How Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Delivered Lunch Without GPS
A lunchbox in Mumbai carries no name and no address, only a few painted letters and numbers. For more than ...
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Before Mobile Phones, India Waited at a Yellow STD Booth
In 1988 the government let ordinary shopkeepers sell long-distance calls, and a small meter with a paper receipt made it ...
How Udupi Restaurants Became Part of India’s City Life
In the 1920s a young man from a village near Udupi was grinding idli batter in a Madras eating house. ...
Why India’s One-Rupee Note Has a Different Signature
Every Indian banknote is signed by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, except one. The one-rupee note says Government of ...
Why India Put Six Numbers After Every Address
India had two Bilaspurs, two Kotas and letters addressed in a dozen scripts. On 15 August 1972 the post office ...
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