Hafiza Bi of Bandra Bazar Road

Hafiza Bi of Bandra Bazar Road, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

She is Muslim woman a paragon of hard work and duty and she wont retire till she is alive.
Her husband is blind Ismail Chacha , who was in the Army than worked for Mumbai Port Trust till he lost both eyes.
Ismail Chachas father worked for the Nizam and the Jinnah family.

Their daughter lives in New York, and Hafiz Bi has spent a few months in America too.
Her other grandson works in London.


They all want her to give up her daily ritual of selling ladies and children s garments on a handcart at Bandra Bazar Road.

Hafiza Bis other grandson Abdulla is a hair stylist.


She tells me that it was the earnings on this handcart that helped her educate her children.

They had several rooms in a nearby chawl, but all usurped by relatives.

Hafiza Bi is my favorite, and shooting her and her husband blind Ismail Chacha gives me a great high..