Ramzan Main Sab Cheez Ka Bhao Bad Jata Hai.,,

musalman swab kamata hai

roza rakhkar sukun aur chain

pata hai..dukandar dhanda

karke fayda banata hai..

ramzan ka maza sirf

ramzan main ata hai

dharm aur karm ka

bhi ajeeb nata hai

The Mosquito Killing Spray Gun

The gun was resting

after a heavy bout

killing mosquitoes

at Bandra Bazar Road

thanks to a rainless drought ..

a condition hot humid making

diseases sprout ,,the filthiest

dirtiest bazar potholes dugouts

roads with open gutters

totally washed out

our neglected area

comes alive during election

time candidates humble

hand folded begging for votes

without their political clout

once elected they forget

us ..within and without

proud ministerial

faces with a pout

the fish market has no fans

no ladies toilet you need

to check out . this time

too they will again see a rout

the junta does not forgive

missing corporators

their whereabouts

bandra buzz bandra times

silently watch as beloved

bandra gaothans get

burnt out east indian

heritage charm forever

lost out ,,old people

talk about the good old

days when there was no

traffic you could easily

walk about ,,now hawkers

with their dadagiri .bakdas

illegally jutting out ....

bandra dreams fade out

a pain that spreads as

word of mouth ...

To Our New MP Our MLA Our Missing Corporator Ramadan Mubarak

from the garbage dump of bandra bazar road

th filth the stench the muck you are part of our

cosmic bad luck .. vote or dont vote

we are badly stuck.. whether the knife

falls on the watermelon or the warermelon

falls on the knife ,, our collective destiny

is self destruct ,,politics our life has sucked

in silence our bitter half mutters . utters

WTF ..

Iftar Time ,,,All Roads Lead To Minara Masjid

Foodies that love to feast and eat

beyond caste color or creed

love ramzan precursor to eid

heading towards minara masjid

bohri mohalla or mahim dargah lane

zaika food aroma fragrance is

all you need ,, make merry

but the poor that watch you

eat gluttonously please

dont forget to feed ,,

Ramzan Mubarak.. The Moon Has Been Sighted

the kids ecstatic burst crackers

to usher the moon of ramzan

howling cheering shouting

the beauty of the holy month

a month called ramzan

This is a picture of a grandchild trying to understand the complexities of human life on the streets and this is not about reciting Jack and Jill or Ba Ba Black Sheep , these were lessons tutorials in street photography ..

The mothers agony is hidden behind the veil , her misplaced motherhood , her starving womanhood ,,begging for victuals not just for herself her child but those at home ..Is she forced to Beg ,, God Alone knows I shoot dont ask questions I shoot puzzles you solve them at leisure .

These are my Bandra Blogs ,,and I am revisiting them adding another dimension , de saturating the color element adding austerity in terms of tonal values of life.

We will shoot the beggars this year too, beggar tears dont dry from one Ramzan to the next .. so from Ramzan in 2007 to Ramzan in 2014 there is not much change , the veil is the same only the face behind the veil has changed and another child in this Muslim Madonnas lap.

Maybe shooting beggars might one day soon after I am dead and gone will become a Fine Art ..when we shoot beggars we shoot the husk of life devoid of humanity ,,

The beggar lost his humanity the day he sat on the wayside to beg , every coin adds to his shame , his deficiency his cosmic chaos ,,however in this case it is Misplaced Motherhood her tears her wares her goods ,, her child flesh of her flesh .. a pain nobody understood ,,

Ramzan Mubarak.. to all of you ,,

Ramzan Ka Chand Badliyon Main Chupa Tha

phir mudat bad

nazar aya ,garib

ne hath phailaya

khuda ne amir

ke ghar se garib

ke ghar khana

bhijwaya ..

lo ramzan mubarak aya

ramzan mubarak aya

Ramzan is hope for beggars , and Muslim beggars like this bountiful month , I remember a beggar lady once told me why cant Ramzan last forever ,, the values of Ramzan should last forever , charity piety devotion dedication ,,

But Ramzan time you will find cheats with tiffin boxes , tempos blaring for charity and guys in skull caps knocking your door for Chanda Donation.. there may be a few genuine souls but very few ,,

And I shot captured the holistic power of this Holy Month , and this picture was shot on the first day of Ramzan many years back but does it matter and Marziya is now 6 ..it is her sister Nerjis soon to be 3 who shoots Muslim Beggars of Bandra.

I have cut down on shooting the foodlanes of Bandra hence I clubbed all my Ramzan sets like a collection from 2007 to 2014....

Ramzan is about the glimmer in a beggars eye , give food ration to a poor Muslim family in the slums and you have added hope and a smile on the receivers face.

And the biggest irony is those Muslims Non Muslims rushing to gobble Ramzan delicacies at Minara Masjid and the beggars watching you greedily ,,,even left over food for them is a feast ,, and once I broke my fast with beggars with this food and realized that the fasting stomach is happy adjusted to whatever it gets ,, Rizak that is what the Muslims call it..

The Beggar considers Alms Barkat his efforts Rozi..

Bara Handi , Nali Nihari , and Korma Paya for you but the beggar is happy with whatever is thrown in his beggars bowl.

So shooting beggars in Ramzan is shooting God in disguise ,,

I maybe wrong you maybe right ,,,it all comes down to that hungry bite ,,