Behind the menu.

MEALS READY?Behind the menu.



The food cooked at 1shanthiroad is by Devi and supported by Mona. We wish to inform friends that it is largely very Vegetarian and very healthy. But there is fish and chicken at times. I generally shop and write down the menu for the day. I end up cooking at night, stir up a soup or a stir fry. This has been called a soup kitchen, railway station, art ashram, satsang, home for the lost souls and hungry stomachs.

My recent concern is the budget and the rising prices. According to the accounts this is what we spend per month.

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Vegetables-2000/-

Rice, wheat, oil-2000/-

Gas-400/-

Milk, tea, coffee, -1000/-

Devi-1300/-

Mona-1500/-

MISC-800/-

Chicken and fish cost more!

Total-8000/-

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Additional cost-

Water1000/+

Electricity-1500/+

Gardeners-1100/-

T. V-300/-

Internet-1000/-

Total-8000/-

Roughly 8 to 10 people eat here every day. Many drop by for Tea, coffee and snacks. There are many more on openings and special parties. We have the honor to have fed 120 creatures at one party! We enjoy people. Food is a great leveler and brings us together.

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Grand Total-16000/-per month.

Contributions are very welcome to support these rising costs and to retain this unique character of this place.

It is tough. But this is an open house as long as it lasts, and as long as I can afford it with my minimum resources.

Just a small word of thanks to all the friends who have chipped in to make this happen. This would not have continued without you.