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“Man's most dangerous enemy is the one he was once closest to.”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“As Karim Lala often said,'learn to clench the world in your fist. open your palm only when you have to receive money”
― S Hussain Zaidi

“The lack of effective and charismatic leaders always forced the Muslim youth to choose the wrong role models.”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“But destiny has an indelible memory.”
― S Hussain Zaidi

“As Napoleon Hill said, necessity may be the mother of invention but it is also the father of crime.”
― S Hussain Zaidi

“when a man has nothing left to lose, his aim becomes an obsession which can only lead to achievement. There’s nowhere to go but up when you hit rock bottom. Vijay”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia: Six Decades of Mumbai Mafia

“250,000 men and women who worked in the mills are history. Some died, some became disillusioned, others simply lost their minds. Many committed suicide, some just melted into the background, some retreated to their native villages – while others ended up hawking vegetables beneath the very structures that gave them their bread and butter.”
― Hussain Zaidi, Byculla to Bangkok

“Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia: Six Decades of Mumbai Mafia

“That the female of the species is deadlier than the male. —Rudyard Kipling”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“the influence of organised crime reaches into the economy, our politics and everyday life- dongri to dubai”
― S Hussain Zaidi

“perhaps Dawood’s status as a fugitive and an outlaw beyond the reach of the Indian legal system suits many back home in India. Empires built with his money would collapse and many skeletons would tumble out of the closet if he was ever brought back home. The powers that be would rather have Dawood Ibrahim stuck in Pakistan. And so the cult of Dawood will be perpetuated.”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“She has seen the good, the bad and the ugly, and yet her dreams still seem far from being realised.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“He(kala babu) was always heard saying, 'keep people's bellies full and balls empty”
― S Hussain Zaidi

“information linking him to the Sara-Sahara Shopping Complex. Finally, it was then, four”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“that he knew of the Mumbai police’s reputation”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“As journalists the first lesson we learnt was not to sit on judgment but raise questions.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“Her only defence for shifting religious loyalties was that she was very spiritually inclined.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“Jenabai knew how much it must have cost Mastan to admit his helplessness in resolving the issue. He was always conscious of his public image—perhaps because he was defensive about his lack of education—and hated to appear anything but wise.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“In retrospect, perhaps Dawood’s status as a fugitive and an outlaw beyond the reach of the Indian legal system suits many back home in India. Empires built with his money would collapse and many skeletons would tumble out of the closet if he was ever brought back home. The powers that be would rather have Dawood Ibrahim stuck in Pakistan. And so the cult of Dawood will be perpetuated. Movies with his trademark moustache and the cigar tucked in between his lips will continue to be made, and Dawood will be discussed between India and Pakistan forever. The man, of course, will forever be elusive;
the real Dawood may remain a myth. This book is an attempt to understand what is known of him and his world.”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

“labyrinthine”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dawood’s Mentor

“My wife is in the heroin business and I am not on good terms with her,’ Devendra said. Jayshree, who was also upset with her mother’s attempts to keep her away from her lover and force her into the drug trade, also decided to stand witness against her. Papamani was finally convicted and put behind bars in 2004. It was ironic that the two people for whom Papamani earned turned against her. While she had so many followers, none of them were in her family.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“procrastinating”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia: Six Decades of Mumbai Mafia

“past,”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia: Six Decades of Mumbai Mafia

“Then the old man said something that set the ground for the change that would occur in Ashraf s life: ‘Don’t you want to take revenge?”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai

“Ayaz was impressed with the team of brain and brawn that Papamani had gathered around her.”
― Hussain S. Zaidi, Mafia Queens of Mumbai