MAFIA QUEENS OF MUMBAI

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· MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
4.1
25 reviews
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220
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 Smuggling, gun-running, drugs, terrorism for many decades, Mumbai has lived under the shadow of the Underworld. Dawood Ibrahim, Karim Lala, Varadara- jan Mudaliar: these are names that any Indian would recognise. Analysed in print, immortalised on film, their lives, their gangs, their `businesses` are out there for anyone who wants the information. But there have been women, too, who have been part of this murky side of the city, walking along side, sometimes leading and manipulating men in the Underworld to run their own illegal businesses. Here, for the first time, crime journal- ists S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges explore the lives of some of these women, and how, in cold blood, they were able to make their way up in what was certainly a man`s world. From Kamathipura to Dongri, from assassins to molls, this is a collection that tells the stories of women who have become legend in Mumbai`s streets, lanes and back-alleys. Absorbingly told, impeccably researched, Mafia Queens of Mumbai reveals a side of Mumbai`s Underworld that has never been seen before. 

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4.1
25 reviews
Bevina R
October 22, 2020
This was really awesome. The epic portrayal of Gangubai Kathiawadi's character is fabb. A must and worth reading book.
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asha sodha
May 6, 2022
I'm disappointed that there isn't a version in English, would of like to of read it.😔
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Somnath Jadhav
August 29, 2019
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 दाऊद इब्राहिम, करीम लाला, हाजी मस्तान यांसारख्या मुंबईतील माफियांवर नियतकालिकं, वृत्तपत्रं अशा माध्यमांमधून अभ्यासपूर्ण लिहिलं गेलं आहे. चित्रपटांमध्ये त्यांच्या व्यक्तिरेखाही रंगवण्यात आल्या आहेत. त्यामुळे त्यांच्या जीवनाचे तपशील, त्यांचे तथाकथित ‘व्यवसाय’ यांविषयी बरीच माहिती सहज उपलब्ध होऊ शकते. परंतु काही स्त्रियादेखील मुंबईच्या याच गुन्हेगारी विश्वाचा हिस्सा आहेत, ही गोष्ट फारशी ज्ञात नाही. अंडरवल्र्डच्या भाई आणि दादा लोकांच्या खांद्याला खांदा लावून, तर कधी मार्गदर्शन करून आणि पडद्यामागून सूत्रं हलवून या स्त्रियांनी अंडरवल्र्डचे अवैध धंदे चालवण्यास मदत केलीे. या पुस्तकात प्रथमच अशा काही स्त्रियांच्या जीवनाचा मागोवा घेण्यात आला आहे; आख्यायिका बनलेल्या या स्त्रियांच्या जीवनकहाण्या चित्रित केल्या आहेत.मुंबईच्या अंडरवल्र्डची यापूर्वी कधीही उजेडात न आलेली बाजू अत्यंत चित्तवेधक शैलीत, सखोल संशोधन करून या पुस्तकात मांडली आहे. 

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