Posted at Facebook
I thank those who sent me friend request normally I hesitate to add people I dont know and read this carefully you add me without reading my profile but than I am more than the pictures I shoot .
I am not just a Shia or just a Muslim I am the Religion I shoot and my photography is not to generate money or goodwill .
I am a 65 year old man I am as sensitive as opinionated as you are I dont socialize I dont use social media I have no vested interest I have a humble request to all of you if my pictures hurt your sense sensibility please Unfollow Me .
I cannot have your vision your thinking your parentage I shoot what I like your preference is not the criteria of my shooting a certain subject people on Facebook most of them are overzealous more about their Faith than Humanity .
That is why I go into a Rehab I have deactivated Facebook many times to tell myself I can live without Facebook it does not govern me I am proud of my roots my bloodletting I would never sell my soul to get a Blue Tick mark here on Facebook or on Twitter .
I dont interact much I dont comment I dont use the Facebook Like button I try not to tag people but Khalid Babu Qureshi bhai is a close friend I am his fan and have known him since his school days so I added all his friends without deleting a single request ..and I am not into politics or Party for me your political views dont bother me .. but if you ridicule people s religion that I shoot I will block you without giving reason.
At my age I can live without friends ..friends that can be harmful or injurious to my spirituality .. my spirituality is my own my personal prerogative so it should not divert you from your goal of Life .
I shoot India only India I live in India I breathe India I shoot the vivid tapestry of all Faith that makes this beautiful weft and warp of India .
When I shoot Hinduism I dont go dressed in a skull cap I have never worn a skull cap so I wear turbans ..
When I shoot Sufism I shoot it in a Malang or Qalandari attire .
When I shoot Shiasm a Shiasm I inherited not from the Musllah but in my mothers womb I wear stark black ..
I am not a congregational man at all I live life on my own terms ,,
I will exit Facebook the day I feel choked and suffocated .
Perhaps the real me is a chimerical apparition wandering at Flickr with over 450000 images shot since June 2007 .
Or I am on You Tube among my videos 3250 that I began shooting two years back.. with over 8 million views .
I dont know video editing but I shoot raw emotions .
I do not like posting pictures as Facebook and if I post too many Flickr links Facebook suspends me as Spam.
I thought those who added me newly should know a little bit about me .
I need a picture to post my poems or my thoughts ,,
This is my favorite picture ..I stole his soul ,,,but despite his Tantric power he could not steal my Soul.
Today is First Moharam in a few days I will leave to shoot Moharam Ashura in Chennai after a gap of 7 years .
Happy Morning From Bandra
