Plight of Baba ka Dhaba's elderly couple breaks hearts, netizens lend a hand of help

A video of an elderly man crying as he is not able to sell food and earn enough to make ends meet has gone viral on social media. Interestingly, a snippet of a live session of food blogger grabbed the attention of netizens, in which the blogger visited an eatery known as Baba Ka Dhaba in Malviya Nagar, a locality in South Delhi. 

In the video, the 80-year-old man can be seen crying and saying how he is barely able to earn a few bucks while the blogger can be heard consoling him. As the video progressed further, the blogger gave details of Baba Ka Dhaba's exact location in Malviya Nagar while requesting his followers to visit the place once. Later, the video was shared by a Twitter user named Vasundhara Tankha Sharma on October 7. Watch the video below. 

Baba Ka Dhaba video:

Within a couple of hours, the video managed to garner more than 1.2M views on the micro-blogging site; and is still counting. Meanwhile, it also bagged more than 70k likes and 29k retweets. On the other side,  India’s test specialist Ravichandran Ashwin also noticed the tweet and asked everyone to come out and help the couple. In his tweet, R Ashwin wrote, “Let’s not break this mans spirit and fight!! Let’s do our best for him”. Ashwin not only re-shared the video but also extended support for the couple in the comments section as he wrote, "is there a way I can help that man?? I would like to contribute." Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja also requested for the details of Baba Ka Dhaba in the comment box.  

Meanwhile, the video received an overwhelming response as a few netizens took to the comments section and expressed their eagerness to help the elderly couple. Apart from celebrities, many netizens came forward and stated that they would like to extend financial help for Baba Ka Dhaba's owner. Meanwhile, a section of netizens urged others to support local businesses during the on-going global pandemic. 

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