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. Courtesy: Asma Khan and Ming Tang-Evans

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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

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