The Birth of a Child is a Blessing in Disguise, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
The lady is a Christian from Mangalore her husband Devender Shetty is a Hindu, this couple had met me during the Lal Bagh Cha Visarjan procession and remembered me alright.
The lady according to her story had climbed the mountains barefeet when she was 5 month pregnant, her husband had accompanied her and she had asked Haji Malang Baba for a healthy child that they would place at his feet when they came here next..
So they have according to the wish or mannat bought the child to fulfill their vow, the mother like me walked barefeet .
Taking turns with her husband in carrying the child they reached the top and I met them when they came the following morning to place the child at the Shrine of his patron Saint.
This is the universal magic of Haji Malang cross border spirituality , armed with faith adding to peace that is the birthright of all Indians.Irrespective of caste color or creed they come to a Sufi Saints kingdom child father and mum, enslaved to a divinity that blesses them with spiritual freedom...a part inclusive of total sum..
So as a photo blogger I too come and shoot these people , his people, people of my cherished country and share their tales their tears and after shooting them I sit in a corner and cry too like them..photography makes you a mind reader too incidentally .
Yes they touch me before they become thematic to stories in my pictures,
I am writing this at a cybercafe as there is a ladies majlis at home , the majlis centers around a little child her fathers apple of his eye Bibi Sakina the same ancestry as the Holy Prophet of Islam..Bibi Sakina suffered and died unsung in a dark cell..during the regime of accursed Yazid the Umayad Caliph of his time.
My daughter Samiya started the tradition of Bibi Sakinas Taboot that will be carried around my house by the Shia ladies of our area and leading the pack will be my two year old grand daughter Marziya Shakir carrying the Alam Abbas..
And I am crying as I picturize the moments away from my house at this cybercafe, and add it to this story of a Mannat or wish, as photography does not really need a camera it needs emotions and hearts touching souls million miles away from this computer...
Yes the power of a photo blog cuts through water and ice.
