by actively seducing their men and coercing them for murder, they come dangerously close to shaping their own destiny, menacingly close to controlling the narrative- and hence should
this preoccupation with legitimacy takes many forms: it is in the half-caste illegitimate Maqbool's desire to eventually replace Abbaji as the new gang land boss; it is also found in Nimmi's preoccupation with marriage to Maqbool, and her constantly iterated declaration to Maqbool that their lo...