Can you imagine a full meal with one single rupee?? Are you surprised that, who will offer you food for one rupee?? Yes..Here is the story about a man behind the 1 rupee meal.
Venkataraman from Tamil Nadu and his wife will offer the poor people and the attenders at the Government Headquarters Hospital full meal just for 1 rupee.
The story beside his decision is, in 2007 an old lady visited his hotel who wanted to take idlis for her ailing husband. She buys three dosas for 10 rupees which was very costly to the old woman and also needed to share the same dosas with her husband which was inadequate. That time he gave six dosas to the old woman for the same rate. This situation moved him a lot and decided to offer food for the poor and needy with as less money as possible.
"In 2007, I visited Government Headquarters Hospital here and enquired about patients with the incharge Nurse there. I was told by their attenders that almost all patients are from poor families and they could not take food daily due to poverty and only tea or bread at noon and night,” says the kind hearted.
The next day he visited the Government Headquarters Hospital and announced to the nurses that he will provide meals for less cost and granted 10 tokens to the attenders.
“Now for the past few months the number has been increased from 10 to 70 daily. In the morning I give 10 tokens, for which three dosas and two idlis are given for just Re one. In the afternoon, 40 attenders are given meals (for Re one), comprising five items and at night 20 attenders are given dosa and chapati. We have decided to increase the number from 70 to 100 in the coming years."
The person close to people heart says, "I am ready to grant the food free of cost, but if I collect at least Re one, the buyer will not waste it. The food is given in packets and none is allowed to eat inside the mess, but are advised to take it to the hospital, where some others also share the food."
The couple have two children, both a girls, one was already married and the other is a Engineering Student.
