One Life. Live it

Richard Donkin

Chapter Chapter 22 in The History of Work, 2010, pp 309-326 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Every weekday morning in downtown Mumbai (Bombay), long after the rush hour, when most office workers are looking forward to lunch, it is possible to witness the first signs of an extraordinary operation at each of the city’s mainline train stations. As the trains begin to arrive around 11.30 a.m., you can see men in their hundreds carrying long wooden trays on their heads, struggling to extricate themselves from the passenger cars. Each tray contains about thirty round cans, like tall paint cans. Each can, or dabba, contains the home-cooked lunch of spicy meats, vegetables, rice, and chapatis for an office worker.

Keywords: Work Ethic; Cheap Labor; Human Spirit; Protestant Work Ethic; Weekday Morning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230282179_22

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