Death of the East Indian Ethos

Death of the East Indian Ethos, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

by lanes of bandra bazar road
through my camera lens i spy
young relatives eagerly waiting for
old relatives to die
grab the property sell
it to the builder
who will make a tower
kissing the feet of god
in the sky
this is the case
of gaothan
fishing villages
from bandra bazar
to chimbai
a lost heritage
of the east indians
a stray tear in the eye
politicians builders
municipality
favors money
can buy
packing
their suitcases
moving to uttan nalla sopara
the last east Indian
to bandra bids good bye
miyas marwaris bohras
gujratis punjabis
south indians
will take their place
big bucks so imply
on the other hand
the roman catholic
church of Jesus
to the east indian ethos
has forever
shut its eye


Render to Caesar what belong to Caesar and to Christ what belongs to Christ
is their biblical diplomatic apolitical reply ...Silence searching for another fall guy ..