Getting high on an encounter with a don -- Underworld tales more fascinating than political stuff By Deepak Parvatiyar (This article was published in the October 2011 edition of Critique - A Review of Indian Journalism) Way back in 1993, I got a call in my newspaper office from someone posing to be from the customs department, complimenting me for refusing to accept the parceled gift from him. The voice on the other side of the phone was unfamiliar to me. “Aapke taraf yeh hamara dosti ka haath tha. Par hamein aapse yahi ummid thi. Aapko kabhi koi problem ho to hamein bataiyega. (We had extended our hand of friendship to you but we had the same expectation from you (that you won’t accept the gift). If you face any problem, please tell us)”. Thereafter, when I went to the customs office to meet my sources, there were murmurs that Bhai had called me up. But Dawood was still not as big as he is now. I had been running a series on the Bombay blasts, exposing the offici
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