“Even In Pain There Can Be Beauty,” Vikas Khanna On Bungalow Being A Shrine For His Late Sister

Bungalow is not just a restaurant helmed by the Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna. It’s not just one of the most booked restaurants in the USA. Bungalow is born out of Vikas Khanna’s grief and deep love for his late sister, Radhika Khanna, who succumbed to lupus in 2022. A shrine where in pain, there is beauty and love. Every guest at Bungalow is welcomed by Vikas Khanna in a space that’s blessed by Radhika Khanna.

Vikas Khanna Shares Heartbreaking Anecdote About A “Cold” Doctor

Taking to his Instagram handle on June 10, Vikas Khanna first shared a heartbreaking anecdote about his encounter with a “cold” doctor who broke his sister’s spirit. The chef revealed that he was ready to donate his kidney to his sister in 2022. But a doctor in Colombia, who remains unnamed, informed the chef that the transplant might kill him. In utter coldness, the doctor suggested his sister take morphine… and let go.

 

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This was the moment that shattered Vikas and Radhika, whom the chef calls the “strongest person” he has ever known. He recollected that these heartbreaking words of the doctor broke the ailing sister’s spirit. She gave up and became very quiet. This broke Vikas Khanna, who couldn’t see his bubbly sister’s light dim.

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He Reveals How Bungalow Is A Shrine For His Sister

Ever since that day, Vikas Khanna recollects carrying that pain with him. Not knowing where else to channel that love and grief, he poured it all into Bungalow, his restaurant in New York. For him, Bungalow is a space created to honour Radhika. To turn her absence into presence and to give her a home in this world. The doting brother shares that he will always be at Bungalow, her shrine.

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Vikas Khanna promised to continue welcoming guests at the restaurant. To offer families the sweet moments he shared with her once. To make every gathering a celebration of Radhika’s love, life and memories. Because he has learnt that even in pain, there can be beauty. And in loss, legacy.

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