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As a proper noun India

is the territory east of the Wagah border and south of the Himalaya mountains (formerly also known as Hindustani Empire.

As a noun dabbawalla is

a deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.

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  • The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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    dabbawalla

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dabbawala * dabbawallah

    Noun

    (wikipedia dabbawalla) (en noun)
  • (India) A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 29, author=Saritha Rai, title=In India, Grandma Cooks, They Deliver, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“There is a service called FedEx that is similar to ours — but they don’t deliver lunch,” said one dabbawalla , Dhondu Kondaji Chowdhury. }}