Wednesday, February 6, 2013

ABC Wednesday -D

 
Dabbawala - The carrier of meals to millions of office goers in Mumbai - always on time in any weather! Read about the Harvard case study on the Dabbawala system here
The image is an art installation at the Kala Ghoda Art Festival in South Mumbai.

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39 comments:

  1. Amazing!! Great post for the day!!

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  2. These guys are amazing. AAMCHI MUMBAI.

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  3. A marvel are these guys... ! I believe their accuracy also is impeccable ! :D Wonderful

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  4. I have learned about this remarkable system based on the organization and work ethic of many many workers to function! This concept of work is too often exploited by those who never possessed it, lived up to it, or understand it's value. One reason I admire India's people.

    Sending YOU Aloha
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  5. Deepak Ji, Love the new blog top image, Super like.

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  6. this is amazing! service companies should learn from this system

    D is for...

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  7. The dabbawallas' unique management and operational models have become subjects of management study beyond text books for global business schools, I read somewhere!

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  8. Nice Art. I saw this one another blog and loved almost all of the art pieces there. Beating them all I guess is this Dabbawala who makes Mumbai so special and unique.

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  9. Oh they are meals! I saw something similar to this in Korea as well!
    Duncan In Kuantan

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  10. Hey, that sounds like what happens in many offices in Manila too. I don't even know if we have a name for them, though. We just call them "manong" if male and "manang" if female, but those words are really just honorifics and not descriptive of what they do.

    For a minute there, I was absolutely confused. I thought it was a real man selling building models or something.

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  11. You have captured a fascinating structure.


    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  12. Interesting! These honest and hardworking Dabbawalas are running Mumbai's Corporate world. Pet mein khana nahin to kya karenge wo log?

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  13. For once i thought it was a real person.
    Nice capture!

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  14. No way Deepak..they must have a wonderful sense of balance, it would take a while..I can imagine many confused meals if it was me doing the deliveries!!

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  15. Although I had lived in Asia for 12 years I have never seen these men delivering food to groups of people,and I have never heard of the Dabbawala system. Great choice for D !
    Wil, ABCW Team.

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  16. Oh my. Amazing. Nice post and interesting for 'D'.

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  17. What an incredibly difficult way to make a living. But then, if you got hungry, you could just sit yourself down about anywhere and have lunch already prepared!

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  18. very true representation of their contribution to Mumbai and its financial capital tag. They are unique.

    Thanks for this shot!

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  19. i love your selection of photo to post! What a way of honoring these men and such a simple but effective management system:)

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