Terrific!

I guess, it's time to lunch now :)

>Perhaps this is what they are talking about:
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>About 2/3rds down the page:
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>http://www.interlog.com/~wwhite/india2b.html
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>Around 11:30 a.m., we joined the crowds entering the station, and walked around, hoping to see the “Dabbawallahs”, also called “Tiffin-wallahs”, members of the Bombay Union of Tiffin Box Carriers, arrive on trains from the suburbs. All over Bombay, after the workers have left for the city on the crowded trains, mothers, wives and sisters prepare over a hundred thousand hot meals, known as “tiffins”, for them. They pack them into several round metal containers called “dabbas“, which are stacked and held together with a metal clip with a metal handle at the top. In each area, one of the two and a half thousand local tiffin-wallahs will hurry around the houses, collect the packed lunches, hook them over a long pole, and cycle to their local railway station. He hands the tiffin boxes over to another tiffin-wallah, who places them on a large wooden tray, about two metres long, and accompanies them on the train to the city. Once there, he lifts the tray of tiffin boxes onto his head, weaves
>his way along the platform, and deposits it in a designated area. As more trains arrive, more tiffin-wallahs add their loaded trays to the site, where a new group of city tiffin-wallahs, dressed in white outfits with “Nehru” hats, swiftly sort through the cans, each selecting the ones destined for their specific area of the city.
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>Mumbai - Tiffin Wallah As soon as they are satisfied that their trays are complete, they hoist them onto their heads, scuttle off, weaving their way among the pedestrians on the busy sidewalks and through the traffic on the just as busy roads, to deliver the meals to individuals working in their area.
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>And this service costs only a few rupees a week!
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>There are no names, home addresses or office locations as such, written on the tins - just unique markings known only to the wallahs themselves. Amazingly, they have never, ever lost a lunch!
>In the afternoon, this whole procedure takes place in reverse.
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>This operation is unique to Mumbai, and really should be seen in action!
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>Also some info on it here:
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4447391,00.html
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>>A friend tells me that in Mumbai (India) there is some very popular service that lets a worker get a hot meal delivered to him from his/her home. Apparently it is very widely used (suggesting that the meals must arrive in a palatable state).
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>>I assume that it's true and wonder if anyone has knowledge of how it works. Sounds like a logistical nightmare to me, assuming large volumes to be involved.