The documentary Dubbawalas (Tiffin carrier) by Clement Baptista (1969) examines the daily collection, transport and distribution of hot lunches to tens and thousands of Bombay’s workers from suburban homes to metropolitan offices. The dubbawalla is a unique institution in the life of Bombay’s citizens. Baptista covers not only the journey of the dubbawalla but also shows the housewives bargaining at vegetable markets. This unique enterprise is run by totally illiterate people who have an amazing capacity to remember which dabbah belongs to which person.—http://windsfromtheeast.blogspot.com/
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