In Bandra Pizzas And Burgers Come Faster Than The Police And The Fire Brigade Bandra Times

The fire that took place last night at 7.45 at the Bandra Bazar Chips shop next to National Bakery and close to Clarence Gomes house has died down , the gutted shop is in shambles and I went ad shot pictures this morning ..I met Clarence Gomes too , he is upset that a guy on Twitter and Facebook is using his newspapers handle,, Bombay Times is registered Trade Mark..and Clarence as a social worker has done a lot for the Bandraites ..

My first Press Card was given to me by Clarence when the Bandra paper was called Bandra Samachar.. he rechristened it as Bandra Times and I was there at the launch with Fr Jude Mascrenhas of St Stanislaus.

It is with the Bandra Times Press card I shot the train bomb blasts and the bomb blast at Kabutar Khana I shot the Nasikh Kiumbh and many memorable events including Nag Panchami at Battis Shirala and the passing away of Late Mr Balasaheb Thackeray.

Bandra Times from Bandra Bazar Road has been a part of my 300000 blogs at Flickr.com.

Now I use my International Internet  Press Card

Her Husband Used To Drop Her At Bandra Hill Road To Beg..

This is what I was told by the caretaker of the Parsi Temple , and it was a very sad sight .And some time Muslim women  uneducated illiterate are married of early without their parents checking on the grooms antecedents and the next thing you know she has been married off to a lout..or an older man  as second wife ..

There are are so many cases and society just watches from afar ,,spreading Islam ins more important than removing the impediments that are bane of society..


And so I shoot the plight of Muslim beggars to bring their existence on the streets to the fore..

The Incomplete World Of The Muslim Beggar Child

The mother of this child used to bring her every Thursday and together they begged on Bandra Hill Road .

Than one day the beggar lady disappeared , for a few month and when she returned it was a brand new baby in her arms .. she told me the older child was left behind at her hometown in Andhra..

I felt sad as this new child was her third daughter , her husband she told me once was keen on a son,, she begged because he could not make ends meet.

And it is not my job to giver her a lecture or judge her I left it at that , our society is male dominated , if there was a woman  unlike the male Mullah , she could counsel her , sadly we have no such thing..if there is I am certainly not aware of it ..
In the Christian community , a woman can go to a nun and seek help instead of the male priest...but male Christian priest have no gender confusion with the people in their parish and help everyone ..

I have not seen it our side of the fence ,
We have rich philanthropists in the Muslim society and yet no one here in Bandra has build a institution like Fr Agnel ashram where Muslim poor youth can get vocational guidance and learn a trade .

Or empower the beggar Muslim lady in an institution where she can learn some trade stitching etc and her stuff bought by the community some thing on those lines ..but I am lost for words I am merely a photographer and not a social activist but I am sure you get my gist.

An I am happy at least we dont have mad fuckers who say Western Education is Bad.. God Save Us From  That Curse..

So I dont merely shoot pictures of beggars  to garner sympathy , or gain cookie points nor do I send my pictures for Salon Competition,, I know that the myopic Camera Club Judge would give one mocking insulting look and at the back of my beggar picture in a heavy hand inscribe 3 R ..which in camera club fucked slang means rejected by all three judges .

Fuck  F Stops and  Fuck Salon Photography .