The Greatest Humble Matamdar of Hussain -Ali Shah Bhai of Mumbai

Before entering Imamwada from the JJ end you had to pass this iconic sabil and invariably you would find Ali Shah bhai with his friends brothers preparing Niyaz and when he saw me , he would ask me to come in , and thus we chatted , he was a true Maulaiee , and he respected others who were lovers of Imam Ali like him , he mostly hung around with Jalal Mamu and all the Shia kids wanted to do matam like them.. both were devout passionate about Ghame Hussain,.

I had not met Ali Shah Bhai for a very long time but I  knew he was not well and he suffered his fate in silence ,, I can never forget him I spent some great times with him at Jaorah Hussain Tekri.. and this is another memory within the memory of Moharam in Mumbai 2009.

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Ali Shah Bhai.. Is Now A Memory Within A Memory

This was shot in 2009 Moharam in Mumbai  and I met Ali Shah Bhai this was his Sabil close to JJ Hospital and his family house , he offered me niyaz , his hospitality was sincere from the heart and he liked me though he was low profile never liked to be photographed but I was lucky I shot his pictures and these are memories woven within memories of Moharam..and I shot sets and storyboards ..I wanted my pictures to be seen as such , and this morning I had to go to town to help a dear friend buy a camera , he needed my advice so I took him to Reliable stores and after he had bought the camera I spent sometime at my camera club PSI.
From there I headed to Imamwada to pay my respect to late Ali Shah bhais brothers and family , but I met another friend Guddu near Moghul Masjid and he said the entire family is at Yari Road at Ali Shah Bhais house ,,
And there is his Teeja Majlis  tomorrow 11 October at Moghul Masjid ,, at 3 pm I think.. one needs to confirm before going .

So I returned home disappointed..and started searching for Ali Shah Bhais pictures in my Flickr archives till I found this old memory...within my own memory .