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For the second time in six years, dabbawalas, or well-known and world-famous tiffin-carrying boxes, have been immortalized in a special comic, simply titled "Dabbawala", presented by the SodaBottleOpenerWala restaurant chain.
Taken and illustrated by artist Abhijeet Kini, the cartoon was published at a ceremony held in the SodaBottleOpenerWala store in Palladium, Lower Parel, on Friday night.
A large number of dabbawalas who attended the event were invited to a sumptuous vegetarian feast conceived by the actress-turned actress, Anaida Parvaneh, also a partner of the famous chain of restaurants.
Anaida, who is behind comics, has been a fan of the Mumbai dabbawalas for more than a decade and wants to do something worthy of them.
"I wanted to honor them and the opportunity finally came in. For us at SodaBottleOpenerWala, the dabbawalas represent the true spirit of Mumbai at its best and are the heroes for all the right reasons," he said. exclaimed Anaida at the launch of the comic book.
Ullas S. Muke, chairman of the Mumbai Nutan Tiffin Box, said he was happy that people recognize the work and contribution of his brotherhood.
"This will encourage us to continue working systematically in the future," said Muke, who heads the 5,000-man army of dabbawalas, carrying about 2,000 tiffin boxes daily. for hungry office workers.
In tune with the feelings of the dabbawalas, the menu of Anaida for the evening included a vegetarian menu consisting of "tawa paneer masala" dabba, a vegetable berry, a curry dabba and a parsi curry darba .
Instead of traditional serving bowls, food was served to guests on their tables in tiffin boxes or their "dabbas" trademark.
The launch coincided with an art exhibition on the artist of Valay Shende, Mumbai, in which one of the exhibits was a sculpture of a dabbawala, which symbolized the true spirit of the country's commercial capital and the backbone of its food distribution system.
This event was part of SodaBottleOpenerWala's popular Bombay-Irani Cafe and Bar chain of restaurants, which regularly showcases various elements of Mumbai through unique presentations.
Incidentally, this is the second time that dabbawalas are presented as comic books, the previous version being the English-Marathi limited edition "Tina & Tiffin" (2013).
Written by Pawan Agrawal, who wrote a doctoral dissertation on the dabbawalas of Mumbai, the cartoon was distributed free of charge to children in civic schools for use as a lesson in early bird management. It was then transformed into documentary.
"We were hit by a scarcity of resources and so we could not tackle it thoroughly, but the students took a lot," Agrawal told IANS.
The recently launched "Dabbawala" (100 rupees) describes the tribe of Tiffinese bearers as true superheroes of Mumbai, as one father tells his young son, and ends with a selfie with his dabbawala prefer.
Sponsored by Bhumi World, the proceeds from the book sale will be devoted to various initiatives of the dabbawala community, said a spokesman for SodaBottleOpenerWala.
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