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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
How a four-year-old's wish changed the anganwadi food menu from upma to biryani in Kerala
Kerala's women and child welfare department has revised the anganwadi food menu to include egg biryani and pulao, following a viral video of a 4-year-old boy's request to replace upma with biryani and chicken fry. The revised menu was unveiled on Tuesday by Women and Child Development Minister Veena George at the state-level inauguration of anganwadis' Praveshanolsavam in Pathanamthitta. The new menu aims to reduce sugar and salt intake while increasing calories and protein to support child growth, aligned with nutritional standards. Egg and milk will be provided on three days a week, compared to two days earlier. The menu will cover breakfast, lunch, and general feeding, marking the first time a unified food menu is implemented for anganwadi children across the state. The boy, Trijal S Sundhar, popularly known as Shanku, is currently in Qatar with his family. His mother, Aswathy Ashok, shared that Shanku is excited about the change. 'We will be returning to our native place by mid-July, and he will join school then,' she said. The family hails from Prayar near Oachira in Alappuzha district. Aswathy explained that the video was not planned. 'Shanku's father returned to Qatar after his choroonu (first rice meal fed auspiciously). I used to take Shanku's photographs and videos and post them on Instagram for his father to see. The biryani video too was shot just like that,' she said. She added, 'Shanku doesn't like upma and his favourite food is porridge and black-eyed pea. Upma was being served in the anganwadis daily and he developed a hatred towards it. He made the request for biryani and chicken fry while having biryani at home.' Live Events Minister Veena George had shared the video on Facebook earlier and promised to consider the demand, which has now been fulfilled through the revised menu.
Time of India
21 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
‘I don't want upma': 4-year-old Shanku's viral demand video gets biryani added to anganwadi menu in Kerala
A young boy named Shanku's dislike for upma and his request for biryani in the anganwadi menu went viral after his mother posted it on Instagram. KOTTAYAM: When young Shanku innocuously expressed his dislike for upma last Feb and asked for it to be replaced with biryani and chicken fry in the anganwadi menu, his mother Aswathy Ashok recorded it and posted it on Instagram. She did not expect the video to go viral. Women and child development minister Veena George shared the video on Facebook and promised to consider his demand. George kept her word and included egg biryani in the revised menu, which she released on Tuesday. George released the revised 'model food menu' at the state-level inauguration of anganwadis' Praveshanolsavam in Pathanamthitta on Tuesday. The menu - revised by the women and child welfare department with the intention of reducing sugar and salt intake and including more calories and protein to aid growth as per nutritional standards -- also includes pulao. Egg and milk will be provided on three days, unlike the earlier two days. Breakfast, lunch and general feeding will be based on the revised menu. It is the first time a unified food menu is being implemented for anganwadi students. Shanku, 4, is in Qatar and, according to Aswathy, is relishing the news of the revised menu. Shanku, whose official name is Trijal S Sundhar, is the only child of Somasundhar and Aswathy. The mother and son joined Somasundhar, who is working at Al Khor in Qatar, during the summer vacation. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Beyond Text Generation: An AI Tool That Helps You Write Better Grammarly Install Now Undo "We will be returning to our native place by mid-July, and he will join school then," said Aswathy. Their native place is Prayar near Oachira in Alappuzha. Aswathy said the viral video was not shot deliberately. "Shanku's father returned to Qatar after his choroonu (first rice meal fed auspiciously). I used to take Shanku's photographs and videos and post them on Instagram for his father to see. The biryani video too was shot just like that," said Aswathy. "Shanku doesn't like upma and his favourite food is porridge and black-eyed pea. Upma was being served in the anganwadis daily and he developed a hatred towards it. He made the request for biryani and chicken fry while having biryani at home," she said.
Time of India
a day ago
- Health
- Time of India
Young boy Shanku's ‘viral' request leads to revised anganwadi food menu in Kerala
Kottayam: When young Shanku innocuously expressed his dislike for upma last Feb and asked for it to be replaced with biriyani and chicken fry in the anganwadi menu, his mother Aswathy Ashok recorded it and posted it on Instagram. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now She did not expect the video to go viral. Women and child development minister Veena George shared the video on Facebook and promised to consider his demand. George kept her word and included egg biriyani in the revised menu, which she released on Tuesday. George released the revised 'model food menu' at the state-level inauguration of anganwadis' Praveshanolsavam in Pathanamthitta on Tuesday. The menu — revised by the women and child welfare department with the intention of reducing sugar and salt intake and including more calories and protein to aid growth as per nutritional standards -- also includes pulao. Egg and milk will be provided on three days, unlike the earlier two days. Breakfast, lunch and general feeding will be based on the revised menu. It is the first time a unified food menu is being implemented for anganwadi students. Shanku, 4, is in Qatar and, according to Aswathy, is relishing the news of the revised menu. Shanku, whose official name is Trijal S Sundhar, is the only child of Somasundhar and Aswathy. The mother and son joined Somasundhar, who is working at Al Khor in Qatar, during the summer vacation. "We will be returning to our native place by mid-July, and he will join the anganwadi then," said Aswathy. Their native place is Prayar near Oachira in Alappuzha. Aswathy said the viral video was not shot deliberately. "Shanku's father returned to Qatar after his choroonu (first rice meal fed auspiciously). I used to take Shanku's photographs and videos and post them on Instagram for his father to see. The biriyani video too was shot just like that," said Aswathy. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Shanku doesn't like upma and his favourite food is porridge and black-eyed pea. Upma was being served in the anganwadis daily and he developed a hatred towards it. He made the request for biriyani and chicken fry while having biriyani at home," she said.
India Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Government questions Kerala school for inviting Pocso-accused vlogger for event
The Kerala Education Department ordered an enquiry after a vlogger, who is accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) case, was invited as the chief guest at a government school's reopening M Nair, a popular vlogger, participated in the 'Praveshanolsavam', a ceremonial welcome for students, at Fort High School in Thiruvananthapuram on June Kovalam police had earlier registered a case against Nair under the Pocso Act for allegedly coercing a minor girl to appear in inappropriate social media content without proper The Deputy Director of Education, Thiruvananthapuram, has now been directed to investigate the incident and submit a report controversy comes just days after Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty revealed in the Assembly that 77 Pocso cases had been filed against employees working under the General Education Department, 65 of them teachers and 12 non-teaching added that nine of the accused have already been terminated from service and assured strict action against the rest. The government instructed that all pending disciplinary actions in Pocso-related cases more than a year old must be acted upon. The Director of Public Education has also been directed to ensure follow-up in cases where action is yet to be taken, he informed. IN THIS STORY#Kerala
The Hindu
2 days ago
- The Hindu
Minister orders probe after POCSO case accused attends school reopening event in Kerala
Kerala Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has sought an explanation on the participation of an accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a school Praveshanolsavam (reopening) event in the State capital on Monday. The Minister directed the Thiruvananthapuram Deputy Director of Education to conduct an urgent inquiry into the incident and submit a report. Vlogger Mukesh M. Nair was one of the guests at the Praveshanolsavam held at Fort High School, West Fort, here on Monday morning. School authorities told the media that they or the school had nothing to do with Mukesh M. Nair. They did not know about him or that such a person would attend the Praveshanolsavam. He had been roped in for the event by an organisation that regularly provided school supplies to students of the school in connection with the event. The school headmaster denied that the school had printed any notice with the name or the photograph of the POCSO accused as part of event promotion. 'We use only the banner provided by the government.' The Kovalam police said they were investigating a case registered against Mukesh M. Nair on a complaint about an incident that occurred during the shooting of some reels at a resort at Kovalam. A minor girl had accused him of inappropriate behaviour at the shooting held in February. The complaint was filed in April. Mukesh M. Nair was granted bail in the case by the POCSO court.
