After I had shot the Bandra Talao from the Station end I walked through a narrow lane that connects to Bandra SV Road I met my friend Nusrat an embroider chatted with him and than moved to meet Nabi the Ear Cleaner .
He was grumbling as his clientele has reduced because it is very hot in the daytime, and so I sat with him got my ears cleaned for RS 20 .. seeing me having my ears cleaned and video shooting it myself a few other people wanted to get their ears cleaned and I was wearing my shorts and tshirt as it is crazy wearing a turban etc and dressing in my normal attire .. the kid who wanted to clean his ear had seen me in a film so he was surprised seeing an actor having his ears cleaned sitting on a piece of rock ,,
About Nabi the ear cleaner he has been cleaning ears for 40 years and his future is dark and grim after the renovation of the Bandra Talao they might be evicted from here ..
He is from Gulbarga and he has a farm back home , his family takes care of it , he has 3 daughters and 4 sons ..
Here in Mumbai he lives on rent at Bharat Nagar slums Bandra East.. he comes to the Talao in the morning , he brings his lunch and he leaves the Talao taking the 215 bus that drops him home in the evening .
He is a very simple man and was praising Mr Narayan Rane , he felt that if Mr Narayan Rane won the Bandra East Elections the Beef Ban would go.. and the Muslims will see better day ,, I listened to him without refuting him at all, after all it is his dreams and he has a right to Good Days in his Dreams.. and now that Progress and Development has been shelved In Maharashtra we have to wait for the other bans Mutton Ban Chicken Ban and for the Christians Pork Ban..
And the hyperbolic Sab Ka Sath Sab Ka Vikas and Swach Bharat have served their purpose so back to square one ..
And I shot 3 videos of Nabi and promised to give him some pictures I shot of him for his family when he leaves for his hometown.
