SPECIAL ISSUE Rhea Kapoor, Film Producer and Fashion Stylist SALUTE TO THE WITH THE POWER OF CHANGE STAR POWER IN A PANDEMIC In the last of four Special Issues, Forbes India puts the spotlight on celebrities and influencers who used their fame and fortune to ease the pain of loss www.forbesindia.com SPECIAL ISSUE SALUTE TO THE WITH THE POWER OF CHANGE Nikunj Lotia, YouTube star Pooja Dhingra, founder, Le15 Patisserie Tanmay Bhat, comedian In the last of four Special Issues, Forbes India puts the spotlight STAR POWER on celebrities and influencers who used their fame and IN A PANDEMIC fortune to ease the pain of loss Gauri Devidayal, co-founder, The Table Manish Mehrotra, chef, Indian Accent Gunjan Arya, CEO, OML www.forbesindia.com U N C O V E R T H E U LT I M A T E 120Hz Screen | 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 | Snapdragon 865 SALUTE TO THE WITH THE POWER OF CHANGE Style L etter From The Editor Saluting the Covid-19 Changemakers n a crisis, be aware making ventilators to offer innovation; for resilience; city-slickers swear by: of the danger, patients a critical lifeline. for performance against Masala Library, Farzi Café Ibut recognise the Then there are those who the odds, and for the well- and Pa Pa Ya. With these opportunity,” said John save lives by ensuring that known and celebrated to outlets shut, Kalra found F Kennedy, the 35th US people who have lost it all use their fame to make a something else to keep him president. Kennedy was do not go hungry; there difference. We at Forbes busy: A cause. He joined no stranger to crunch are those who provide us India, in association with the National Restaurant situations, from the Cuban with essential services and OPPO, have decided to Association of India’s Feed Missile Crisis to standing those who are ensuring that honour the not-so-obvious the Needy initiative after up for African-Americans. livelihoods go on as well, by heroes of Covid-19 on the he saw migrants making Covid-19, for its part, is developing technologies that basis of their contribution the long journey home. a crisis that few imagined enable work from home, across these four pillars. While Feed the Needy would blow up to be so and by making office and This is Forbes India’s Salute clocked some 67 lakh meals, big. That it is a global shop floor spaces safe for to the Ultimate 120 with Kalra did his bit by feeding crisis, and a humanitarian workers to get the machines the Power of Change. roughly 5,000 people a one as millions lose their humming again. And let’s Our last Special Issue day over two months. livelihoods and hundreds not forget those in the in this series of Covid-19 To be sure, there are of thousands their lives, laboratories, working hard Changemakers shines a opportunities to heal lives calls for action and to develop medicines that light on celebrities with no matter what business you leadership of the highest hasten the recovery process soul—those jet-setters are in. All it calls for is some order. And therein lies the as well as a vaccine that and poster boys and girls straightforward innovation. opportunity—for a few will serve as a preventive. who used their fame and Which is what Leon Vaz good men and women That’s the opportunity fortune to ease the pain of and Karan Berry, founders to step forward and ease to take the lead in doing loss. Consider, for instance, of bridal wear company the burden of the rest. good in a crisis; to do good Michelin-starred chef Vikas Karleo resorted to: They These are the health via creative destruction Khanna who, from New rejigged their resources to care providers who put and disruption. For many, York, worked out a system to produce masks for migrants, their lives on the line to it involves unlearning the send out some 22.5 million high-risk workers and those get those infected on the past and starting afresh, meals, over four months, who couldn’t afford them. road to recovery; those who and spotting opportunities to those who needed them That’s the power of a are making the protective that never existed pre- in 125 Indian cities. celebrity during a pandemic. equipment to keep these Covid, even as they bid Then, there’s Zorawar And with this issue we frontline workers safe; adieu to old ones. Kalra, better known as the conclude our tribute to the those supplying oxygen and Such disruption calls for man behind brands that Heroes of Covid-19. STORIES TO LOOK OUT FOR Brian Carvalho Editor, Forbes India [email protected] Best, Chef Vikas Khanna (left) worked out a system to send out some 22.5 million meals to those who needed them; Restaurateur Zorawar Kalra (right) pitched in with the Feed the Needy initiative 4 • FORBES INDIA • OPPO Find X2 Series Salute to the Ultimate 120 Warriors Breaking through the shackles of the limitations of a smartphone, OPPO Find X2 Series makes exploration a way of life. OPPO in collaboration with Forbes India salutes the COVID-19 change-makers. On behalf of everyone whose lives have been impacted by these warriors, OPPO acknowledges their altruistic work with an OPPO Find X2 Pro Premium Limited Box. It is our endeavour to offer the ultimate experience to people, let them uncover endless possibilities with OPPO’s Find X2 Pro and eventually Uncover the Ultimate. 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