tiffin
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"He is alive because I didn't give him tiffin," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
Rashim, who is fond of thriller TV shows, watches a local Indian serial on his smartphone while his oldest son, a young teenager, shows up with a tiffin, or lunchbox.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2022
In it, Naik writes about dishes inspired by her global travels — but often anchored in her own South Asian heritage — that are fit to pack into a tiffin, an Indian lunch box.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021
There are Indian tiffin carriers, ghee pots, woks, a noodle press and falafel molds.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
He had a tiffin carrier with tomato sandwiches.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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