MotiKatla Vegetable Market Ajmer / The Hijras of India, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
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Every year I come to Ajmer and get off here as the road leading to the Dargah or Holy Shrine is closed to vehicles.
And from here I climb a few steps and carry my suitcase to my host Peersaab Fakhru Miyas house he is a very important Sufi scholar and sits in the Dargah Hujra No6..he is very kind human being and most of his disciples are Hindus from all over India lovers of Khwajah Garib Nawaz.. Hazrat Moinuddin Chishty Al Sabri.
A little ahead of this market is the lodges where the most influential prettiest hijras from all over India come and stay during the Urus ..they spend lavishly feed the poor clothe the needy and all their wealth they place at the feet of the Khwajah who replenishes it multifold.
Here at the corner is the famous tea stall of Babar Bhai where the hijras local folks hijra stalkers hijra gazers come and have tea..it is from here the hijras dance towards the dargah on dainty feet to place their floral tribute to the Holy Saints to the beat of drums.
And you wont see all this the hijras , the eunuch children I shot intensively I have removed all my hijra pictures from public view only those I know trust can see them at Flickr.com.
I shot Raveena Naina Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Soma and a bevy of beautiful hijra women..I treat them like women so I have access I shoot them in their private quarters too.
Most of them change their clothes in front of me because they know I wont misuse their dignity their privacy.. and this trust has taken time .they have immense faith in me.
The Hijras of India is my personal private travelogue and because Flickr members stole my pictures , robbed the identity of the people I shoot to con gullible Flickr members enticing them with false invitations I decided to remove my hijra pictures from all of you out there.
And I dont wish to plead my case with insensitive Flickr Support or legalize confusing totally unfriendly Yahoo Copyright.
I rest my case .. in silence and pain.
I shoot pictures to educate , to showcase a world nobody shoots I dont make money through pictures so I wont have people robbing me or dictating their evil on me.
