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Lunch Patrol - Dabbawala of Mumbai

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The word "dabbawala" means "one who carries a box".

Dabbawalas are workers who delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai. The lunchboxes are picked up in the late morning, delivered predominantly using bicycles and railway trains, and returned empty in the afternoon.

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ws 20 2•BW Dabbawala Portrait 1_DSF9496.jpg
01 ••BW Dabbawalas sorting lunches_DSF9511.jpg
02 •BW Two Dabbawals_DSF9492.jpg
03 •BW Daddawallas Organizing the lunches _DSF9461.jpg
04 ••2 BW Daddawalas carrieing lunchess _DSF9464-2.jpg
ws 09 ••3BW Dabbawala with lunch cart_DSF1871 copy.jpg
ws 08 PRINT ••BW Dabbawala with lunch bags_DSF9489.jpg
ws 12 2BWb Dabbawalas and Bicycles _DSF9526.jpg
ws 14 •BW Dabbawala with bike_DSF1882.jpg
ws 13 •1BW _DSF1884.jpg
ws 15 •BW Daddawala with bicycle _DSF9499.jpg
ws07••BW Carrieing lunches _DSF9472.jpg
WS 06••BW Dabbawalsmon the move bw1c_DSF9471.jpg
ws 11 ••BW Dabbawalas ready to deliever _DSF9532.jpg
ws 10 ••BW Dabbawalas ready to go Mumbai India2_DSF9531.jpg
ws 19 •CBW 3 Dabbawals_DSF9478.jpg
ws 17 •BW Portrait of a Dabbawalla_DSF1874.jpg
ws 16 •BW Dabbawal Portrait _DSF9483.jpg
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