And they disappeared after being part of the Bandra Talao for 40 years , these humble guys who insisted that they be called Ear Doctors ..and not Kan Saf Karnewala ,, or Ear Cleaners ,, and they cleaned the wax from the dark sewers of your ears ..
Is someone had a ear problem he came and had it rectified with this Doctor ..and he worked silently with precision and not like some barbers who went on blabbering and drove you crazy talking about the Beef Ban of 2015 The Mutton Ban 2016 the Chicken ban of 2017 and how the BJP Shivsena lost the Civic elections in Mumbai and how a re surged Congress under Priyanka Gandhi came back int power ..leaving some BJP motormouth sulking about 20 years of its aborted rule in Maharashtra..
The Ear Cleaners never hassled you with all this gibberish , they just wanted their Beef back and they placed several Hazris at the Holy Shrine of Gulbarga their hometown.. every time they came here to tend their fields , they were originally farmers and decided not to commit suicide , they wanted a breathtaking path-breaking profession they became Ear Doctors in Mumbai at this old iconic pond called Bandra Talao.
Than came the renovation , they tried to fight back but the warlords in the Municipality wanted the Marathi Manoos to take up ear cleaning but the Mumbai Marathi Manoos was happy being a cop.. or a Dabbawala .
So the earcleaners of Bandra Talao Nabi Kassim two Muslims working with their Hindu friend a boy called Raju , they had taught him this Art when they found out that he had run away from home was wandering the streets he wanted to work as Salman Khans driver , he knew a bit of driving ,, rest he would learn he had thought .. but as there were those days so many drivers wanting to take up this challenging job ,, he became a Ear Doctor .
And I remember the opening of the new Bandra Talao by Gen VK Singh and our local representatives made sure the presstituts of paid media and specially Times Now was kept at bay ,, Oh it was a grand opening ,,and I believe the ear cleaners watched from afar ..wit tears in their eyes .. they had lost their only hope and place of work to changing timre and tide .
Nowadays the Bandra Talao renovated has taken the place of Azad Maidan and every new protest starts from here ,, the pigeons too have disappeared ,,they are now being fed by Mr Salim Khan at Bandstand the pigeon feeder got a job thanks to Being Human through Salman Khan.
So if your childrens childrens children ever want to know about migrant Ear Doctors ,, check out their history on You Tube shot by a beggar poet of Swach Bandra .
Ps Now I shall go for my morning walk...to refresh reboot my sense of imagination and pictorial poetry ..
video
