Payal Kapoor, who lost her vision at 22, is now teaching the visually impaired to cook.

Payal Kapoor, 52, from Hyderabad has always been extremely passionate about cooking. Her interest developed while training for hotel management. But loss of eyesight at the age of 22 due to cerebral attack was definitely hard to cope with. She, however, kept her love for cooking alive. In fact, during the lockdown last year, she used her culinary skills to help out other visually impaired people 

Payal recently became a recipient of the 12th Mphasis Universal Design Awards 2021 by National Centre for Employment of the Disabled People (NCPEDP). In an email interview, she talked about the inspiration behind her cooking channel, difficulties during the pandemic and more