Shop sells biryani for 5paise, turns crowd fav
Padmini.Sivarajah@timesgroup.com
Madurai:17.10.2019
A biryani shop in Dindigul distributed packs of biryani for five paise on Wednesday to mark World Food Day (October 16), in a move to create awareness on the importance of preserving and maintaining old coins.
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, owner of the shop, said his visit to the Keeladi archaeological excavation site in Sivaganga district and the recent findings and reports about the site had enthralled him. “I realized how important it was to keep things that we used carefully for future generations to know about us. I decided to find out how many people had the five paise coins which are no longer in use,” he said.
He put up a signboard that the biryani, sold for ₹90 usually, will be sold for five paise. Hundreds of people thronged the shop with five paise coins in their hands on Wednesday.
Thirupathi, a customer said it was good that the shop had put out the sign two days ago as it gave them time to search for the five paise coin.
“My son rarely gets an opportunity to have biryani from the shop, so I found the five paise coin in a small tin box that my grandmother kept and came to the shop by 9.30am,” said Lakshmi, who got a pack.
FIGHTING FOR SPACE
Padmini.Sivarajah@timesgroup.com
Madurai:17.10.2019
A biryani shop in Dindigul distributed packs of biryani for five paise on Wednesday to mark World Food Day (October 16), in a move to create awareness on the importance of preserving and maintaining old coins.
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, owner of the shop, said his visit to the Keeladi archaeological excavation site in Sivaganga district and the recent findings and reports about the site had enthralled him. “I realized how important it was to keep things that we used carefully for future generations to know about us. I decided to find out how many people had the five paise coins which are no longer in use,” he said.
He put up a signboard that the biryani, sold for ₹90 usually, will be sold for five paise. Hundreds of people thronged the shop with five paise coins in their hands on Wednesday.
Thirupathi, a customer said it was good that the shop had put out the sign two days ago as it gave them time to search for the five paise coin.
“My son rarely gets an opportunity to have biryani from the shop, so I found the five paise coin in a small tin box that my grandmother kept and came to the shop by 9.30am,” said Lakshmi, who got a pack.
FIGHTING FOR SPACE
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