2022 March – THE TIMES OF INDIA
Have you tried these Kolkata cafes with a cause? ‘Biggest achievement is making them financially independent’ by Srishti Dasgupta | Apr 3, 2022 Click here to read the original article
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November 2021 – THE TELEGRAPH
Meet the inspiring bakers of Shuktara Cakes These men have emerged smiling and victorious against personal battles with disability, and are the soul of Kolkata’s beloved French bakery In Kolkata, when craving a madeleine or financier, Shuktara Cakes is almost always the name that comes to mind. Established in 2013 by Alain Cojean, director of …
April 2018 – WHAT’S HOT
(from 50 Things To Eat And Drink In Kolkata Before You Die) The four-year-old bakery operates out of a small workshop and employees six special needs boys. The cakes are based on authentic recipes and come in Chocolate, Marble, Fruit, Mosambi Poppy Seed, Ginger Cinnamon and Walnut flavours. The madeleines and almond and chocolate financiers …
July 2017 – THE BETTER INDIA
Positive news. Happy Stories. Unsung Heroes. THE BETTER INDIA features all positive news about India. Social development, art, travel, environment, women empowerment, NGOs, education & much more. On 7th July a video on Shuktara Cakes was posted and shared by hundreds of people. Take a look… For the original link in The Better India Facebook …
June 2017 – THE TIMES OF INDIA
A group of specially abled youngsters are giving city bakers a run for their money We know it as the morning star -the companion of light that has always held a special place in cultures across the world. And now, the Shuktara is spreading light in a different way -by empowering a group of young, …
June 2017 – শুভ্রবিকাশ নন্দ
শুভ্রবিকাশ নন্দ | ৯ জুন, ২০১৭, ০২:১৯:৩৯ | শেষ আপডেট: ৯ জুন, ২০১৭, ১৭:০২:০৬ উত্তরণের নেপথ্যে রয়েছে লড়াইয়ের ইতিহাস। একে অনাথ। তার উপর প্রতিবন্ধী। দয়া বা দাক্ষিণ্য নয়। প্রতিবন্ধকতা ছাপিয়ে গিয়ে মেহনতের রোজগারে বেঁচে থাকা। এমনকী, সংসার প্রতিপালনও। মিলেছে কেক তৈরির প্রশিক্ষণ। আর তাতেই আমূল বদলে গিয়েছে বেহালার একটি স্বেচ্ছাসেবী সংস্থার ছয় প্রতিবন্ধীর জীবন। উত্তরণের …
June 2017 – BEACON KOLKATA
(from Kolkata’s favourite online magazine) While we have a plethora of bakeries in Kolkata, some stand out and some shine bright but Shuktara is no ordinary bakery; the five differently-abled orphan boys here, can melt your heart with their beaming smile and vibrant professionalism. Some of them can’t talk but they let their handmade cakes …
November 2015 – THE HINDU Business Line
Two years after it began baking French delights, Shuktara Cakes is scaling up KOLKATA, NOVEMBER 13: Sanjay, Bapi and Raju are hearing impaired. Ashok and Pinku suffer from cerebral palsy. But the five surmounted their disabilities and came together for a common love: baking. Their bakery, Shuktara Cakes, makes typical French delights such as Madeleine …
June 2015 – Antypasti food blog
Shuktara trust (UK) is an NGO that provides a loving home for children and young people with disabilities who have no family of their own. Many of the young people living in the boys’ house who had reached working age were still unable to find jobs. In 2013 this changed. Alain Cojean, who runs a …
June 2015 – THE TELEGRAPH (India)
A fresh range was added on Friday to the bakery products coming out of the giant Eurofours oven that had been installed in a Behala Silpara workshop two years ago by a Frenchman and a Britisher with the common dream of helping a group of physically challenged orphans earn a living by serving the city …