The financial capital of India now boasts of a Mumbai Dabbawala Bhavan. Located at Bandra, the Mumbai Dabbawala Bhavan honours the famous 'dabbawalas.' There are around 5,000 'dabbawalas' who work in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to deliver tiffin boxes to over two lakh people.
Third-party delivery services have convinced us they are an essential part of our busy lives. But humans have managed to order food to-go for centuries.
May 03, 2021
Mumbai s dabbawallas at work loading lunchboxes onto a train.
South China Morning Post
For the past 30 years, come rain or shine, Rohidas Sawant has been up at the crack of dawn six days a week to cycle through the lanes of Mumbai collecting stacks of steel lunchboxes, known as tiffin carriers or
dabbas , packed with steaming hot curries, dal, rice and rotis from people’s front doors.
Once he has done his rounds, he parks his bike at the railway station, helps load the tiffin carriers onto a crowded suburban train, then clambers aboard himself – assisting with their synchronised loading and unloading before passing the baton to a local