The Tiffin

Mahtab Narsimhan

Language: English

Publisher: Cormorant Books

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Pages: 148
ABC: 2

Description:

The "dabbawallas "of Mumbai deliver box lunches " called "tiffins " " to white collar

workers all over the vast city. They are legendary for their near-perfect service: for every six million lunches sent, only one will fail to reach its intended destination. "The Tiffin "is about that one time in millions when a box goes astray, changing lives forever.
When a note placed in a tiffin is lost, a newborn "Kunal "is separated from his mother. Twelve years later, Kunal lives as a virtual slave under the thumb of his foster father, Seth. With danger and oppression making it

impossible to stay where he is, Kunal asks his friend Vinayak, an aging dabbawalla, to help him find his birth mother. Vinayak introduces Kunal to the tiffin carriers, and a plan is hatched. Along the way, Kunal learns what it means to be part of a family.