The historic old city of Bombay is well remembered for being characterised by many fine things — scenic beaches, wide empty roads, gracious colonial architecture, gentle fisher folk and a laidback charm. Fast forward in time and in direct contrast to the past, the present city of Mumbai is defined by crowds, chaos, speed and a multi-cultural ethos. A few vital threads however, continue to bond the past with the present and one of these is the city's one-of-a-kind and now world-famous, dabbawalla brigade. The men in white who deliver hot home-cooked food to customers all across the city have not only been documented on BBC and made their way into the Guinness Book of Records but are now well entrenched as international celebrities representing the great Indian entrepreneurial management success story. But it was not always so.
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