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O<\/span>n a cold winter morning, Gajraj Singh Kachhawa, a resident of Jaipur<\/a> sat at a tea stall sipping on some hot sugary tea. Just as he was about to leave, a man walked up to the stall, purchased a packet of biscuits and fed a street dog.<\/p>\n

Gajraj stood by watching this. He walked up to the man and asked him why he was giving the dog biscuits laden with sugar and wheat, which are both considered bad for dogs. Gajraj even urged the man to consider giving the dog milk or even better, some curd. \u201cThe only thing I will get for Rs 5 is this packet of biscuits,\u201d the man replied before walking away.<\/p>\n

This thought stuck with Gajraj, who went on to establish Bejubano Ki Rasoi<\/em> (Kitchen For The Voiceless), where a pre-packed nutritious meal for a dog<\/a> costs all of Rs 5.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Better India<\/strong>, Gajraj says, \u201cI have been feeding dogs in my own capacity for over five years now. When the lockdown was imposed there were so many people who were supplying food for others. However, the street dogs suffered the most. No one was willing to feed them or even care for them. That was when I started a concerted effort towards feeding the dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the street dogs are fed by small restaurants and cafes that usually give left-over food to the dogs.<\/h2>\n
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Gajraj Singh Kachhawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gajraj says, \u201cWith the lockdown, none of these smaller establishments were working which meant no food for the dogs. During this period I was feeding over 600 dogs regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, who is an entrepreneur and digital marketer, owns a club in Jaipur from where Bejubano Ki Rasoi<\/em> functions. \u201cSince the club is operational only in the evenings I could use the kitchen to make these healthy meals during the day. It was a win-win for me as I did not have to make any additional investment,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Once the meals are prepared and packed they are sold through a stall that is set up near Vivek Vihar metro station in Jaipur. \u201cWe are now selling over 500 packets of food each day,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Nutritious Meals for Just Rs 5<\/h2>\n
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Bejubano Ki Rasoi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each precooked meal, which consists of 400 gm of food, has paneer, soybean, rice and eggs along with multivitamin medicines for dogs. Gajraj says, \u201cWe add the paneer and eggs for protein and the rice is cooked in the water from the paneer to ensure that the dogs do not get dehydrated during summers. To this, we also add seasonal vegetables. We do not add any sugar or wheat to what we serve. Salt is added in very limited quantities.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there are packaged foods available for dogs, Gajraj says that most of them tend to leave the dogs dehydrated. \u201cWe now have many regular clients who serve their dogs the food we make. Most of them come back and tell us how much their dogs seemed to enjoy this freshly cooked meal as compared to pre-packed pellets they were fed earlier,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

When Gajraj started this initiative, he did not want to charge for the food. However, he says that his friends urged him to charge a nominal amount. \u201cI was told that no one would value what I was doing if I were to not charge for it. So, after the biscuit incident, I started charging Rs 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

On average, Gajraj says that each food packet costs about Rs 15 to make.<\/h2>\n