The Turner Road Traffic Signal Revisited

The Turner Road Traffic Signal Revisited
Originally uploaded by flickr photographerno1

The Turner Road Traffic Signal has lost its bounce its ebullience, this queen of Bandra traffic signal has lost its sons of the soil, the earlier denizens , the little beggar kids have moved away , towards areas that are much safer , away from the clutches of the cops.
They are not to bee seen at Bandra Bazar Road, nor have they visited my shop for a long time,neither did I see them at Mount Mary when I went there last with Marc.
But a new lot , mote tamer, more disciplined has made the Turner Road Traffic signal home , these kids are not from the Mound at Rang Sharda, they wear clean clothes , the leader of the pack is a sad faced boy who carries a pup as his lucky mascot.
I shot his pictures, but he is a smart one , he follwed me to my shop asking me copies of pictures I had taken the first time I saw him at the signal.
I gave him some money he was with his pal, I also warned them to be careful as the cops might catch thm, but they were not bothered, they dont create a havoc like the earlier lot.
They play it safe by the book, no running after cars , no melodrama , no nakedness.
The hijdas Laxmi Padma also dont patronise the signal, though there is a lecherous wicked leper man, who gets on my goat, he loves scaring people by trying to touch them, they out of fear pay him a coin or two to get rid of him, he has learnt this touchy thing from the Hijdas.
He keeps away from me.I am at my shop, , the heat relentlessly not giving an inch of respite.
My Nikon D70 lies dead , like a zombie , such is Nikon shelf life in just 3 years.
Nikon is the only company that believes only in profits , no customer care.
Besides India is the best country to dump their defective models, this is the truth in a pictorial nutshell.Money made out of repairs is more than camera sales.The authorised Nikon technos rip you and rape you with your clothes on.

THE NIKON D70 IS A DIGITAL DISASTER.
NIKON CUSTOMER CARE IS COMATOSE
SAYS PHOTOGRAPHERNO1 FIROZE
NIKON R & D DEPT SUCKS
NIKON AUTHORISED TECHNICIANS MAKE BIG BUCKS
WE BUYERS OF NIKON SITTING DUCKS
FOR CUSTOMERS THEY CARE TWO FUCKS

Mr KG Maheshwari my guru used his Mamiya 330 for almost 35 years or more , his tripod for 50 years.So at the moment street photography is on a sabbatical.No Camera No Cry.

The roll I shot pictures of Marc is at Foto Fast in town .Just across my shop I can see a Sadhu in white , having tea , body marked with ash but I have no camera..I called him to my shop to take his picture on the mobile phone , he refused he is from Hardwar.