The city’s dabbawalas will be taking a break from lunch breaks, in the coming month, in a manner of speaking. Thousands of office goers in the city who look forward to fresh, home-cooked lunches, delivered every working day by these reliables, will either have to carry home-packed lunches or make suitable arrangements, as the dabbawalas will be going away for six days - April 3-8.
The president of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association, Subhash Talekar said, “We had informed our customers well in advance. However, this six-day holiday includes two government holidays, namely Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday. Effectively, the dabbawalas will only be taking four days off.”
This story is from the March 31, 2023 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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