Mumbai Cup: Dabbawallahs versus Brazil!!

One headline from todays Mid Day tabloid type newspaper that made me smile. Tried to find the article to link here, but no use right now... in any case, this one goes out to Mumbaikers and football/soccer fans around the world!

By the way, Dabbahwallahs are the men here in Mumbai who organize millions of lunch deliveries daily in dabbahs- small tin 'tiffin' boxes- throughout the city.

The article reads as follows:

Mumbai's World Cup Opener- by Ojas Mehta

When the world dcup kicks off in Germany tomorrow, with the hosts taking on Costa Rica, Mumbai will be treated to its own opening game.

In what will be the biggest mismatch- and hopefully the greatest upset- since Lagaan, mumbais' Dabbahwallahs will take on the Boys of Brazil, an amateur street football team from at the Kamla mills compound in Lower Parel. The match is scheduled for two PM.

Mid Day attended a practice session of the Dabbahwalla XI yesterday and found that they put as much passion into football as they do in their daily dabba rounds.

The team bought a football as soon as they had the green light from Raghunath medge, the presdient of the Dabbahwallah association.