Dabbawalas

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India's pandemic-hit lunchbox men battle food delivery start-ups

The 130-year-old 'dabbawala' network has tied up with a trendy restaurant chain to take on India's billion-dollar start-ups

23 Jul 2021 7:53 AM

The Dabbawalas will also offer prayers to saint Gyaneshwar later in the day and will then proceed to Pandharpur. (Photo: File)

No tiffin for Mumbaikars for 2 days as Dabbawalas take part in Pandharpur pilgrimage

The tiffin services will resume from Sunday.

12 Jul 2019 1:00 PM

Ode to the Blue Collars

The sculptures are in Valay’s signature style of welding stainless steel discs together to create life-size installations.

13 Jun 2019 12:43 AM

Mumbai’s famed dabbawalas plan to gift a special set of silver jewellery to Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s newborn, Prince Archie, an office bearer said Thursday.

Dabbawalas to gift jewellery to Prince Archie

A group of dabbawalas will visit city’s reputed jewellers to buy the best designed items for Prince Archie.

10 May 2019 3:39 AM

Dabbawalas on Shiv Sena’s Ram Mandir quest

The Varkari community is also expected to join the Sena.

10 Nov 2018 2:12 AM

(L-R) Ghanshyam Parekh, Tilak Mehta with the dabbawalas

Dabbawalas go digital

Mumbai’s network of dabbawalas team up with 13-year-old city boy to create a first-of-its-kind tech-enabled courier service.

19 Jul 2018 6:13 AM

Tilak Mehta is like any other teenager. The 13-year-old attends a suburban school studying in Class VIII, and rues about his father coming home from work late and tired. But the similarities stop there.

Logistics firm founded by 13-year-old boy targets Rs 100 crore revenue

He sold the idea to a banker and convinced him to quit the job and join him as the chief executive.

18 Jul 2018 5:53 PM

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A handy guide totiffinservices in mumbai

Coustomise your every-day meal with these delivery lunch options available in the city.

07 Jul 2018 12:59 AM

The famous 'Dabbawalas' could soon be seen dispatching couriers and parcels in addition to the current job of delivering tiffins in the city.

'Dabbawalas' to deliver couriers, parcels soon

Subhash Talekar said they are in an advanced stage of finalising the new project to deliver parcels within the city.

17 May 2018 2:10 PM

Dabbawalas to mark royal wedding in a special way

The dabbawalas will distribute sweets to relatives of patients at hospitals on May 19, the wedding day.

12 May 2018 1:42 AM

The dabbawalas arrive with food that can feed 70 people

Dabbawalas turn heroes for hungry

Killing two birds with one stone, the city’s dabbawalas and an ex-cop have created a way to reuse the leftovers from dabbas to feed those in need.

26 Dec 2017 12:13 AM

A group of dabbawallas play football. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

FIFA Under-17 World Cup: Bureaucrats, dabbawalas put best foot forward to promote football

Members of Mumbai’s Dabbawala Association and school students played after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the campaign in south Mumbai.

16 Sep 2017 4:09 AM

The reasoning behind this is that either their space in AC trains will reduce or disappear.

Dabbawalas say all-AC train fleet will hit business badly

Dabbawalas, who are world-famous for their efficiency and man management, have said they will not be able to afford the AC train rates.

21 Apr 2017 3:58 AM

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