

However, as I grew up in that city, I have read, heard many stories about the underworld. Having lived in Mumbai for many years, I have never encountered or witnessed, thank god for that, the underworld and their dealings. Absorbingly told, impeccably researched, Mafia Queens of Mumbai reveals a side of Mumbai's Underworld that has never been seen before.more 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. 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. Here, for the first time, crime journal- ists S. 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. Analysed in print, immortalised on film, their lives, their gangs, their 'businesses' are out there for anyone who wants the information.

Dawood Ibrahim, Karim Lala, Varadara- jan Mudaliar: these are names that any Indian would recognise. But there have been wome Smuggling, gun-running, drugs, terrorism for many decades, Mumbai has lived under the shadow of the Underworld. Smuggling, gun-running, drugs, terrorism for many decades, Mumbai has lived under the shadow of the Underworld.
