On most school mornings, the tiffin box is packed in the middle of everything else — finishing breakfast, finding missing notebooks, making sure the bus isn’t missed.

For years, it has followed a familiar pattern: something quick, something filling, something the child will eat without fuss.

Lately, though, that routine has begun to shift in small but noticeable ways.

Across homes, parents are rethinking what goes into that box — trying out everyday swaps that feel just as easy to pack, but a little more balanced and varied.

Today, we open a few such tiffins to see what that change looks like. 

1.Dal and vegetable idli

One increasingly popular idea is the daland vegetable idli, a simple twist on the traditional South........

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