panaji as a child anish kumar remembers how rowdies from his locality constantly invaded his house and robbed money from his parents struggling to make ends meet themselves there seemed to be no way out for his parents in neelasandra a residential area in bengaluru which is inhabited by migrantsdotted with four huge slums most of the youth at neelasandra are school dropouts they take to crime and alcoholism but anish had a different obsession football the 19yearold is quite good at the game and believes its only a matter of time before he realises his dream of making it to the indian teamfrom the slums of neelasandra to the indian team would be quite a story and it all begins at the spn national inclusion cup at miramar for anishthe national inclusion cup organised by the nagpurbased slum soccer is a one of its kind event that brings together children from slums across the country and those underprivileged trying to change their lives through football life is a constant struggle back home with football things can get better its so different here we get proper food clean water to drink and a place to stay i just want to do the best i can said anish who cycles 3km everyday to fetch water from a tapanish is not alone the national inclusion cup now in its 17th edition and started by professor vijay barse a retired sports teacher from nagpur has attracted 50 teams and over 500 players all battling for a place in the indian team for the homeless world cup in finland later this year while anish has moved out of bengaluru for the first time apart from a football trip to mysuru and made the overnight bus journey to goa junaid ahmed laway had to endure five days of travel just to get herei can see that the journey has been worth it life can be an adventure and i want to see the world outside kashmir said junaid a 21year old who is dreaming of catching the selectors eye and seeing the world in all its gloryhailing from pampore famous as kashmirs saffron town for its precious highgrade spice junaid has heard of a beautiful world but doesnt really know what it looks like beyond his neighbourhood on a small ground hes seen children of his age kick the ball around and its this beautiful sport that can now become his passport to the worldkashmir has done well here winning four of their five games losing only to meghalaya in penalties with junaid among the goalskajal shiriange has a different goal having lost her father a decade ago the 21yearold girl from gondia district in maharashtra has seen her mother struggle all her life sweeping floors at railway stations and godowns so that they dont go to bed hungryi want to help my mother i know if i become a good footballer i can possibly get a government job and then ease