Eid Namaz -Eid Al Adha Bandra Station 2013

Eid Namaz -Eid Al Adha Bandra Station 2013, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

There was strict security at the Bandra skywalk when I reached here barefeet at the Bandra skywalk.. the only skywalk that has honed me as a photographer and a poet of sorts ..most of the drug addict community that inhabits this stretch to my ire call me photo wale uncle ,, nod my head nonchalantly ,,,in the late evenings the skywalk becomes lovers nook our own..Ek Bar Ana Bandra Town..

The homeless sleep here because the only police security on the skywalk is during the eid namaz .. so well I reached here with my new dog tag.. that now reads International Press Photographer ..the bottom line is International Blogger but in very tiny font as even Press guys are not yet aware of the true meaning definition of a blogger ,unlike them we just dont die after we are published .. we live on forever...our blogs do not reach the bhangarwalas shop at the end of the month.

This picture was shot by good friend Ritesh Uttamchandani..

I met other friends from the press like Rafiq Maqbool and missed the usual Facebook crowd of photographers .. I shoot the namaz and most religious events barefeet and for the first time shot all this with a glass piece stuck in my feet that I think I extricated at home after the shoot. I am still not sure as I am still limping..


This time the beggars were fewer , and I felt sad for them perhaps they had gone to other venues .. or at Bandra Reclamation where there is arrangement for ladies separately ..I owe my loyalty to the Bandra Station street namaz being a prolific street photographer ,,,and today as a tribute to Mr Raj Kumar Santoshi and Shahid Kapoor I wore the same dress that I wore for my short cameo in Phata Poster Nikla Hero..My fan following is among beggars and those that watch movies in the first row.. luckily they remember me more than the hero too.. because I am a Bandra guy.. a Bandra blogger and a Bandra Manoos.


And please note I shoot a story board so my Eid namaz pictures begin with garbage littered on the roads that lead to the namaz site Municipality only cares for one Religion the Religion of Kadak Note Than Than Gopal..and Nagad Narayan..