Autobiography of a chindi chor(small time thief)
"At the age of 17, I did my 1st robbery. The word robbery sounds very macho. We commonly see this word in news papers, mainly used for some kind of a bank robbery or a train robbery, etc. However, in my case, it simply meant robbing an 80 year old woman... in an empty garden... at 1 in the afternoon... while she was asleep. Trust me, snatching an apple from her when she was awake would have been a task. Anyway, so after that small step towards success, I started visiting Manni Bhai & gang to sharpen my robbing skills. Manni Bhai was a well known thief in our Katkar basti. He had mastered the art of robbery by spending many years on the streets of Mumbai & a few in the nearby police stations. Some across the rail tracks too...across the rail tracks. Let me tell you why I emphasize on robbing across the rail tracks. The area across the tracks was barred for thieves & robbers...why? Well, Sub Inspector Aathavle stayed there in a chawl & he had a record of catching th...