The Datoon Seller

The Datoon Seller, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Normally it is the stalk of the neem tree that serves as indigenous toothbrush or parts of the guava tree .. that is sold outside Sunni mosques ..ironically outside the Shia mosques you will invariably find Sunni Muslim beggars ..parked outside as permanent fixtures ..

Mostly those who runs mosques drive away the beggars , or let them sit without a permanent solution to this problem..

The Khoja Shia community being very rich , the beggars expect more relief , but honestly rich Muslims of any creed are the worst misers ..they would not give a penny leave aside a wad of notes and this is through personal experience shooting beggars that I have observed the tumultuous fate of misplaced charity.

The only time theire is show or genuiness of charity is during the Holy Month of Ramzan even those who are not beggars become beggars and even those who are misers reluctantly remove a penny or two..

And during Ramzan every crook wears a skull cap a receipt book in hand searches for donations or swarms the Bandra lanes with microphones blaring away of a mosque that is in need of urgent repairs in Uttar Pradesh or Govandi.

These are the white collar Muslim beggars even Mullah the lower order ones become beggars most of them stick like leeches to rich people opening their fasts in housing societies ..

Change in Muslim community is a cliffhanging thought and one person who really has championed the cause of education or the upliftment of the girl child is Kalbe Sadiq of Lucknow ..he has done a lot , and I salute him for his vision..he is a Shia Mauana erudite great scholar but a great humanitarian too..

I dont see any other Mullah as vocal and as focuseed as Kalbe Sadiq Sab..

And internationally the only person with purpose regarding the Muslim girl childs future education is His Highness Prince Aly Khan..also known reverentially as His Holiness Agha Khan.

And the only Muslim sect that gives charity to Hindus or other communities is only concerned about getting them converted as Muslims I dont have to tell you who they are you could definitely recognize them by the lengths of their mismatched kurtas and pajamas.

And this is a blog it moves from indigenous toothbrush to the shaking dentures of Muslim society..as tremors on the soul of humanity felt by a beggar poet..