It was not easy for two Marathi-speaking dabbawalas to converse with Queen Elizabeth, but they managed to overcome the language barrier, courtesy another royal, this one from India. IMAGE:......
'I reached Bhopal the day after the gas tragedy; the smell was still in the air.''It was a professional hazard, but I was not scared.' Please click on the images below for a better look at Mukesh......
Mumbai's dabbawalas and staff of foreign consulates and high commissions have been allowed to travel in local trains which are currently being run only for essential services staff, officials said......
Local train services were hit and water-logging on the roads caused traffic snarls for a second consecutive day in the financial capital. IMAGE: People take cover under umbrellas as they wade......
Incessant rains apparently caused cracks in the bridge, resulting in its collapse, an official said. An over-bridge at a railway station in Mumbai's Andheri suburb collapsed on Tuesday during......
Mumbai's famous dabbawalas are reinventing themselves to meet the challenge posed by food delivery portals. Image: Prince charles meets dabbawallahs, who deliver meals to office workers......
The iconic Mumbai 'dabbawalas' or lunch box carriers, have hiked the costs of their delivery by Rs 100 a month to cope up with the rising cost of essential commodities. "We are requesting our......
Mumbai's ubiquitous dabbawala has just gone hi-tech. The Gandhi cap-donning logistics professional may not know the SMS lingo, but he sure knows how to stay connected via a mobile phone.Call him......
Four thousand five hundred semi-literate dabbawalas collect and deliver 175,000 packages within hours. What should we learn from this unique, simple and highly efficient 120-year-old logistics......
A lot has been said and written about Nadia Khan's death on the sets of Kaizad Gustad's thirdfilm, Mumbai Central.The 27-year-old British national died on May 25 atMumbai's Mahalaxmi station. Khan,......
IMAGE: Former Indian cricketers Sameer Dighe and Diana Edulji with Mumbai's dabbawalas. Mumbai’s Dabbawalas (lunchbox carriers) will add a flavour of cricketing love to their daily......