The Dabbawalas in India

Hey guys,

today you really PISSED ME OFF at the beginning of the lesson with your not learning anything correctly... It's REALLY ANNOYING and SHAMEFUL...!

Whatever...

We continued the lesson about India being a land of contrasts. Here is the video we watched about the special delivery service in Mumbai:

Here is what we said about it and about the text we began to study:

The  «  dabbawalas »

home cooked lunch  / delivery man / lunch box carrier

It’s a delivery service from Mumbai in India. People deliver home-made food at school or at work every day for about 400,000 customers.

It’s a very important part of life in the city.

The business started in the 1890’s, that is to say about 120 years ago.

They are now 5000 lunch box carriers / home cooked lunch delivery men who deliver food to about 400,000 customers every day.

A dabbawala uses all sorts of transportation to deliver the food to its destination. With a crate on his head, he takes the train, and also a bicycle or a pushcart. He starts his day between 8:30 and 9:00 am (he collects the food)

As the city is densely populated, it is very difficult to move about and find the right owner of the lunch box.

HW: Aidez-vous du texte pour répondre à ces deux questions en anglais --->

- Quels sont les problèmes que les dabbawalas peuvent avoir dans leur travail?

- Quels sont les succès qu'ils rencontrent? Les points positifs?

Documents:

- Téléchargez un copie du texte ici.