The exploits of the ‘Dwarf Dacoit’ or ‘Bona Daku’ belong to the folklore of which Indian city? ”City On Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh”, a coming-of-age memoir of journalist, writer and documentary film-maker Zeyad Masroor Khan growing up in a Muslim neighbourhood in the old town in the 1990s, a time marked by profound political, cultural, and economic metamorphosis, writes how Bona Daku roamed on the potholed streets of Aligarh in the early 20th century.
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