Eid Al Adha Namaz 2015 Bandra Station Road

I left home early , to shoot the Eid Al Adha Namaz at Bandra Station paying respect to the garbage littered on the roads paying respect to the Bandra Police and their excellent Bandobast..I also paid respect to the few goats that looked at me enviously , waiting in a transit lounge hoping to catch the next flight to the Maker ,,..with a little help from the local butcher the only person in most demand in Bandra today tomorrow and day-after ..;lol

I walked to the Bandra station via the Skywalk as I was early I met ACP Sanjay Kadam sab the only police officer who is trim and fit not an inch extra on his body , we have known each other since a long time ,,when he and Mr Ahmed Javed Sab policed Girgaum Chopatty during the Ganesh visarjan almost 15 years back or more ,,much before Ahmed Javed Sab  became the  current CP of Mumbai Police .

The police were not allowing us to shoot from the skywalk but than they relented knowing that we were serious photographers and there were senior photo journalists too.

I shot less unlike past eids but   I did shoot a video.. after the Namaz I was surprised there were very few beggars I cut across Shastri Nagar slums and Bandra Slaughter house compound ,,

Before I reached home I told Mohomed Ali Bhai the owner of Mastan the wise goat to call me when he slaughters Mastan.. I have been very close to Mastan.. I want to shoot his last video before he shuts his eyes ,, appeasing the soul of Humanity ,

This is a long series ,, my new series at Flickr.com

Happy Eid Al Adha from the Beggar Poet of Bandra ..

Eid Mubarak.. Said The Cop You Look Like An Antique Photographer

This morning dressed in my black Malang attire barefeet press card round my neck I went to shoot the Eid Ul Fitr Namaz at Station Road outside the Station Road Sunni Masjid I have been shooting both the eid namaz here for over 15 years ,,

I was greeted by a friendly cop, he thought I looked like an antique photographer I smiled and told him I shoot antique pictures too..I shot from the skywalk and from below .

The reason I dont wear slippers on Eid is because right below me the people are praying and it is not right for me to disrespect them , same while shooting below ,,

I shot video and stills .. met some old photographer friends Pradip Dhivar, Satish Malvade Dada from Sahara.. than shot the eid hugging pictures and finally a lot of beggars and walked homewards through the Shastri Nagar Slums and slaughter house slum..begged for a few minutes on the road with my beggar friend with elephantiasis .

I also shot a new beggar from Andheri Babloo with a huge monstrous elephant arm.I shot his video too,...

I will upload this new set in some time now ,,