The Siddis of Junagadh Born in Captivity

The Siddis of Junagadh Born in Captivity, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

These are lion cubs of African descent- 100 % Indians born in captivity, they come from a warrior race but beg on the streets , performing acts to appease the soul of a god asleep..


We as Indians love Indianizing everything, lionizing our past but when it comes to heritage we publicly shit on it...I dont know about the Siddis I have just started documenting their street life here in Mumbai as much in demand Urus performers.

Their womenfolks are not with them..15 black guys in a brown mans world...dancing , doing acrobats, drumming the dead soul of a system that wont bring them solace , good jobs or god positions..

Sometimes I fail to understand the logic of right wingers they treated the North East populace as tribal people and junglees , the missionary gave them the bible and Jesus Christ as Hope and Salvation..so why did Hinduism not bring them into the fold, people convert because people want to live in Peace ..an Indian converts his nationality you make no issue about it and yet beat the Kandhamal Christian black and blue..

Dual nationalism is total hogwash.. loyalty lies with one nation and not two..

Well this is not my field I shall back track to the life of the Siddi..shooting the Siddis is nothing but reading a poem of human pain and despair.

The Siddis of Junagadh is now a set n Flickr.

There is a Siddi Chowk at Haji Malang..