Team News Riveting
Kochi, March 6
A Kerala café has taken Russian salad off the table as a mark of protest against Kremlin for invading Ukraine.
The Kashi Art Café in Fort Kochi made the announcement in view of the what it felt unfolding human tragedy In Ukraine. A slate board outside the restaurant reads: “In solidarity with the people of Ukraine, we have removed ‘RUSSIAN SALAD’ from our menu”.
Interestingly, Kerala is primarily a Left bastion and shares an emotional proximity to the erstwhile Soviet. The boycott comes after the students were put through chilling and hellish experiences due to the Russian invasion.
The Russian action caused a massive destruction of life and property, affecting not only the citizens of the country but also students across borders. The students trapped in various conflict zones have sent desperate messages for help to the state authorities. Some 700 students from the state are still trapped in Sumy, a city in eastern Ukraine that is seeing intense Russian shelling in the last few days.
Even as countries across the world have been imposing sanctions amid Russia’s escalating aggression in Ukraine, several small and large establishments have in their own ways to lodge reservations to the war.
While supermarket chains across Europe and the US have pulled Russian food and drinks off the shelves, a café in Kerala has its own style; taking Russian salad off the menu.
