Kalina Rai viral tea garden lady from Darjeeling gets some help - DTV media courtesy

A social organisation in Darjeeling,Vikrun Foundation, has managed to raise Rs 50,000 to be given in aid to tea garden worker Kalina Rai to build a new house.
Ms Rai became popular after a video of her being interviewed by a news reporter in Hindi language went viral of social media before the Assembly elections in the state in April.
Ms Rai hails from the Pulung Dong tea garden, and is seen and heard in the video clip speaking in "broken" Hindi, while also using Nepali words in between. She had then appealed to the government to build a proper house for her family as the one she present- ly had was small and "kuccha."
"In an interview to a news channel, Kalina had appealed for a house and the video went viral, with the diction she used there mimicked and
made Tik Tok videos too. But she did not get help from any quarters, after which we came forward," said Vikrun Foundation member Manoj Gurung. Adding to that, VF founder member
Vikram Rai said,"We collected some funds to the tune of about 10,000 through crowd funding by appealing to people through social media, while around 20,000 was donated locally by well wishers. The rest was collected from auctioning off a high end running watch I had received recently for attend- ing a programme in Kolkata."
On the other hand, Ms Rai said, "I never knew that the interview I gave would go viral like this. But even though many people saw it, no one came forward to help me. I am thankful that the VF did provide some help