Author: Zaidi S Hussain
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Harpercollins
Year: 2014
Pages: 276
ISBN: 978-93-5136-225-8
Source: Purchased
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bomaby Mafia
Keyword: Mumbai’s Gangsters
Shelf: C5R6
Accession No: B1308
Contents: Author’s Note Prologue One: The Emperor of Aurangabad Jail Two: Ghatis versus Bhaiyyas Three: Girangaon: The Village of Mills Four: The First Meeting Five: The Vegetable Vendor’s Vendetta Six: Gawli’s Gumption Seven: Mithun Mania Eight: Baptized by Bapat Nine: The Byculla Company Ten: The Second Meeting Eleven: Civil Engineer Turns Criminal Twelve: The Ambush Thirteen: Manchekar and Mother Fourteen: Dawood’s Killing Machine Fifteen: Raavan Sixteen: Mumbai’s Mickey and Mallory Seventeen: Mobster’s Maryada Eighteen: Don’s Divorce Nineteen: Ashwin’s Assault Twinty: Mills and Minions Twenty-One: The Third Meeting Twenty-Two: The Crippling Bullet Twenty-Three: Kill Khatau Twenty-Four: Maharashtrian Mafia’s Anno Domini: 1994-95 Twenty-Five: The Demolition Squad Twenty-Six: Dance of Death in Dubai Twenty-Seven: Of Gangsters, Guns and Ganpati Twenty-Eight: The Afghani Affliction Twenty-Nine: Gawli’s War on the Shiv Sena Thirty: The Face-Off Thrity-One: Carte Blanche Thirty-Two: The Bullet Raj Thirty-Three: Deaths of a Doctor Thirty-Four: Shakeel Stuns the Sena Thirty-Five: Ashwin at the Helm Thirty-Six: Murder of a Mafia Queen Thirty-Seven: Rajan’s Revenge Thirty-Eight: Mumbai Gangsters in Bangkok Thirty-Nine: Manhunt for Maharaj Forty: The Encounteproof Gangster Forty-One: Ashwin Atones Forty-Two: Amjad Khan’s Sholay Forty-Three: Daddy Demolished Epilogue: The End of the Encounter Elite Acknowledgements Sources
Abstract: *Byculla to Bangkok* by S. Hussain Zaidi is a nonfiction sequel to *Dongri to Dubai*, exploring the rise of Mumbai’s notorious gangsters like Chhota Rajan, Arun Gawli, and Ashwin Naik. The book traces their journey from innocent childhoods to becoming powerful figures in the Mumbai underworld. Zaidi blends investigative journalism with storytelling to examine the social, economic, and psychological factors behind their descent into crime. Set against the turbulent backdrop of Mumbai, the narrative uncovers a world of corruption, violence, and betrayal, offering a raw and realistic portrayal of how organized crime takes root in vulnerable lives and chaotic environments.