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Asma Khan found her calling when she set up Darjeeling Express but her bigger effort has been to empower displaced women

A culinary cause

Shrestha Saha Published 25.01.20, 02:25 PM
Asma's restaurant Darjeeling Express in Soho employs immigrant women with no prior knowledge, in an effort to empower them and she took the same idea to Iraq to make a place for Yazidi women to stand on their own two feet at an eatery called The Lotus Cafe.

Asma's restaurant Darjeeling Express in Soho employs immigrant women with no prior knowledge, in an effort to empower them and she took the same idea to Iraq to make a place for Yazidi women to stand on their own two feet at an eatery called The Lotus Cafe. Courtesy: Asma Khan and Ming Tang-Evans

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