A dabbawala (Tiffin Wallah) is a person in Mumbai who collects Tiffin boxes from the residences of the office workers and delivering at their respective workplaces and returning back the empty boxes by using different ways of transport.
Dabbawala
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arree wah… luk at his face, true dabbawala wit his typical cap & face reflecting focus commitment required to achieve deir efficiency in delivery tiffins….
woww….dabbawalaa on ur blog wah..achaa laga…..after forbes,prince charles, u too seem to b following dem……
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Great expression. Very nice capture.
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Interesting picture. Great Joshi!
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these streetlife photos from you are absolutely a delight!
the expressions and the understated colors present beautiful vignettes of their world!
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Cool shot Joshi
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at one time, there were essays abt dhabbawalas and how error free they are … nice to see this image here
guess u did a selective coloring to remove the background clutter?
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Je ne connaissais pas cette occupation.
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dabbawallede orru bhaagyame..:D
kollaam…:)
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A lovely portrait
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touching and expressive…. pretty gud…:)
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Really interesting photo! Great job!
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I love the color of your photos. The processing makes them appear classic, and bit ‘out of time’ kind feeling.
Great portrait here, I love the way he looks at you, as if wondering what you up to :)
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I like those tiffin boxes and I guess they are in the bags? Great portrait and those colors are really great, they create a great mood.
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You are good with colours… Nicely done…
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very nice and colorful shot. it’s an interesting kind of job, just like a pony express of lunch box, great idea!
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Bonjour,
Nice instant portrait..Beautiful brightness..bravo!
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This red just pops. Cool expression, very natural!
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nice shot
i like it bu i think you can capture better scene !
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Nice expression and I like the colours treatment.
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Excellent street shot and quite an interesting job. Great capture, like his expression and the number of items he is able to carry. Fascinating image.
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Joshi, street photography is somethin tht I havnt much ventured into…urs is tempting me to get into it quicker…excellent wait n take for tht fraction of a glance!
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wonderful and intens colorportrait!!
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Well done shots again, Daniel. I really like the way you present the beauty of models and the daily of Bombay. They both come up so well in your range of photography.
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very nice capture with a great expression.
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Completely awesome :) Really looks like film, or is it just really nice, subtle “retro” processing??
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What strong expression on this beautiful portrait ! Well done.
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Very nice. The way you shoot, you make it very interesting with so much clarity.
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a great shot, love to know more about your country!!!
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An interesting take on a familiar figure in our great city! Well done!
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Very nice shot, love the expression. I saw a report on this trade last week, a hard way to earn a living…
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Buen retrato. Me gusta la cuidadosa medición de la luz y el perfecto crontaste de colores. La expresión es perfecta.
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Nice shot!
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That strange job they do!!
However, a really expression portrait.. as always!
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The eloquence of your images is overwhelming, I congratulate you
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well captured sir
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very nice capture
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nice…d train in d backgrnd makes it more convincin….nice one!!
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nice shot. i can understand his mental situation.
because, couple of months back, I read a wonderful detailed post on dubbawalas here. its in malayalam.
http://kumarmurukan.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.html
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Powerful portrait of a man on the go. Love the framing, his pose and expression.
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He does not look to very happy.
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really cool processing and tonal balance.. well done
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My lunch bag is exactly like the one on the top, the red and blue one, same colours and same size and the same graphic on it that says “ARISTOPHANE” I bought mine from Andheri
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Another good photo capturing the focused determination of the quintessential Dabbawala. Half of the city will remain hungry if the dabbawala doesn’t deliver the dabba in time. Mumbai & Dabbawalas- Absolutely Inseparables.
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Nice picture…. but surely a bag for every woman ;-)
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the amazing worker trapped! lovely!
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his refrained stare at the lens looks peacefully dusky…
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Nice. Good processing of the colors. Amazing guys there. Six sigma certification :)
Hey you could tone down that red color a bit.
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Great pic :)
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The business mastero!The dabbawalah!!
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very real
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if he would have had a Facebook ID and would’ve kept this picture as his profile picture, I’m sure he would’ve received a lot of ‘likes’ and comments. :P
Brilliant picture!
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Nice to see your blog. I am really surprised with its diversification.
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Too good as always :)
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He’s carrying so many dabbas. :( Anyway, nicely captured like always! :)
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Evoked nostalgic Mumbai memories of when I used to observe with rapt attention the dabbawalas at Churchgate.
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So Real……too good
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nice shot! you make him important and standing out in the crowd; what we never see otherwise..
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What expressions!
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classic! :)
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This is such a good photo :)
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