Are India's Lunchbox Couriers a Thing of the Past? (2002)

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Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2018 · News & Politics

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Bombay Lunchbox (2002) - As Indian life changes the dabbawallas who deliver lunches to workers find that their livelihood is under threat.

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He is the nexus between home and office, husband and housewife, mother and son. An intricate delivery system ensures a 99.9% success rate, despite operating in one of the world’s most chaotic cities. But the future of the dabbawallas is under a cloud as the burgeoning Indian middle class discovers the joys of fast food and women are more interested in employment than staying at home to cook for their husbands. 

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