Vikas Khanna Reply To BBC Anchor Who Tried To ‘Demean’ Him Will Make Every Indian Proud

Since the coronavirus pandemic gripped India and unleashed economic hardships for millions of people, Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna decided to do his bit by coordinating massive food distribution drives from his home in Manhattan. Recently he also come to the aid of Mumbai’s Dabbawalas, whose livelihood has been threatened by the pandemic Coronavirus lockdown.

Nearly 47 leading brands have partnered with Khanna in his initiative, under which over two million sanitary pads and 1,28,000 slippers have also been distributed.

Over the course of nearly 80 days, Khanna has distributed 14 million meals in orphanages, old-age homes, leprosy centres, widow ashrams as well as to migrant workers and hundreds of thousands of people in need across 125 Indian cities, with the help of The National Disaster Response Force.

Recently Vikas Khanna was caught up candid in an online interview, where he was seen hitting back at the anchor, when the host asked the background of his ‘sense of hunger’. As the video goes viral, Twitterati laud him.

In an interview with BBC, the anchor asked Vikas saying,

“You have been quite famous now. You have cooked for Obamas, you have been on the Gordon Ramsay’s show. But, you were not always like this. You are not from a rich family background, so I dare say you understand how precarious it can be in India.”

To which the Khanna quickly replied saying,

“My sense of hunger did not come from India so much because I was raised in Amritsar and we have a huge community kitchen where everyone gets fed. The entire city can be fed from the community kitchen. We have huge community fed, where everyone gets fed. My sense of hunger came from New York, when I was struggling and really was at the bottom. It was difficult for a brown kid to rise through, someone who had a dream of winning the Michelin star.”

He further added,

“Therefore my sense of hunger came from New York when I was living in Grand Central and sleeping around. It came from the United States, not from India.”

Below is the clip from the interview

Vikas Khanna, michelin star chef, gives it back to BBC news anchor.
Anchor: In India, you were not from a rich family. So your sense of hunger must have come from there.
Vikas: NO, I am from Amritsar, everyone gets fed there in the langars. My sense of hunger came from New York! pic.twitter.com/u06BJDSzvj

— Harpreet (@CestMoiz) June 27, 2020

Twitteratis lauded Vikas Khanna for hitting back at the BBC journalist

Bravo, Vikas!! I can hear the echo to that tight slap you gave to the racist BBC.

— The_Seeker (@Saga08120953) June 27, 2020

He just demonstrated the recipie for “CHUTNEY”!!!🤣

— Vinayak Bhave (@bhave_vinayak) June 27, 2020

Keh ke le li!

— Gagan Sodhi (@gssr92) June 27, 2020

Absolutely Superb…This one made my day..👌🏻👌🏻🇮🇳🇮🇳

— enn gee ess (@nee_el) June 27, 2020

I love this. What a response masterji! @TheVikasKhanna

— #%$@! (@KV1815) June 27, 2020

It’s BBC yar( should have named British Broadcasting of China). What more should we expect from them ? They demean India in every way possible. BBC is a joke. Don’t take it seriously.

— Jashwanth (@jashwanth_rao) June 27, 2020

@BBCWorld your achor showed the culture he was brought up with. Uncultured !

— OUTSIDER: राई रविन्द्र 🇮🇳 (@Rubndraw) June 27, 2020

Vikas Khanna, you won our hearts yet again.