You Will Always Be Remembered Mr Akthar Imam

You Will Always Be Remembered Mr Akthar Imam, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

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Mr Akthar Imam is a devout Shia , influentially well connected with all the who's of who of politics and the business community of Mumbai..
Mr Akthar Imam had a Majlis at Chapel Road at his bungalow ,this was held on 1 Feb 2009 well attended by the known names in Bandra,.
The majlis was recited by the inimitable eloquentally powerful Maulana Hasnain Karari..
The high point of Mr Akthar Imam Saabs house majlis is that every community, comes to partake in the secular spirit of Peace and Brotherhood..
Sunnis rubbing shoulders with Shias ..all mutually remembering the sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hussain ..his message that today resounds as Hussain is Humanity.. in a world that preempts tolerance and mutual coexistence..

After the Majlis niyaz was served , mouth watering Dal Ghosh, chapattis, another mutton dish, rice and a sweet dish..

This is a small series, to be at his fathers side Misam Imam ..only son of Mr Akthar Imam had flown in from the States.

Some of the pictures of me were shot by Munna photographer who stays close to Mr Akthar Imams house.

Mr Syed Ahmed ,Mr Akthar Rizvi, Imtiyaz Qureishi, Mr Majid Memon, the Motivala brothers, Abbas Kazimi his son Aly , Javed Shroff , Javed Hashmi ,were some of the luminaries at the Majlis.

Wajidbhai Busher his son Rashid Busheri who is Mr Akthar Imams erstwhile son in law..

Manu Kashmiri son of Nawab Kashmiri was here with his wife..

I spent a great part of my childhood at his ancestral palatial home that was once at Jony Castle Wodehouse Road Colaba.

And this is a tribute to his sister Akthar Baji.. now settled in America.
We owe much to her and her grand mother Ammi relative of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.

One person missing at the majlis was dear Nakkanbhai Batatwala close relative of Mr Akthar Imam..

He passed away recently.

Mr Akthar Imam too passed away on Eid e Mubhaila 21 Nov 2011

This set is my tribute to his family .. and a memory to his departed soul..