DONGRI TO DUBAI: SIX DECADES OF THE MUMBAI MAFIA, PUBLISHED IN 2012, IS
A NON-FICTION BOOK ABOUT NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS AND ALSO CONTAINS A
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF DAWOOD IBRAHIM'S LIFE. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK
THAT PRESENTS THE HISTORY OF THE MUMBAI MAFIA, AND DETAILS THE LIVES OF
KARIM LALA, CHHOTA RAJAN, HAJI MASTAN, ABU SALEM, AND VARADARAJAN
MUDALIAR. THE MAIN PART OF THE BOOK REVOLVES AROUND DAWOOD IBRAHIM AND
DESCRIBES HIS STORY STARTING FROM A YOUNG AGE AS A BOY IN MUMBAI TO THE
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST HE HAS BECOME TODAY. THIS BOOK TRACES THE
JOURNEY OF A BOY FROM DONGRI TO DUBAI. DAWOOD IBRAHIM KASKAR WAS BORN IN
1955 TO A POLICEMAN. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES DAWOOD'S FIRST ROBBERY, HIS
LOVE AFFAIRS DURING HIS YOUTH, AND HOW HE TURNED INTO A LOCAL GOON. THE
POLICE USED TO USE HIM AGAINST VARIOUS PATHAN GANGSTERS. GRADUALLY, HE
MANAGED TO DESTROY THE COMPETITION, FORMED THE DAWOOD GANG, AND ENDED UP
BEING THE MUMBAI POLICE'S ARCH NEMESIS. THE DON IS AN ALLY OF PAKISTAN'S
ISI, THOUGH HE IS NOT AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST. ZAIDI ANALYSES THAT
THIS ALLIANCE WAS BORN OUT OF NECESSITY. PAKISTAN IS SAID TO SHELTER HIM
THOUGH HE IS ONE OF THE MOST WANTED PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET, AND IN RETURN
HE FUNDS ISLAMIC JIHADS. INTERESTINGLY, DAWOOD'S BIGGEST SOURCE OF
INCOME IN PAKISTAN COMES FROM SELLING PIRATED BOLLYWOOD MOVIES. THE
PERSONALITY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAVE BEEN COVERED WELL
IN THIS BOOK. HIS LUST FOR POWER, HIS FOCUS, HIS SHREWDNESS, AND HIS
CALCULATING MIND HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BEAUTIFULLY. DONGRI TO DUBAI: SIX
DECADES OF THE MUMBAI MAFIA COVERS THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MAJOR CRIMES IN
INDIA. METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED, THIS BOOK ALSO HAS INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS
ALONG WITH THE FACTS. DAWOOD IBRAHIM'S RISE FROM A LOCAL TO AN
INTERNATIONAL GANGSTER IS SURE TO KEEP READERS HOOKED. THE NEW MOVIE,
SHOOTOUT AT WADALA, IS BASED ON THIS BOOK....मुंबईवर ६० वर्षे आपला प्रभाव
पाडणारे गुंडाच्या टोळ्यांचे डॉन होते. त्यात हाजी मस्तान, करीम लाला, वरदराजन
मुदलियार, छोटा राजन, अबू सालेम हे होते. पण या सर्वांवर कडी केली ती दाऊदने. या
सर्वांची तपशीलवार माहिती काढून अभ्यासपूर्वक त्यांच्यावर लिहिलेले हे पहिलेच पुस्तक आहे.
एका साध्या शाळकरी पोरापासून टोळीच्या दादापर्यंत दाऊदची उत्क्रांती कशी होत गेली,
दाऊदने पोलिसांचा उपयोग करून आपल्या प्रतिस्पध्र्यांना कसे निपटले आणि शेवटी तो मुंबई
पोलिसांचा एकमेव सूडकरी कसा बनला, याचे वर्णन यात आहे. हे पुस्तक म्हणजे मुंबईतील
गुन्हेगारीचा एक अधिकृत इतिहास आहे. एका पोलीस कॉन्स्टेबलचा मुलगा दाऊद याने पठाणांच्या
टोळीला कसे निपटले, पहिली सुपारी कशी दिली गेली व शेवटी दुबईतून दाऊद कसा
पाकिस्तानात पळून गेला, याचे थरारक वर्णन पुस्तकात आले आहे. पत्रकार एस. हुसेन झैदी यांनी
कमालीच्या बारकाईने हा सर्व इतिहास शोधून पुस्
