Friday, July 24, 2009

Yusuf Bhaijan at Carter Road Bandra

Yusuf Bhaijan was quite sick when I last met him, he had diabetes that was not under control, and according to his grieving son had a swelling in the liver , all causing his ultimate death.
Yusuf Bhaijan will be terribly missed as all the Bandra kids loved him, he was there for everyone, serving niyaz and sherbet and always keeping a very low profile at Bandra Shia Khoja Mosque.

I shot this picture of his at the procession of the Daryawala Alam at Carter Road.

I offer my condolence to Master Raju and hope God gives him and his family the strength to bear this irreparable loss of a foot soldier of Ahle Bayt.

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Farewell Yusuf Bhaijaan RIP

Last evening Raju Shresta passed by my shop, he was once known as Master Raju a great child artiste, he apologized that he was unable to inform me, but his father Yusuf Bhaijaan had passed away recently.. it was indeed a shocking and a tragic news .

I am not a very great fan of the Bandra Khoja Shia mosque, I hardly go there for reasons I do not wish to share, but if one person who was a part of the humility of my Shia faith was Yusuf Bhaijan, a man I can comfortably call a Shia soldier of God.

I was once thrown out by a Shia bigot from this mosque , while attending the 40 Chelum majlis of my late father Mohomed Shakir, the person, this Shia bigot , there are many among the community, I have neither forgotten nor forgiven was so enthusiastic in showing me the door thought I was a non Muslim.. I guess I am in more ways than one.


This act when bought to the notice of Yusuf Bhaijan had hurt him the most, as Yusuf Bhaijaan had seen both my kids since childhood attending the Koranic classes held at the mosque, , and those days in the 80's I did not know he was Master Rajus father though I too was connected to Bollywood,he always praised my kids , as he stood by the doors of the Mosque.Thankfully my kids had taken after my wife she was the source of their Shia heritage and background.,.

I thought the only reason I was known among the Bandra Shias those days was because of the religious devotion of my children , and their intense love for Ahle Bayt.

I had not yet become a part of congregational religiosity.It all happened a few years back.

Yusuf Bhaijaan was the face of the Bandra Shia Khoja mosque,and even in the picture you can see the vessels lying at his feet, he had just served Sherbet to the crowds that had come for the Majlis.. this is Yusuf Bhaijan , as he would like to be portrayed standing serving the Lord on his two feet.

Yusuf Bhaijaan was not into mosque politics, he was the finest Shia Khoja gentleman I have ever met in my entire life, he never said a word that would hurt another person.. Raju has lost a father, the mosque has lost one of its exemplary foot soldier , I have lost a good friend.

This is a small token of a tribute to him, I told Raju yesterday,that though his father had passed away he was alive on my Flickr photo stream..

Yusuf Bhaijaan had of late become very close to my grand daughter Marziya, the moment she saw him, she ran into his arms, and I am crying at 4.40 am, as Marziya will certainly be searching for his smiling face near the mosque coming Moharam.

Farewell Yusuf Bhaijaan..God needed you by his side..Take Care .

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"People Really Don’t" Love Hijras Anymore

"People Really Don’t"
Love Hijras Anymore
the queen of the mumbai cages
dus ka dum heena the hijra whore
selling a bit of her flesh
at a butchers store
people are so greedy
asking for more and more
an American wanted to marry her
she replied
my destiny wont lick ass
your dollar littered shores
with a click of her finger
a new lover she will score
another one bites the dust
his karma hits the floor
yet another one
breaking his dumb head
on her trembling door
giving her moneys worth
she is one up
on priya the hijra
bombshell
from Singapore

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Castrated Alpha Male

born as a boy
into the world she did sail
urges feelings of a female
the sorrows sufferings
of a castrated alpha male
androgynous anxiety
her hopes did fail
the sordid saga of her wail
searching for the hijra grail
between her legs
another mans tail

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Love Poetry Hate Racism

taking you from here
to another place out there
away from this vanity fair
into a world of hope
tolerance
loving care
sorrow sufferings
together share
united
in diversity and despair
people dont hate you
whom you worship
or what you wear
no racial profiling
no racism
no gender bias
no nightmare

love poetry hate racism
a thought to spare

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Om Shanti


Om Shanti, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

beyond the horizon
towards the sea
surya beckons
om shanti
breaking the shackles
the soul goes free
renunciation and piety
godliness a garland
around humanity

to richard lazarra shankar gallery

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Indomitable Spirit of Islam - Wiladat Bibi Zainab

she stood up valiantly
against terror
she put up a fight
a sword of ali
her birthright
her kutbas
disowning
yazid the accursed
his cowardly might
in his court
all totally quiet
72 heads on spears
watched this sight
sham sham sham
said the fourth imam
all night
wiladat e bibi zainab
indomitable spirit of Islam
shining bright
history of womanhood
she did rewrite
hussain as humanity
she did unite
to the first
majlis e aza
lovers of hussainiyat
she did invite


hussainiyat ke irado
ki pasba bankar
jidhhar jidhar gaye sarwar
udhar gayi zainab
bachakar din ki amanat ko
bhadakte sholon se
khuda ke din par
ehsan kar gayi zainab

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