Mawali, (मवाली), is a Hindi language novel by Surender Mohan Pathak. It is based upon the biography of a fictional personality called Shyamrav Pethekar, better known as Sikander. The novel is set in Ahmedabad and draws an excellent and realistic portrait of Gujrat underworld, that is unknown in Hindi fiction.

There are actually two novels of same name

In the first version the story starts with Sikander planning to take revenge on a guy called Ratan Shah, who has cheated and killed Sikander's friend Kundan Seth.

Why there are no UFOs in India ?

A good question. But what's the answer.


The reason is really, pragmatically simple. - There is no UFO awareness .  That means that even if in a rare case they (Indians) actually happen to see what would pass in West for a UFO they won't be able to register it as a special happening ! It would be simply a flying machine, which they see now and then i.e. the primitive samples of Indian Air Force ( yes it is there !) or something civilian. I am quite aware of this because a few years ago I came across a peasant who, by chance, stumbled upon an experience of his childhood...