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When the pandemic crisis hits humanity hard like never before – it is but natural to stand behind and support India with all our might and unite to maximize the fight against the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Urging all like-minded fraternity to whole-heartedly join hands in support and recognition of the efforts of our fellow human beings from India who are in dire need of our joint solidarity much more than ever before. Come let us unite and be part of their journey towards recovery and hope – and save humanity overall by doing our bit with the greatest of empathy and judicious responsibility.

~ NAIM MAADAD

After losing dear friends to Covid-19 this April and May in India, and this COVID catastrophe worsens in India, major cities and villages are at a near standstill, mortality is at a high rate due to the health care system crashing, and this second wave has not yet reached its peak. So, since food brings people together, it took me back to April 2020 when I did an eBook Come Together with 84 of the world’s finest chefs for the same purpose to put a smile on people’s faces and support chefs around the world and Home Comforts – where I published and coauthored the first ever eBook to support the industry with the World’s 50 Best restaurants and Bars. Since being an Indian, It was just right to do it for India with Come Together For India. Got on a call with Naim Maadad, my coauthor, a few chefs and the rest is what you see! Like to specially thank H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, CEO and Vice Chairman of Dubai Cares and H.E. Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India in the U.A.E. for their kind support. Beyond these first pages, the foreword and introductions by H. E. Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India in the U.A.E., Dubai Cares, Vikas Khanna, Rashmi Uday Singh, Edouard Cointreau and Radhika Khandelwal along with 59 of the finest Indian chefs from North America to New Zealand made it possible - Vineet Bhatia, Ranveer Brar, Garima Arora, Manish Mehrotra, Hari Nayak, Prateek Sadhu, Manunath Mural, Vivek Singh, Emma Diniz Ryan, Jitin Joshi, Urbika Kanoi, Sameer Taneja, Monisha Bharadwaj, Dayashankar Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Surjan “Chef Jolly” Singh, Praba Manickam, Manav Tuli, Akshay Bhardwaj, Sanay Thakur, Deepanker Khosla, Jerson Fernandes, Megha Kohli, Anup Pawar, Radhika Khandelwal, Pradeep Khullar, Arkadeb Banik, Aarthi Sampath, Priyam Chatterjee, Ashish Kumar, Trisha Henault, Rahil Rathod, Ritu Dalmia, Anas Qureshi, Vanshika Bhatia, Ashwani Kaw, Niyati Rao, Ankit Bhardwaj, Yugal Kishor, Jose Anthony, Vinu Raveendran, Rohit Sharma, Vikesh Singh, Aditya Kumar Jha, Irshad Qureshi, Akil Ahmed, Altamsh Patel, Hareesh Gopalan, Prashant Chipkar, Paul Kinny, Alam Afroj, Sujan Sarkar, Nigel Lobo, Nikhil Britto, Sandeep Ail, Himanshu Saini, Sajjan Singh and Jawad Munshi complete Come Together For India, thank you! A big thank you to Ayesha Al Shared and Zainab Faraidooni of Dubai Cares, Sandeep Kumar Bayyapu, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi, and Keyur Shah of Vibha.org for their support. I like to also thank Mr. Nirmal Sethia, Simon ParkeDavis, Antoine Combes, Shafeer Ahamed and Gates Hospitality. WG and the photographers who made it possible for us to visualize the recipes and allow us to create this culinary mela (gathering) in 19 days! Proceeds of this eBook will shared with Dubai Cares - Permit No. 4074 and Vibha.org . Be Safe Stay Safe

~ FLAVEL MONTEIRO