The Ear Cleaners of Bandra Talao

I Get My Ears Cleaned Before The Ear Cleaners Of Bandra Talao Disappear

And he kept asking me Sir when is your American friend Alex coming to Mumbai to get his ears cleaned ,..I told him my friends bucket list is spilling over ..he has started running on the streets of LA at 5 am to become lithe and lean.. when he comes to Bandra Talao he will look like a lad of seventeen...with a glittering face and sheen..to come and have his ears cleaned he is very keen..he will take your pictures too ,,,you know what i mean .he asked me one last question will he have a turban  big rings like you or will he be wearing jeans ,, i looked stumped bewildered ..i wish i could more explicitly describe this scene ,,and than i remembered to text my american friend to take anti dengue anti swine flu anti humor vaccine ..

The Ear Cleaners Of Bandra Talao

probing deep
into the cavernous
tunnel of the ear
he digs out dirt
like magic on the
 sweltering
cotton swab
of his tiny spear
reluctantly it appears
than he pumps
water from a
nozzle into
the aggrieved ear
the endless flapping
of the begging pigeons
is what you hear
ear cleaning is akin
to oral sex aphoristically
a climax that draws near
as he pushes his tiny
instrument into the
orifice in third gear
for just rs 20 ..sleigh
of hand into his
pocket it disappears
madness of the moment
sitting at the iconic
bandra talao without
shame or fear .ubiquitous
kan safai wala ..a healer
a roadside seer ..blood
sweat and tears ..

The Ear Cleaners Of Bandra Talao

There are three of them , but this man  finds me a blessing in disguise , whenever I come this side I let him earn his money cleaning my ears , a typical Mumbai pastime .I pay him Rs 20..

This was shot by a guy at the Talao.. but the rest of the pictures of my ear cleaning were shot by me precariously holding the camera in one hand..

Nerjis was excited feeding the pigeons and shooting the urchins ,,