Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands

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The dates of convictions rudely ripped away this serenity, this is no catalogue of a past century but an up-to-date recording of facts. Back in 2017, Arjun Rampal portrayed the gangster-turned-politician in Ashim Ahluwalia’s directorial Daddy. What a classic book that talked a lot about the true stories of women gangsters in the financial capital of India- Mumbai.

It seemed ironic to me, because I know very well she was exploiting women through pimping / pandering but she spoke to lead change to the generative factors of serious problems. A great audio book is when you forget its being narrated and definitely forget everything about the narrator. She dares to take on Dawood Ibrahim, who had already moved out of India and has been out of reach of the law since then.

I don't read a lot of books about gangsters, but the ones that I have, all revolve around male gangsters.

This book aims to comprehend the complex minds and psyches of the famously well known female criminals of the India. This seller has been dependable and prompt for multiple transactions now, furthering my trust in them. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.He tells their stories with empathy and detail, providing a fresh perspective on the world of crime. If I remember his preface, he says that the book is quite tragic and tells stories of women who while ruled the underworld has had a life full of trials and tribulations. Something with so much potential but because the writing was lacking in coherency, critical thinking, analysis, or even basic human empathy, it proved a difficult read. The fact that Jenabai was the only woman there, sitting amongst them and chatting comfortably with the men, said much about her influence and the respect that she was accorded in the underworld at the time. She was allegedly involved in several kidnappings of builders and extortion cases in various cities.

There are a few girlfriends and mistresses of the gangsters; Shamim Mirza Beg aka Mrs Paul, inamorata of Arif Beg, a close aid of Chhota Shakeel; Rubina Siraj Sayyed, mistress of Chhota Shakeel; Tarannum Khan, a bar dancer who made huge money in cricket betting; Archana Balmukund Sharma aka Manisha aka Lady Don with Killer Looks, her face resembled of Manisha Koirala, the Nepali beauty, she used several men even notorious gangsters for money. Ashraf, who learnt of her husband’s underworld connection only after he was killed, transformed herself into the powerful Sapna Didi, to try and take down her husband’s killer. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Jenabai, Mastan not only considered her his sister and Dawood as his surrogate mother, she also tied a rakhi to Morarji Desai.

While circumstances forced some to take up crime while some entered in the crime world willingly lured by money and luxuries. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.

In fact, as per the book, she had a clientele ranging from Bollywood to international cricket players. Starting from Jenabai Daruwali who almost acted as the Godmother for Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, the book ends on vicious and crafty bar girls. Kankana Basu of The Hindu felt, " Mafia Queens, by virtue of its very stark simplicity is a revelation, a rare treat for the discerning lover of crime stories. 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. But one can't help but wonder at the bravado of these women: what drove them to such a dangerous path?There is the story of Gangubhai, a girl who ran away from a small village and ended up in Mumbai streets and eventually became the powerful matriarch of Kamathipura, Mumbai’s red light area. But, there were women who ruled the roost there too, women who remained in the background and pulled the strings, women who acted as mentors and advisers to the famous dons, women who were wives of the dons and then took over when their husbands were killed, women who assumed leadership to try and bring down rival leaders who had harmed their family. It also appears from their stories that once they chose that path, there was absolutely no turning back.