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Attending and blogging about the session(In my company) of Dr.Pawan on The Mumbai Dabbawala's reminded me of our very own Dabbawala back in Bhilai and the extended family. Yep, you read right - Extended Family ! Starting with Dabbawala, am sure most of you would have been impressed by the way the Mumbai Dabbawala's are functioning. Awed by the details of their routine etc and how they work it out as an organization and equally wondering why they don't expand their service beyond Mumbai! From the day I have been in Chennai, I never saw a Dabbawala here. Somehow I had always assumed that there would be Dabbawala's in every city just like we had in Bhilai. I came to Chennai and made this observation even before Prince Charles visited India and the Mumbai Dabbawala's and they became famous! So the general talks about Dr.Pawan about the Dabbawala's didn't surprise me as I have seen many like them in action. The only difference would be that in Mumbai, its an or

"Ma, What is a festival?" - asked a eleven year old boy to his mother as she finished puting rangoli. She looked at him with warm eyes and said - "Festival means Celebration" . Son looked at his mother and asked - "What is celebrated?" She smiles at him and says "Different things" He asks her - "What different things?" She makes him sit next to her and asks him - "Pongal,Diwali,Holi etc" He immediately asks - "Christmas?" She looks at him bewildered. Then immediately smiles and nods her head saying - "Yes, Christmas too". He again asks - "Then Eid?Why don't we celebrate it? Anwar celebrates!" She looks at him lovingly and tells - "We celebrate Eid too by wishing Anwar and his family and many others" But he is not convinced - "Why doesn't Anwar celebrate diwali?" She replies - "Anwar also celebrates holi by playing wth colors and diwali by bursting crackers al