simple: to be seen, to be fed well, and to be loved.
A better social structure won't come only from big speeches. It will come from many small tables where no child sits alone, no child cries with hunger, no child thinks that good food is not in my luck!!
Today's meal was sponsored by a noble hearted person whom our children fondly call 'grandfather'! Thank you Mr. Pranab Basu for your generosity!!
