They started out serving 40 biryanis from the back of a van. Now they’re feeding the homeless in 13 locations across the country
I met Randeep Lall where he has been most Sunday evenings for the past six years: outside the Zimbabwean embassy on the Strand. Lall, 46, is the founder of Nishkam Swat (the Sikh Welfare and Awareness Team), which has a mission to feed the growing homeless population in the capital and beyond. The Swat operation is not a standard soup kitchen. There are trestle tables on which a range of food options are set out. Hot meals on the evening I visit include curry and rice, pasta and pizza. There are homemade hot samosas and bhajis as well as biscuits and fruit. A line of more than 200 people waits along the pavement here, some carrying the sleeping bags they will bed down in this evening, some alone in their worlds, others chatting and swapping stories.
According to my wife, I am now 90% less angry. The work has been a gift to me in that way
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