The Muslim Beggar at Hill Road Bandra

The Muslim Beggar at Hill Road Bandra, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Now I only hope you dont get carried away seeing my pictures as person who commented on my post at Facebook, I have not removed him from my friends list.


When I shoot a beggar I am certain she is a beggar even if she is sitting next to a stall or standing next to a shop like this one ..I saw her begging from my workplace and rushed from the further end to capture her pain in the silhouette of the hijab.

Just to inform you she does not own the shop..nor the one I shot at Mahim own the stall, I know all the beggars at Mahim and I think in all humility most of the beggars know me at Mahim..

Beggary is nothing but body language of the human soul in pain and I think at the age of 58 street smart I am I know a Muslim beggar from the non Muslim beggar goes without saying.

The sanctimonious finding excuse Muslim brash bigoted and arrogant loves to say the lady in the Hijab is actually a Hindu begging for alms.

Possibly but I am not going to add insult to injury I shot a Muslim womans pain real and metaphoric , and she has a right to cover her shame.

But than I oppose the wearing of the hijab when a college girl presumably from the local college goes on the rocks off Carter Road with her guy to have a good time ..the rest you know.

Why wear the hijab and humiliate us in such a way do it openly ..the shameful act I mean so dont read me wrong.

The hijab is a garment of respect of humility and a woman's chastity as I see it and when she begs on the streets she reminds me of her universal pain , her bad times her penury..I think women Muslim NGOs must talk to them find out the cause and do what has to be done.

I often tell them to go to the local Mosque but they are driven away from there they tell me and I talk not about giving them alms but rehabilitation both by society and the government.

Yes I shoot beggars and show you what you are not willing to see on the streets , you rush for the Juma Namaz , which is Wajib but forget the pain of the poor Muslim woman once you rush home from the Masjid.

I am ashamed to write about Muslim beggar males who are fit and hardy who hang around hotels where Arabs stay , accompanying their wives and kids and making them beg too.


Beggary in most cases absolving the few genuine cases is a small time home industry.
Sometimes it is powered and controlled by the beggar Mafia its not part of my research I shoot pictures but dont insult my intelligence by telling me a lady who I captured at Mahim Dargah Lane begging is a owner of a stall..