Sahil Rahman and Rahul Vinod, co-owners of fast-casual Indian restaurant Rasa in Washington, D.C., on being part of the solution during coronavirus

Sahil Rahman and Rahul Vinod have been serving free meals to school children and hospital workers throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Here is their story, in their own words.

The past three weeks have felt like three years. A storm came through flipped our worlds upside down — a not-so-gentle reminder of how little control we have, that the best laid plans are just those — plans. 

At Rasa we had closed a round of funding and were gearing up to open our second and third restaurants. In the span of one week, everything changed and...