<p>The <i>dabbawallas </i>of Mumbai deliver box lunches â?" called <i>tiffins </i>â?" to white collar</p> <p>workers all over the vast city. They are legendary for their near-perfect service: for every six million lunches sent, only one will fail to reach its intended destination. <i>The Tiffin </i>is about that one time in millions when a box goes astray, changing lives forever.<br><br></p> <p>When a note placed in a tiffin is lost, a newbornâ?"Kunalâ?"is separated from his mother. Twelve years later, Kunal lives as a virtual slave under the thumb of his foster father, Seth. With danger and oppression making it</p> <p>impossible to stay where he is, Kunal asks his friend Vinayak, an aging dabbawalla, to help him find his birth mother. Vinayak introduces Kunal to the tiffin carriers, and a plan is hatched. Along the way, Kunal learns what it means to be part of a family. </p>