Lekha Shankar | Thailand’s Indians give back

The Thai-Indian community came out in full strength, to make a mega-contribution to their adopted homeland, during the Covid 19 crisis, especially the lockdown, which had deprived numerous people of their jobs, particularly in the tourism industry which is the country’s biggest revenue-earner.

Taxi and tuk-tuk drivers, shopkeepers, street vendors, all bereft of business, stood in long queues, to receive the free packets of hot meals, household provisions, snack items, all donated by different sections of the Thai-Indian community, which won the praise of local and state government bodies.

The Sikh community is one of the largest in Thailand, spread all across the country, and they did ample seva, in the various provinces they are based in.

In the popular beach town of Pattaya, which totally depends on tourism, numerous Indian restaurants closed during the Covid…