Ramzan Mubarak Aya , Ramzan Mubarak Aya

The happiest people during Ramzan are the beggars not just Muslim beggars but Non Muslims too , and this is the month that the beggar says ,, Bhar De Jholi Meri Ya Mohamed Tere Ghar Se Na Junga Khali... Oh Mohomed Fill My Life With Hope I Wont Go Empty Handed From Your Bounty ,,

Beggars also fast but they also beg..and you will see hordes of them outside Mosques Dargahs ,, and they get alms the entire Holy Month , the most Pious month a Month where Love is replaces Animosity ..But one thing never ends Muslims will be bombing killing Mulims also during Ramzan .. the persecution of the minorities , the suicide bombers will all be active ,,beheading , and this is the flip side that hardly anyone talks about and I hope this Ramzan the accursed Boko Haram release the school girls in the Name Of Allah..

So Ramzan means a lot of things from one Muslim to another , but it is a month that everyone remembers Allah..from early morning at Sairi till Iftar .

Ramzan is not just shooting food and the foodlanes of Mumbai , malpuas , kebabs but those faces hungry looking at you eating the food with hunger like fire in their eyes at Minara Masjid .

I stopped shooting foodlanes ,, It shamed the beggar in me .


And this was an old post , blank I have added my angst and my poetic pathos ,,I will see that both Nerjis Marziya shoot Ramzan Mubarak  .. the vacuous eyes of the beggar child in her mothers lap.

Here I must add I used to visit Falkland Road and the Muslim transgender stopped all commercial activities fasted read the Holy Scriptures ,, and next door the Hindu transgender invoked Lord Ganesha ,, this was mutual co existence.

In Bollywood Hindu producers .. make arrangements for breaking fast for their Muslim staff crew and actors ,, and the Spirit of Ramzan prevails as Peace Hope and Humanity .

Ramzan Ka Chand Badliyon Main Chupa Tha

phir mudat bad

nazar aya ,garib

ne hath phailaya

khuda ne amir

ke ghar se garib

ke ghar khana

bhijwaya ..

lo ramzan mubarak aya

ramzan mubarak aya

Ramzan is hope for beggars , and Muslim beggars like this bountiful month , I remember a beggar lady once told me why cant Ramzan last forever ,, the values of Ramzan should last forever , charity piety devotion dedication ,,

But Ramzan time you will find cheats with tiffin boxes , tempos blaring for charity and guys in skull caps knocking your door for Chanda Donation.. there may be a few genuine souls but very few ,,

And I shot captured the holistic power of this Holy Month , and this picture was shot on the first day of Ramzan many years back but does it matter and Marziya is now 6 ..it is her sister Nerjis soon to be 3 who shoots Muslim Beggars of Bandra.

I have cut down on shooting the foodlanes of Bandra hence I clubbed all my Ramzan sets like a collection from 2007 to 2014....

Ramzan is about the glimmer in a beggars eye , give food ration to a poor Muslim family in the slums and you have added hope and a smile on the receivers face.

And the biggest irony is those Muslims Non Muslims rushing to gobble Ramzan delicacies at Minara Masjid and the beggars watching you greedily ,,,even left over food for them is a feast ,, and once I broke my fast with beggars with this food and realized that the fasting stomach is happy adjusted to whatever it gets ,, Rizak that is what the Muslims call it..

The Beggar considers Alms Barkat his efforts Rozi..

Bara Handi , Nali Nihari , and Korma Paya for you but the beggar is happy with whatever is thrown in his beggars bowl.

So shooting beggars in Ramzan is shooting God in disguise ,,

I maybe wrong you maybe right ,,,it all comes down to that hungry bite ,,