INTRODUCTION A dabbawala; also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who collects freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of mostly-suburban office workers‚ delivering it to their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚ for a light lunch or afternoon snack‚ and sometimes
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increasing at a rapid rate. More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. The combination of rapid urbanization‚ scarce resources‚ and high population growth are taking a toll on individuals living in slums in poor areas such as Mumbai. Since Mumbai is a pretty expensive place to live in‚ it is home to some of the world’s richest and poorest people. “Today‚ over half of Mumbai’s population of over 15 million lives in settlements‚ occupying only 8% of the city’s area” (Anand and Rademacher)
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Mumbai police on lookout for second alleged rapist The day after the second survivor of a gang-rape at Shakti Mill lodged a complaint‚ the Mumbai Police said one of the accused who has fled Maharashtra and three Police teams are looking for him. The survivor had alleged that she was raped by five men at Shakti Mill on July 31‚ three of them later arrested for the gang-rape of the photojournalist at the same spot. Of the other two accused‚ the police then managed to arrest a juvenile on Tuesday
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Mumbai Dabbawalas The Mumbai dabbawals story started during the British raj‚ when Mumbai (then Bombay) became a business hub and people started migrating to earn their livelihood. In those days there was no canteen facility available so people used to carry their own Tiffin‚ but usually when they would start from home the Tiffin would not be ready. At first it cost the customer Rs.2. from that humble start this business has turned into a Rs.50 crore(approx.) industry. The dabbawalas started in 1890
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The Mumbai-Pune industrial belt is the most important industrial region of the country. The region owes its origin to the British rule in India. The British got the Mumbai Island as a marriage gift of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry in 1661. The seizure of Cassette in 1774‚ the collapse of Maratha power in 1818‚ the opening of the Bhorghat to Pune in 1830‚ the opening of steamer service through Suez Canal in 1843 and the opening of the first railway track of 32 km in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane
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ETicket MakeMyTrip Booking ID NF2202748254426 Booking Date Tue‚ 13 Jan 2015 Itinerary and Reservation Details Spicejet SG 247 Departure Goa (GOI) Terminal GOI Sun‚ 22 Feb 2015 14:50 hrs Arrival Mumbai (BOM) Terminal 1B Sun‚ 22 Feb 2015 16:00 hrs Non Stop Flight Duration: 1hr 10m Refundable Fare Passenger Name Type Airline PNR ETicket Number Nipika Paul Adult UEH99E UEH99E Neha Das Adult UEH99E UEH99E Deepali Rath Adult UEH99E UEH99E Important Information
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or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who is part of a delivery system that collects hot food in lunch boxes from the residences of workers in the late morning‚ delivers the lunches to the workplace utilizing various modes of transport‚ predominantly bicycles and the rail trains‚ and returns the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence that afternoon. They are also made use of by prominent meal suppliers in Mumbai where they ferry ready‚ cooked meals from central kitchens
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paper will shed light on Mumbai‚ one the world’s most important and fastest growing city. Mumbai is the most populated city in the all of India and the home of world renowned Bollywood‚ yet there are still many that have never even heard of the city. This is mostly due in fact to its recent name change; the majority of people around the world still refer this city as Bombay but in 1995 the major city went under a name change and now goes by the name of Mumbai. Present-day Mumbai was originally a group
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MUMBAI MICHAEL RAJU MARIADAS F09038 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 3 GEOGRAPHY 3 CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC
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