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NDTV
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
"Not Indian Food" - Desis Warn Foreign Artist Against Street-Style ' Anda Burger'
Indians are no strangers to street food experiments. While some enjoy trying different fusion recipes, others prefer to stick to traditional versions of their favourite foods. The experimental takes tend to range from innovative and appetising to downright off-putting. Recently, a foreigner decided to try a bizarre burger that belongs in the second category. A video about the same has gone viral on Instagram and raised many eyebrows online. It was posted by Jonathan Matas, a Seattle-born artist who is currently in India. In the reel, we see Jonathan approaching a food vendor at a shop and asking for an "Anda Burger." The man starts preparing the dish from scratch. The vendor starts by pouring a red-coloured liquid onto the tawa in front of him. "Oh my god, what is that?" Jonathan asks. It is revealed to be an energy drink. Jonathan asks the vendor about some of the other ingredients added later, too. The man breaks two eggs over the sizzling drink. He then tops it with chopped onion, crushed laddoo, masala peanuts, and chocolate cereal. He also crushes and adds (uncooked) Maggi noodles as well as potato chips. Finally, he pours the remaining energy drink from the bottle over all these ingredients. He uses a spatula to mix and cook them together, like a scramble of sorts. This is what forms the 'patty' of the burger. The vendor places halves of two bread buns on top of the egg preparation to heat them together briefly. Later, he assembles the burgers and presents the plate to Johnathan, along with a fresh bottle of the same energy drink used earlier. The foreign artist sits down and takes a bite of the burger. "It's not bad," he declares. The vendor thanks him. He comes up to Johnathan and serves him sev on his plate. Jonathan wants to know what it's called, and he spells it "save." He says, "I don't know what save is. Some kind of chips on the side." He tastes a few of the crispy strands and seems to like them. Watch the complete viral video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by J o n a t h a n M a t a s (@jonathanmatas) The viral reel has clocked close to 2 million views on Instagram so far. It received a range of reactions. A few people joked that it took "courage" to try such a burger. Others encouraged Jonathan to try authentic Indian food rather than such bizarre experiments. Read some of the comments from Instagram below: "How can I unsee this?" "Save save save you." "Tell me this is some kind of spoof." "Even 'save' can't save you, bro. Good luck." "Is there anything he left out and didn't add?" "Bro is adding everything he sees in his shop." "As an Indian myself, I will never be going to eat that." "This is definitely not Indian food. Please try some authentic Indian cuisine. You will definitely love it. I don't think anyone eats this kind of food even in India." "Bro, you're our guest, and we love that you're exploring India. But just a heads-up - this kind of food isn't common here. It's more of a weird trend by a few vendors for content. Real Indian street food is so much better and safer - hope you get to try the authentic stuff!" "Bro made a burger that can cure jet lag, diabetes, and heartbreak at the same time." Before this, another bizarre burger video that went viral featured Maggi as an ingredient.
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
My husband and I sleep in separate rooms - and we're closer than we've ever been
A couple who have chosen to sleep in separate bedrooms believe their unconventional arrangement has transformed their marriage for the better, bringing them closer than ever before. Luisa Chater, who has a chronic pain condition, and husband Johnathan, both 49, have been married for 14 years and have known each other since childhood. Four years ago, the pair decided to do away with the traditional shared bed and sleep apart in a bid to get more rest. And, according to Luisa, from Dorset, it's been nothing short of life-changing. She explained: 'We decided to sleep separately because I'm disabled and I have a lot of pain all the time, I don't sleep well and it's very broken, so I will sleep for an hour or so and then I wake up because I have to change position before the pain becomes worse. 'I also have sleep apnoea and use a machine for that but we decided it would be better for John because he needs to work during the day.' While Luisa acknowledged that there's a 'stigma' around couples sleeping separately, she doesn't think there should be - and stressed that her and Jonathan's new arrangement doesn't prevent them from being intimate. Luisa, who felt 'guilty' about disturbing her husband's sleep, added: 'Everyone needs sleep and if you're not getting enough sleep, then do something about it. 'It doesn't stop us loving each other or being intimate. 'If you love your partner, you want the best for them and if you're snoring or you have a cold and don't want them to get it, then you move rooms for a while. 'This isn't forever, it's just for now, until things get easier for me pain wise.' Luisa lives with chronic pain due to a disability and also suffers from sleep apnoea - both of which disrupt her rest and cause frequent wake-ups throughout the night. Meanwhile, Johnathan needs to be fully rested for his job at a water company. So, in a decision rooted in love and practicality, the couple agreed Luisa would sleep in her own room - allowing both of them to get the rest they need. Luisa said: 'If I need him, I can call him and he comes in to help me and he can also hear me, so if I have fallen or I need help, he knows when to come in. 'We mutually decided because John wasn't sleeping and he knew I was trying to stay still so he could sleep, which was making my pain worse, so we decided mutually to try sleeping apart. 'I felt guilty at first, because it's my fault he couldn't sleep and if I wasn't disabled or in pain, we would still sleep together. 'I knew it would be best for us both, because it means John is refreshed for work and if I need to sleep in or during the day, it doesn't matter, I can sleep when I can. 'It hasn't affected us negatively, we both love each other more as time goes on, if he wants to share a bed with me at the weekend, he can, I don't stop him and he can join me in our bed anytime he likes.' Now, the pair say the decision to sleep apart has actually made their relationship stronger than ever. Luisa is able to wake up, watch TV or read without disturbing her husband - and John knows she's safe and can respond if she needs help. And it hasn't impacted their love life at all. She said: 'John's sleep quality is better, unfortunately mine is the same, although I can sleep when I need to. 'If I wake, I can put the light on and read or watch tv if I need to without bothering John. 'He knows when I can't sleep though because he can see my light, but he knows I'm okay, so he turns over and goes back to sleep. 'If we want to be "romantic" we can do. 'The unexpected benefits are more sleep, less stress, no arguments because we're both exhausted and we are happy how things are at the moment. 'We haven't had any challenges because of sleeping apart. 'We always go to bed together, have a hug and a kiss as always and he helps me with whatever I need and then John goes to his bed. 'We will share a bed again, this isn't a permanent solution. 'This is temporary and we will sleep together again, when I'm in less pain.' And while some may assume their separate sleeping arrangement is a sign of trouble - Luisa insists it's anything but. The couple still hold hands in public, check in on each other throughout the day and maintain a close emotional bond. Now Luisa is encouraging other couples to consider thinking outside the box - if it means saving their sleep and their relationship. She added: 'If you're struggling to sleep and you think it would make things easier, just do it. It's working for us currently, when we want to sleep together again, we will. 'It hasn't changed our relationship, we're just us. We still cuddle and still love each other more than anything. 'A misconception is that we don't love each other anymore, but that's not true, we love each other and we are still the same. 'We don't even think about us sleeping apart because we love each other just the same. We did this because of the benefits, not because of negatives, it's just something we do.'
BBC News
08-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Preachers prompt debate on limit of free speech in Leek
A business owner has claimed people are being deterred from visiting her town due to the presence of street preachers whose language, she said, "bordered on hate speech".Megan Green runs an online business, The Cosy Witch, from her house in Leek and said she had attended the same church as one of the preachers when she was a said she felt the town needed to be shown in a positive light, so goes out delivering compliments to passers-by on the high of the preachers, Johnathan, admitted his views, and the messages he preached, would not be appreciated by everyone. Ms Green has lived in Leek since she was a child and said she had recently noticed people becoming upset and businesses struggling on the days preachers were in the town."No one in Leek has a problem with street preaching, what we have a problem with is things that are hurtful and bordering hate speech," she said."I respect everyone's beliefs, but I don't like to be called a bad mother walking down the street."Ms Green said people stopped her in the street to thank her for what she had been doing."I'm in no way trying to stop the freedom of speech," she added. "It's just there's a very careful line between what is free speech and what is hate speech under the guise of religion."Preachers have been a feature in the town centre for many told the BBC last September they had faced homophobia in the town. One lesbian said she had been called a "sin of nature" and "against God's will".During the Pride in the Moorlands event ten days ago, one preacher said: "Sin isn't something to be celebrated or tolerated", adding that God had "made a way for us to be set free from the power of sin".He added: "Mankind... they like their lifestyle more than God, so they're unwilling to accept a message that is potentially telling them their lifestyle is wrong." Preacher Johnathan often preaches for between 30 to 45 minutes before moving on to a new location within the is in line with a code of conduct which asks performers and preachers to move on after 45 minutes in one location and to be aware of market traders or asked if his preaching amounted to hate speech, Johnathan said he thought the gospel was "intrinsically offensive", but pointed out that offence was not a crime and did not equate to hate speech."We don't preach hate, we don't incite hate, we preach a message of love," he in the town have grown upset with the regular preaching claiming it is reducing business in the town on the days the preachers are there. Daniel Salt, a barber, said he had noticed a drop in customers when the preachers were outside his shop."It's a nightmare because we have to listen to it all day then there people arguing outside all day", he felt fewer people were less likely to come into the shop as a result."I think, when it starts interfering with businesses and owners, it's not fair on anyone because everyone is just trying to make a living," he added. A spokesperson for Staffordshire Police said officers continued to liaise with people expressing religious views in Leek."Officers appreciate the community getting in touch with us on this matter and are working in partnership with the local council to address any concerns," they said. Councillor Bill Cawley, cabinet member for communities at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, said the authority's licensing team was working with the police in relation to the code of conduct and that increased enforcement would be discussed in the coming weeks. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
New York Post
27-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
US Marine and Iraq War vet who volunteered to fight for Ukraine killed by a Russian drone strike
A US Marine who fought in Iraq and voluntarily deployed to Ukraine was killed in a Russian drone strike during a dangerous mission near the frontlines in the Eastern European country, his father said. Johnathan A. Pebley, 39, was killed during Russia's relentless bombardment of Ukraine over the last week. In just three days, Kremlin forces launched 900 drones at Ukraine — including 355 drones and nine cruise missiles overnight Sunday for the biggest aerial bombardment in the war to date. 'I'm heartbroken,' his father, Mark Pebley, told The Post. 'I'm crushed, his mother is crushed. His brothers are crushed. Everybody that ever knew him is crushed.' Advertisement Johnathan, whose call sign was Mayhem, had joined Ukrainian troops last August and was a recently assigned team leader of the Delta Knights, a Foreign Legion squad made up of a mix of Americans, Poles, Brits and natives of Scandinavian countries, his dad said. Mark, 63, said Russia's largest-ever drone attack that killed his son mostly targeted civilians — an assault that led President Trump to lash out at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Johnathan A. Pebley, an Iraq War vet and US Marine, was killed by a Russian drone strike while fighting Russians on the frontlines. Task & Purpose/YouTube 'The Ukrainians have been getting pummeled by drones, bombs and missile strikes and it's mostly civilians,' Mark, who served in the Air Force, said. 'What's going on over there is evil and atrocious and the rest of the world really needs to step up to the plate and stop what's really going on.' Advertisement Mark said he did not want to reveal the precise date his son was killed to avoid jeopardizing surviving members of his son's team who remain in active combat. Johnathan was born in a German Air Force base, but grew up in Wakefield, Mass., playing sports and listening to music. He joined the Marines a year after graduating from Wakefield High School and did two combat tours in 2008 and 2009, his father said. After his first tour, Mark said his son still believed in the mission, but he soured on it after his second tour. 'They saw things,' he said. 'They had orders that they didn't particularly agree with.' Advertisement Johnathan alluded to that change of heart in a February interview with Task & Purpose, where he talked about his renewed sense of purpose fighting for the Ukrainian people. Johnathan A. Pebley is interviewed by Chris Capelluto, the host of Task & Purpose, for a segment on trench warfare in Ukraine. cappyarmy/Instagram 'My theologies changed, my politics changed a bit, and I started to have quite a bit of guilt about my role in Iraq,' he said. 'I didn't believe that I should have been there – that we should have been there. And I kind of feel like in a karmic way, this kind of cancels that out. I'm fighting a just cause, defending a people rather than encroaching on them.' Since he left active duty, Johnathan said he had jobs as a corrections officer, a garbage collector, a restaurant owner, and lived in four different countries, but none of it ever felt right. Advertisement That all changed when he arrived in Ukraine last August after being recruited by the Foreign Legion, he said. 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to be doing. I feel at home again, everything makes a lot more sense,' the Marine told Task & Purpose. 'Somehow life makes a lot more sense here than it did anytime since I got out in 2009.' The last time Mark talked to his son was May 7, while he was training for the mission that killed him. 'He's always a sticking-up-for-the-underdog type of person. He didn't like bullies,' Mark said. 'And he felt Russia was bullying Ukraine and he felt he could do some good over there. And he did.' Mark said that a brief text conversation he had with Johnathan in January sums up why his son gave up a safe life in America, where he was training to become a firefighter and EMT, to go halfway around the world to defend a people whose language he can't even speak. 'By all accounts, we are considering this a suicide mission,' Johnathan had texted his dad, seemingly knowing his fate. 'And we all agreed to f–king do it anyways. All of us, that CAN say no. Part of it is because 'F–k em' but a lot is a sense of duty. One that didn't exist in the Marines. Because it wasn't a choice. 'So if I get f–king smoked today. Just want to say that this is the best thing I've ever done with my life.'
Forbes
26-04-2025
- General
- Forbes
Global Reach, Local Impact: UNICEF Delivering For Every Child
UNICEF's Supply Division is a great example of how UNICEF is continuously innovating to increase efficiency and maximize impact for children. More flexible funding from donors is required to sustain this important work. Learn more. Four-year-old Johnathan holds items included in an emergency kit distributed by UNICEF and partners in December 2024 to assist earthquake-affected families in the Erakor Bridge community in south Efate, Vanuatu. UNICEF is continuously innovating to ensure a targeted, effective humanitarian response in emergencies. UNICEF operates the world's largest humanitarian logistics and supply center in the world. That supply powerhouse enables UNICEF to respond to emergencies quickly and effectively — saving lives. A big part of this operation means strengthening and leveraging the power of public supply chains, and leaning into partnerships to ensure the response is appropriate and that children's specific needs are being met. Defining those needs is a critical step toward creating lasting change. In 2023, UNICEF procured over $5.2 billion in supplies and services for children in 162 countries and areas — including more than $893 million in emergency supplies to children in 81 countries, including many hard-to-reach locations. The organization's humanitarian action plan for 2025 aims to support 109 million children living through complex humanitarian crises. UNICEF is funded entirely through voluntary contributions from both public and private sector donors, including governments, civil society organizations, corporations and private individuals. As competition for humanitarian financing grows — fueled by drastic cuts in foreign aid — private sector supporters can help fill funding gaps. Young Yosha'a receives warm clothes distributed by UNICEF at a school-turned-shelter in Naher Al Bared village, rural Hama, Syria, established for families displaced by the 2023 earthquake. 'When I opened the bag, I was surprised that all of the clothes were my size,' he said. UNICEF-supported partners registered the information and age categories of earthquake-affected children staying in collective shelters to ensure that the clothing provided to them fits them. Small acts such as this mean that children receive what they need in a dignified way and aid doesn't go to waste. Addressing humanitarian needs requires more than the logistics of delivering aid. It demands innovative, people-centered solutions that uphold dignity. It means partnering at every level, and investing in local organizations and economies as part of the response. UNICEF's interconnected network of global, regional and local supply chains is what enables UNICEF to go the extra mile — even in hard-to-reach places — to ensure vulnerable children have access to safe water and nutrition, vaccines and other essential medicines, education and protection. Fragility is one of the greatest challenges to children's rights. To safeguard those rights, UNICEF works to strengthen national supply chains to ensure equitable and timely access to those essential services and supplies. UNICEF's technical expertise and comparative advantage touch upon many fields, driving long-term local ownership and sustainability. Today, 65 countries across five regions are currently engaged in supply chain strengthening activities with the support of UNICEF. This innovative work creates the critical local capacity needed to enable a faster, more efficient and targeted humanitarian response in emergencies, leading to children receiving a higher quality of care and support. When it comes to the emergency supplies received, acceptability, appropriateness and choice are key. It's an issue when something is perceived to be ineffective. It's also a problem when social and cultural factors discourage people from asking for what they need. But when there is an opportunity to choose specific items, when there are channels of communication for sharing preferences, then people are more likely to step forward to seek — and accept — the help they need. This in turn improves the effectiveness of the response and translates into better outcomes for the community overall. The UNICEF Kits That Fit initiative, launched in 2023, is helping to ensure that the emergency kits that are distributed to communities are context appropriate and tailored to recipients' needs and wants. To achieve this, UNICEF and partners created mechanisms that empower people to communicate those needs and preferences at the start of their road to recovery. Kits are designed accordingly, with items sourced locally as much as possible. UNICEF and partners collect feedback data directly from children, families and communities through accessible and child-friendly digital and face-to-face platforms, including mobile apps. The feedback is then used to make improvements and ensure kits are fit for purpose. Related: UNICEF Kits That Fit The Kits That Fit feedback loop is an extension of UNICARE, a broader initiative by UNICEF to listen to — and act upon — the voices of people UNICEF serves, and to help other decision makers take appropriate action, by adapting their own programs or making organizational improvements, to drive better results for children. Focus groups, mobile phone text surveys, telephone hotlines and other channels are also used to ensure broad engagement. The end result is higher accountability — not just to the children and families receiving the assistance, but to the partners supporting UNICEF's lifesaving work. Armed with an improved understanding of people's priorities, UNICEF leverages its agile approach to procurement and supply chain management to deliver faster, more targeted aid. By procuring items from local manufacturers and other businesses, UNICEF is also helping to strengthen and revitalize local economies. Local vendors enjoy greater visibility, and UNICEF gains knowledge of local markets. Local businesses and organizations become part of the solution for people affected by crisis. UNICEF's ability to scale up supplies and garner support from partners was fundamental to the success of an emergency immunization campaign where children in Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip received the polio vaccination in a bid to halt an outbreak and close immunity gaps. UNICEF's ability to scale up supplies at any given moment is another factor that sets it apart as a leader uniquely capable of meeting the emergency needs of children in crisis. It is this capacity that enabled UNICEF to send 350 trucks of aid into the Gaza Strip in one week — after 15 months of bombardment and a long-awaited ceasefire — to reach the needs of over 1 million children. UNICEF's robust cold chain supply system and partnership with the World Health Organization halted a serious outbreak of polio in the Gaza Strip in late 2024, when over half a million children under 10 years received vaccinations as part of UNICEF'S emergency polio vaccination campaign. In South Sudan, UNICEF was able to overcome supply bottlenecks to scale the nutrition response by prepositioning supplies during the dry season and managing the supply pipeline for ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), ensuring it would be continuously available. That coupled with the implementation of a community-based approach to managing acute malnutrition has supported the broader national strategy to prevent and treat malnutrition, significantly increasing recovery rates. In Somalia, UNICEF worked to digitalize the nutrition supply chain to reach more children suffering from malnutrition with effective aid. Digital solutions help prevent the diversion of aid, reducing risks and losses. UNICEF's plans to digitalize the severe wasting registry in Somalia mean that data can be directly linked to the supply chain, creating stronger reporting on consumption and stock data, leading to more timely availability of supplies to prevent severe wasting in children and save lives. For more than seventy years, UNICEF has been the trusted partner for those who seek to save and change children's lives. Voluntary contributions from donors don't just fund programs; they also help drive innovation and overall system strengthening. The support creates ripple effects that positively impact today's generation of children and many generations to come; children receiving humanitarian aid today are the leaders, innovators, and change makers of tomorrow. On average, 50 percent of contributions to UNICEF are restricted to a handful of crises. Flexible funding — donor support that is unearmarked to any specific country or program — helps UNICEF close gaps between identified needs and the resources required to meet them. It's how UNICEF stays nimble, able to direct resources strategically, wherever and whenever they are needed most, for maximum impact. Help UNICEF reach more children with urgently needed support. Please donate today. Right now, the lives of the most vulnerable children hang in the balance as conflicts and crises jeopardize the care and protection that they deserve. Dependable, uninterrupted and effective foreign aid is critical to the well-being of millions of children. Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to support ongoing U.S. investments in foreign assistance. This article is based on a report written by the UNICEF Humanitarian Funding Unit. Part of the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP), based in Geneva, HFU steers global efforts to maximize fundraising for humanitarian crises and sudden onset disasters.
