Dabawalas

-By Shrinivas Pandit

My Rating-**

A catchy title appeals to us very easily and that's exactly what happened to me while browsing the shelves of my office library when I caught sight of "Dabawalas"...it's a daunting task for me to read really big fat thick books but this book was anything but that and I knew I was taking this book home! So here's the review:-

Shrinivas Pandit, through his account with Raghunath Medge (R) & Ganganath Talekar (G) who are at the helm of Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association, gives you some insights about how the dabawalas operate. The conversation with the folks is quite engaging but only to some extent I would say...it drags later. It's an inspiring story, no doubt but somehow I feel that the book could have been more informative and elaborate about the business. Having said that, what needs a special mention is that there's a "take-aways" section at the end of each chapter subdivided into two categories-Current Practice & Current Opportunities. This essentially puts forth the underlying concepts of business, gathered from the conversations with R & G.

But as I said earlier, the author has been very economical with the nitty gritties of the business model. The book basically talks about values needed for doing business and in case you are looking for the operational details of the business, you are in for a disappointment. Workaround? Well, a simple google search on dabawalas would do you a world of good. Click here!