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Chef Khanna leads ‘Feast for Peace’ event in NY
The Chef led a cooking demo and conversation honoring Sadhu Vaswani’s birth anniversary and highlighting Meatless Day.
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Pranavi Sharma - Mon, 01, Dec 2025
- 02:17 EST
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Chef Vikas Khanna. / Courtesy Photo.
Vikas Khanna headlined the Bridge Builders’ “Feast for Peace” event in New York, where more than 100 people gathered to mark the 146th birth anniversary of Sadhu Vaswani. The program was organized by the youth-led global service group affiliated with the Sadhu Vaswani Mission.
Khanna opened with a story from his first meeting with Dada J. P. Vaswani nearly a decade ago at the Princeton Club. He said, “Dada talked about how wealth cannot make you rich,” a line that stayed with him during a period he described as “extremely mechanical, ambitious.” He paused before continuing with the second part of the recollection: “With the falls and rises, you learn new lessons of life.”
The chef then demonstrated his sweet potato chaat, guiding attendees through the steps before taking questions and shifting into a longer storytelling session. Khanna, whose work includes running Bungalow in New York and various humanitarian projects, said the early encounter with Vaswani shaped his understanding of compassion and influenced his support for Meatless Day, an annual call to observe vegetarianism.
Krishna Kumari, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, appeared by video to outline the intention behind Meatless Day. She said the observance shows “the difference that just one day can make.” Her message drew a strong response, with several attendees choosing to stay vegetarian for the rest of the day.
Ritika Gupta of New York said the gathering felt “community-driven and beautifully organized.” The event blended cooking, personal reflection, and conversation in a way that stayed centered on its theme: using food as a point of entry into questions of compassion, community, and daily practice.
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