Monday, February 28, 2011
Megha The Enchanting Hijra Beauty of Bollywood
Megha The Enchanting Hijra Beauty of Bollywood, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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a noble soul
very good
caught in
the web of
a karmic fate
the hijra
is human
but always
misunderstood
neither man
now woman
the hijra
enchanting
beauty
of bollywood
ravages of time
on her doomed
destiny
she bravely
withstood
gajra re
a celluloid
canvas
of her hopes
aspirations
touch wood
androgynous
talented
gifted
a martyred
manhood
as she dreams
of gully cricket
a broken doll
her dreamless
childhood
truth shalt prevail
it should
a double
edged sword
of her existence
her life
caught in a
gender falsehood
dichotomous
a bubbly girlhood
the hijra
a silhouette
of pretentious
womanhood
Shooting Khushi Is A Poetic Expression of My Karmic Fate
Shooting Khushi Is A Poetic Expression of My Karmic Fate, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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my hijra pictures
are poems
of hijras
a humanity
marginalized
battered beaten
raped sodomized
because of
homophobic hate
for a better tomorrow
the hijra waits
shooting khushi
is a poetic expression
of my karmic state
a poet beggar
a hijra goddess
both at divinity's gate
both searching
for ideal soul mates
the flesh was willing
the poets spirit
was celibate
kindred moments
dire straits
hallucinogenic
hyperbolic
hypertension
shot my pulse
my blood rate
what has sex
got to do
with being human
written on a broken slate
trampled weather beaten
libidinous soul of man
implicates whirling
dervish on the beat
of drums he gyrates
kaif a stirring of the
sufi angst going
round and round
a cosmic circle
a moment
in words my poetry
wont duplicate
a doomed facebook wall
paying tribute to marc zuckerburg
as another despots citadel
topples reasserts reiterates
freedom when
bombs euphorically detonate
in chains for last 40 years
for a breath of fresh air
they hopefully sigh and wait
the libyans
the yemenis
the bahrainis
the qataris
the shias
of saudi arabia
a cemetery
the holy nobility
no nameplate
only the warlords
palaces
decorative ornate
two parallel lines
desperately trying
to be straight
Hindu Muslim Bhaichara at Sultan Shah Babas Dargah at Haji Malang
Hindu Muslim Bhaichara at Sultan Shah Babas Dargah at Haji Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Sultan Shah Baba is a smaller dargah within the Haji Malan complex but is popular with the Hindu community and specially the Naga Sadhus and Tantric Babas.
I met a few Naga Babas and they said they came here because of cosmic peace that prevails at this Holy Shrine..they live out in the open and wait eagerly for the Urus and than finally leave,
even the hijra community patronizes this Holy Saint..
This shrine too has Hindu Khadims.
The Possessed at Sultan Shah Babas Dargah Haji Malang
The Possessed at Sultan Shah Babas Dargah Haji Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
My second subject after the hijras was shooting the possessed people , known as hazri or sawari , caught under demonic spells and bought here at Dargahs to be exorcised and holistically healed.
The Silhouette of the Hijra
His eyes tell you the story of his life his faith his pain his struggle to come to terms with his sexuality and the path he has chosen to tread with the blessings of his Guru.
He needs a divinty to encourage him in his faith he chose Haji Malang Baba.
He is a devoted Muslim namazi etc.. but he is a hijra.. victim of his cosmic fate.
Its his world I chose to showcase as a poet photographer and as a photo blogger.
My stories are my own they wont ever be published in newspapers or foreign magazines but than even TV18 In .Com steal my pictures you can easily download and distribute all over the net such is the fate of a blogger , I could understand if they bought me a camera and than took my pictures but than such is attitude of people in high places.
I have no other vice but yes I am passionate about blogging , it is my high and every day about 22000 people view my pictures at Flickr.com is my only notoriety to fame.
And I am indebted to Flickr it has given me a large viewership.. from Flickr I cross blog some of my post to Blogspot Twitter or my Hijda Eunuch Blogs at Wordpress.
I dont blog all my hijra pictures to my Hijda Eunuch blogs just a few.. and my Flickr set on the Hijras holds over 14000 images shot in a gap of about 4 years.
All the hijra pictures poems shot every year are house in a collection at Flickr.com
And it is 4.45 sleep comes and goes..
Senior Mujawir Yunus Bhai of Haji Malang
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He would sit with me in his free time, this humble man who has served Haji Malang Baba for almost 50 years or more , he would narrate the stories of faith, miracles and in the bargain make me cry too, he has so much locked up in his head a veritable storage of knowledge in the service of Malang Baba.
He has seen it all corruption , goodness evil all in and around the surroundings of faith, and as it is not my call I would listen to his narrations , and lock them up in my head too.
I came here in humility paid respect to the Holy Saint and captured the essence of the Holy Shrine on the lives of ordinary people specially the hijras who lives connected to Sufism and in general I am documenting for posterity.
My hijra documentary has the Holy Shrine as the fulcrum point as the hijra community consider the Holy Saint their protector and benefactor simply because Islam mainstream be it Sunnis or Shias looked down upon the hijra community, they are shunned and so they seek a divinity that accepts them as they are with all their human flaws.
And because I have access to a few of them , I am able to showcase their side of devotion piety and through dance charity feeding the poor they repay the Holy Saints generosity.. in a humble way of course.
And you have people biased who even in the Dargah premises look down upon the Hijras it shocks me... in utter disbelief.
Also I must mention I am doing this documentary on my own , no sponsors and I dont sell my pictures my text or poetry.
And I am thankful to Kumar Ketkar Abhijeet Sakib who help in this regard , and they give me food and shelter , without accepting in return, they know I am not a Sufi adherent , I am an Indian born Muslim Shia happy with my faith my beliefs and my ancestry.
But I pay tribute to the Sufi Saint fir it is his territory and his devotees I shoot ...I cant shoot one without the other..
I have visited so many dargahs , including Ajmer Shariif and mind you this is the first dargah where a Dargah trustee rebuked me for my hijra connection , I mean it is unbelievable for a man serving a Holy Saint like Haji Malang to be so biased myopic and narrow minded.
ell this is my last documentary at Haji Malang, I have some more pictures to upload and will finally bring this series to an end.
Let posterity judge me by my pictures my thoughts and my selfless devotion to the cause of the marginalized members of society.
Getting My Feet Massaged
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Zubair his father and brothers are professional masseurs from Bareilly UP and I know him since several years from Mahim , here he is giving my legs an oil massage my legs were in terrible shape as I had climbed the mountain barefeet and even now as I write this in Mumbai a week after the punishing gruel my legs are still hurting, I had them massaged in Mumbai too but the pain does not go.
Getting My Feet Massaged
172,657 items / 1,345,589 views
Zubair his father and brothers are professional masseurs from Bareilly UP and I know him since several years from Mahim , here he is giving my legs an oil massage my legs were in terrible shape as I had climbed the mountain barefeet and even now as I write this in Mumbai a week after the punishing gruel my legs are still hurting, I had them massaged in Mumbai too but the pain does not go.
Getting My Feet Massaged
172,657 items / 1,345,589 views
Zubair his father and brothers are professional masseurs from Bareilly UP and I know him since several years from Mahim , here he is giving my legs an oil massage my legs were in terrible shape as I had climbed the mountain barefeet and even now as I write this in Mumbai a week after the punishing gruel my legs are still hurting, I had them massaged in Mumbai too but the pain does not go.
Khushi Is My Hijra Muse
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a beggar poet
who shoots
the marginalized
disfranchised
bodily used
misused
a million times
battered bruised
as refuse
on the soul
of wretched
humanity
as they cruise
to be what
they want to be
a path they choose
the god man
the bigot
the racist
on the hijra
his venom spews
fucked society
sanctimonious
watches amused
the hijra victim
co accused
raped sodomized
common news
no excuse
so in such
a chaotic situation
my hijra poetry
gives the hijra
his honorable due
khushi is my
chosen muse
a transgendered
truce
neither man
nor woman
report abuse
Touch Me Not She Says
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an optical illusion
the poets hand
blesses as it strays
touch me not she says
engineered doom
in my solitary heart stays
for an ultimate release
from human bondage
she prays before her
face wrinkles
her boobs shrivel
her hair turns gray
hijra pain
every night
every day
tears on the surface
as the whip the flesh
embrace the hijra quest
the hijra chase
from the soul of
restless man
the quintessential
birth of
the hijra race
searching
for time and space
Khuda Bhi Asman Se Jab Zameen Par Dekhta Hoga
Khuda Bhi Asman Se Jab Zameen Par Dekhta Hoga, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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Hindi Lyrics:
khuda bhi aasmaan se jab zameen par dekhta hoga (2)
mere mehboob ko kisne banaya sochta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se jab zameen par dekhta hoga
mere mehboob ko kisne banaya sochta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se
mussbir khud pareshaan hai ke yeh tasveer kiski hai
banogi jisski tum aisi haseen taqdeer kiski hai
kabhi woh jal raha hoga kabhi khush ho raha hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se jab zameen par dekhta hoga
mere mehboob ko kisne banaya sochta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se
zamaane-bhar ki masti ko nigaahon mein sameta hai
kali se jism ko kitni bahaaron mein lapeta hai
hua tumsa koi pehle na koi doosra hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se jab zameen par dekhta hoga
mere mehboob ko kisne banaya sochta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se
farishte bhi yahaan raaton ko aa kar ghumte honge
jahaan rakhti ho tum paanv jageh woh chumte honge
kiske dil pe kya guzri yeh wohi jaanta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se jab zameen par dekhta hoga
mere mehboob ko kisne banaya sochta hoga
khuda bhi aasmaan se
film dharti
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Shah-e-Mardan Sher-e-Yazdan Quwat-e-Parwardigar Lafata Ila Ali La Saif Ila Zulfiqar , originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1 ....
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Dargah of Hazrat Syed Ali Mira Datar Unava Gujrat , a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr. HAZRAT SYED ALI MIRA DATAR'S G...
