RIP Coach Alex Vaz ex FIFA Referee ex Holy Name High School

Mr Alex  Vaz was our PT Teacher at my Alma Mater Holy Name High School Fort early 70 s.
He was a strict disciplinarian.. but was fun too jovial and would treat us with love and respect .
He groomed a lot of football players Roland was one of them..
I was not much into sports and did not partake in any one of them..I loved books and stood first in my class ..but sports games was no my cup of tea.

I am giving you excerpts from Midday ,, Mr Alex Vaz passed away yesterday he was ex FIFA Referee and FIFA referee instructor ,,he was 84 ..once connected to Holy Name High School and St Alexander girls school.
He is survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters ..
May his soul RIP..
This photo was shot during the Platinum celebrations at our school..which I attended with my best friend hotelier Mr Ramesh Mulchandani and Dennis Fernandes SA  Ram Parsani..
He will surely be missed .
Our Principal those days was Late Fr FX Fernandes lovingly called BOZO

My Humble Father in Law Abbas Bhai RIP

Mr Abbas Qasim Qazalbash passed away in the morning at Lucknow .His father was Dr Matin Qazilbash of Banjari Tola Lucknow.
His forefathers were of Iranian descent and his wife Wassim s family were from Siwan Bihar settled at Kashmiri Mohalla Lucknow ..her father was known as Zakir Salwati and Bul Bul.
That Abbas bhai gave me the hand of his eldest daughter to me means a lot my salary was just Rs 750.
Later it hit him hard that I was an alcoholic and drug user but he prayed for me ..and I finally did give up both booze and hash .
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He has always treated me like his son.. he was undergoing treatment for terminal tuberculosis.
My son Asif is leaving for the funeral..by the noon flight.
Abbas bhai leaves behind his doting wife Wassim his son Arif and daughters Afshan Arjuman and Huma and extended famines grandchildren.

Ali Sha Bhai ,, Farewell ,,,

This Moharam ..
a void on the streets of Mumbai
in our hearts you will dwell you kept
the covenant of Hussain alive when
you scourged you were possessed of
a titanic strength ..a magical spell
Hussain Hussain you shouted you
yelled ..breaking open a 1400 year
old pain lying buried in a shell,.
blood sweat tears the fragrance of
rose water the ambiance the smell
through the poetry of my pictures there
is so much i could tell ..i wish you well
now among the martyrs you go to dwell
against the yazids you revolted rebelled
children who saw you when they become
grandparents your story to their children
they will tell.. lanatul yazid may he rot in hell

RIP Alisha Bhai The Streets of JJ Will Never Be The Same This Moharam Or Other Moharams To Come ,, You Will Be Terribly Missed

I Am A Hardcore Fan Of Ali Shah Greatest Matamdar of Mumbai...


Ali Shah is famous all over the Shia world for his Zanjir matam ..everyone in the Shia community wants to emulate his expression of bleeding Faith...his piety his devotion his love for Ahle Bayt.

In my entire life I am 62 years old and the man who instilled in me the feelings of love piety dedication of Imam Hussain is Ali Shah Bhai .. he was the only Shia in Mumbai whose love was pure , pristine and with no restrictions .
And there are Shia kids he has inspired with his humility ,and he inspired me too I wish more Shias in Mumbai were like him but the few I met were no less than bully's racists and with no respect for a persons age or seniority ..they take Hussains name on one side and abuse people of their community on the other side and sadly for them their Moharam lasts till Moharam ..in my case Moharam will perhaps end the day I die and my body given to Medicine .. I do not wish to be buried in a Shia cemetery I want to give my body parts to those who I shot the blind the cripple and the diseased and I certainly dont want 72 vestal virgins here or in the hereafter .


Ali Shah Bhai I have not met for many years now I stopped taking part or shooting Moharam in Mumbai .completely as there is rabid lot that think they are custodians of Shiasm and representatives of Imam Hussain on earth and want to call the shots ,, I have seen a lot

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So the only thing I really miss about Mumbai Moharam is Ali Shah Bhai and Jalal Mamu.. I remember I could not get a ticket to go to Chehlum in Hyderabad ..I had to stay back in Mumbai ,, I went up to my terrace using my dagger I began cutting my head ,..this was my Chehlum.,,, alone me and my inner self ..
I try to find out about Ali Shah Sabs health .. he has been the finest role model to all of us ..and seeing him doing Zanjir matam at Hussain Tekri I too took a Kashmiri mans dagger and cut myself..and wherever I go out of Mumbai everyone asks me about this great matamdar Ali Shah Bhai..once he begins scourging himself even 30 people cannot stop him..


Yes today we need more Ali Shahs .. than the so called Shias who are Shias only in name and terrorizing people that cannot and will not be like them..
This is my humble tribute to Ali Shah Bhai..may he live long and may he always prosper and be a role model for every Shia ..

I remember when my Danish friend Kim saw Ali Shah bhai scourging he was filled with tears ,,, and asked me do such people exist..
Moharam for us is protest against the killers of Imam Hussain .. and the progeny of Yazid is much alive call them what you want the ISIS is the product of a Yazidi seminal seed ...so we protest we bleed ..peace hope humanity is what we need ..luckily we are not part of yazids breed ,,the butcher of karbala lust and greed even in death all diseased.

The Last Journey of Dr Chandrakant Chandra Prakash Srivastav of Bandra Bazar Road

I knew Dr Chandrakant and his brothers as I stayed at Kamla Bai Sadam opposite the clinic.. and Dr Chandrakant had just had a bypass surgery and  was doing well I had seen him at an Arti a few days back at the Sai Baba Temple..

And this morning I was informed he had a cardiac arrest at his clinic and breathed his last but  there was another tragedy in his family his  mother had died a few days back , his brothers were at Hardwar . to immerse their mothers ashes ..and now their brother Dr Chandrakant had passed away in their absence.

May God give his family the strength to bear this double loss
May his Mothers Soul his Soul Rest In Peace .. Om Shanti Om