Salim, the young man with a limp, inhabits a twilight zone. At one level, he belongs to a respectable, proud, though desperately poor family. Salim’s roots go deep into this congested, impoverished Muslim neighbourhood. But Salim has also discovered organzied crime where a little intimidation, flashing of a knife, unspoken threats of concrete ‘mob’ action, bring in quick, easy bucks.
