It was Haji Mastan's connections, Varda's shrewedness and Karim Lala's muscle power that made mumbai underworld what it is today. It gained power and cult between the 3 people 2 Tamilians and 1 PATHAN. And also the short history of dreadful gangster Manya Surve. The book begins with a period of 1950's to 60 - the early days of Mumbai Mafia and gradually moves on to the era of smugglers like Haji Mastan, Vardarajan Mudaliar (VARDA Bhai) and the meance of PATHAN gang who are migrated from Afghanistan and Peshawar post independence. Apart from this book, the author Hussain Zaidi has written a number of other books on the same genre, mainly, Black Friday, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Headley and I and the latest one Byculla to Bangkok. This is the book that fills that gap, Dongri to Dubai. But you hardly get a complete detailed picture of this man and his stories. If you hog into internet and search for this man, Dawood Ibrahim, you will find a plethora of information on this underworld don. Zaidi's book, Dongri to Dubai, presents an authentic and exemplifying account of the history of Mumbai Mafia spanning for more than 60 years from the post independent days of 1950's till 2000's, in a staggering 60 chapters and 300 odd pages.ĭawood Ibrahim Kaskar, the world's most wanted man, is a son of a Mumbai police personnel Ibrahim Kaskar who was known for his integrity and loyalty towards country and he has served honestly throughout his entire tenure as a policemen. Hussain Zaidi a veteran crime reporter and a journalist, and being mentored by the famour crime journalist Jyotirmoy_Deywho had covered Mumbai Mafiafor more than 2 decades and conducted what is known to be the last interview of the Mumabi Underworld Don and now a fugitive Dawood Ibrahim.

And I read it completely in one sitting throughout a day. Written with a great eloquency with a massive amount of research.

This one book where you never want to put down at any cost.

Dongri To Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi