By Sreya Basu, IANS 

CHAPATTI: 50 paisa each

A plate of rice: Re.1

A bowl of curry: Re.1

This menu card is a comfort for the eyes when the grain prices across the world are going up!

It is not imaginary - this menu is from a 'restaurant' on railway tracks that has been running in Kolkata for the last 51 years.

In times of high inflation, it is a bright ray of hope for the poor.

Popularly known as Gariber Hotel or food joint for the destitute, it is run today by 40-year-old Fatima Bibi at the southern division of Sealdah Station in north Kolkata.

She sits with her bags full of leftover food, using up the space around a couple of unused tracks, even as trains whiz past on other platforms nearby.

Fatima Bibi took over the business from her mother Nur Banu at the age of 11.

Fatima says, "I work as a part-time maid at various households and a few hotels. I collect the extra food, the leftovers or even slightly stale food at the end of the day from these places.

The next morning I sell it to my customers."

In the photograph: A bowl full of comfort!

Photographs: Stock Xchange

Photographs are for representative purpose only.