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1 I do not interact with people on Whats Up Even if you give me your number I will NEVER call you I dont interact with people I dont know I will not share my number with you or my Email.
You can abuse me for what I shoot but your comments will never see the light of day ,, as I block you and than report abuse . I am a a hobbyist Photographer but I am not a Bawa I cannot solve your problems please ask from God directly I am not into Dua Tawiz though I shoot hazri possession exorcism occult both among Sufis and Tantrics and Aghoris .

 Whatever kind of Muslim I am...I dont need a character certificate from Wahabis Salafis Tablikis Jamatis and Barelvi and Ala Hazrat .

I am a Shia born Indian Muslim and will never convert to your fundamental ideas and spirituality ,,, I cannot and will be never be like you as I cannot change my upbringing and my multi culture interfaith and parentage .

I delete all comments in Urdu ..if you want to interact please use Hindi or English. Lastly my target audience of my images videos are my foreigner friends who are researching Sufism and Hinduism,...

I only shoot Shiasm during Moharam Ashura Chehlum Athvi in different cities of India, I dont shoot Moharam in Mumbai for personal reasons .

 As you dont read my profile before commenting do read this post ,,, My face is real my videos and images are real I am unlike you without a profile and no a single video on your You Tube timeline .

 Most important I strictly follow YouTube terms conditions I dont shoot porn but frontal nudity is visble in my Naga Sadhu documentary as the Naga Sadhus followers of Lord Shiva dont wear clothes ,, I have age restricted those videos ,, but it is all part of photo journalism I shoot I have a valid international Press Card ,,

I am a You Tuber and documentarist .

 Professionally I am a fashion stylist in Bollywood last 40 years .. I have designed for Govinda Salman Amitabh Bachchan sab Sanjay Dutt and many others . I have been designing for Mr Danny Denzongpa last 36 years and Mr Prem Chopra and Mr Shakti Kapoor ,

o please do not take me for a chapri uneducated Muslim.. So be civil be polite and most of all be human.. Before you change others do learn to change yourself into a better person..

Firoze Shakir Bandra Mumbai 5 March 2019

 I am on Twitter https://twitter.com/firozeshakir I am not on Facebook or Instagram

All my original content posts since 2005 are at Flickr though I joined Flickr in 2007 https://www.flickr.com/people/firozes...
  My posts are also on Blogspot ,,, Poetry Shiasm and Kumbh Melas https://firozeshakir.blogspot.com/ https://shahasthussain.blogspot.com/ https://firozekumbhmela.blogspot.com/


 I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. Khalil Gibran

Firoze Shakir 4 hours ago

An Ode to Craig Boehman Your camera needs no raincoat Once you enter the waters of JuhuBeach It will remain afloat Giving you company In a fisherman s boat Or evangelizing the Methi farmers in the rains That you dote The camera paints with light Adding a spectral coat

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Firoze Shakir 4 hours ago (edited)

Praying for another person to die. Outside Bhaba hospital Bandra He lies.. He will get a bed If another patient dies. The flesh in pain the soul Of this seriously sick person In deathly throes cries. Life is nothing but self sacrifice I shoot human blood sweat tears Through the indomitable spirit Of my cosmic camera eye Don't ask me why.. Death is the only Reality a loaded dice.. Every moment snatched from Eternity comes with a price Man is just a shadow in disguise Over the Cuckoos nest he rebels Flies... Leaving behind memories On frozen Ice. Dedicated to my subscribers followers Friends and we'll wishers The beggar poet... Following in the footsteps of Ali Hussain and Jesus Christ.. Sometimes being stupid Is far better than being wise

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Firoze Shakir 4 hours ago

Mukka Baba From Nagpur Tajuddin Baba Dargah At Haji Malang .. I have been shooting him for a very long time while I took his leave at the Dhuna a climb of 3.5 hours down Malangad Mountains he was kind enough to give me grapes apples .. I mostly met him at Ismail Shah Baba dargah Parel during Urus ,..

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Firoze Shakir 9 hours ago

The Old Monk of Bandra with the Old monk of Dharavi.

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Firoze Shakir 13 hours ago

Views on my @Flickr stream 4 March 2019  171338 Thanks

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Firoze Shakir 18 hours ago

Today I shot the MahaShivratri Maha Kali Puja close to Kumbharwada Dharavi. The people were curios seeing me dressed in my Sufi attire. #Hinduism

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Firoze Shakir 18 hours ago

I got a new Leather #camera jacket made for me at my friend Shaukat Bhais workshop at #Dharavi. Styled by me in Tan Nappa. Pockets for lenses and accessories.

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Firoze Shakir 19 hours ago

First time shot the Kumbharwada Dharavi Potter video

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Firoze Shakir 22 hours ago

The Mosquito Killers

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Mosquito killers of Bandra

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Firoze Shakir 1 day ago (edited)

Abdul Razzak Baba.. The Sufi monk who feeds a mixture of flour and sugar sprinkling it beneath the palm trees at Bandra Talao. Later he feeds biscuits to the fish in the pond. He is Chishti Qadri and is a follower of Holy Saint Makdhoom Shah Baba Mahim. He lives on rent close to Bandra reclamation. I love talking to him when I meet at the Talao or JJ Colony Bandra. Many a times I have seen him buy Water bottles for the poor and needy. So it is not just ants and fishes but he has compassion for human beings too. It's people like him that touch me and inspire me to be humble like them Religion has no meaning it it divides Humanity. Religion is service to God through Humanity. So what ever your religious background if you insult hate people all your Namaz can never save you.. The essence of Namaz is Humility to God and his creation.. This is my personal view and I respect every person.. It is only Faith that moves Mountains. I am nothing.. And through Nothingness God created me.. He had a purpose for me on Earth. And so my existence and my photography has a purpose.. To serve my Maker through Humanity.

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Firoze Shakir 1 day ago

12 Years Flickr Pro I joined @Flickr in June 2007 has been the greatest journey of my life I used #Flickr as my textbook to learn #photography ,,the person who inspired me the most was @thomashawk my lifes dream is to do a thesis on his work. @DonMacAskill has changed the face of Flickr forever

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Firoze Shakir 1 day ago

This is #Bandra Bazar an insult to Modijis vision of #SwacchBharat. Be it #Congress or #BJP Nothing changed Hon @Dev_Fadnavis Ji @CMOMaharashtra MS @poonam_mahajan MP #BMC I have posted over 200 videos on #YouTube but to no avail. https://t.co/vsXiIL2hJC

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Firoze Shakir 1 day ago (edited)

My Flickr Stats 3 March,,, Showcases Incredible India and Original Content Thank you all for your love and support ,,,without which it could not have been possible. https://www.flickr.com/photos/firozes...

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Firoze Shakir 1 day ago (edited)

Har Har Mahadev #MahaShivratri #Dadar Blessings to All #LordShiva https://t.co/eP8ATtmPT6 Due to unavoidable reasons I could not go to Varnasi to shoot the Naga sadhus MahaShivratri ShahiSnan . I am invited by my Aghori Guru Manikandan to shoot the Holi rituals at the crematorium. I will try to go.. I am chained like a dog to my Destiny.

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago

Tennis Monk of Bandra tennis under coach surendra pawar has changed me quite a bit a powerful back hand I can hit because of my leg injuries after a few games i watch others play while I sit .. my right hand is shaped like a cobras hood but the tennis ball says dont quit I am not into religious diatribe or partisan politics .. my destiny is a crest on a wave .. I am a storyteller maverick .. I stay the * fuc...away from pricks

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago

Returning from Mr #KRK Kamal Khan house. MHADA I have been styling his wardrobe more than 20 years. A great patron of my work. https://t.co/HarcK6ejaZ

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago (edited)

It was my Mother who made us what we are .. Living peacefully with Hindus Christians Jews Buddhists Parsis .. mutual coexistence tolerance .. respect for humanity on our hearts radar This was shot on our rozakushai .. my sister and me our first roza My mother Mohtarma Shamim Shakir was 14 year old when she married my father a Lucknowi who lived in Bombay early 50s he was a tailor by profession working for an English Couturier ..he had witnessed the explosion of the ship too. My mother belonged to an illustrious Syed family her father was late Daroga Nabban Sab descendant of poet Mir Anis sab. After the death of her father her late fathers first wife children moved away to Pakistan. My grandmother a staunch Lucknowi Nazmi Begum refused to take the train to Pakistan a widow with 4 children she preferred to live in penury making envelops for Chutan Printing Press Pata Nala Lucknow Imliwali gully ,, She bore the brunt during Sunni Shia riots but faced it all ,,, She was my teacher too.. My parents in the early years in Bombay lived in the fetid slums at Kurla till my dad got a room on rent from the family of doyen film actor late Nawab Kashmiri at Wodehouse road Colaba ,, It was the Nawab Sabs family descendants of Nawab Waji Ali Shah ..Shias that helped us educated me in a Private European School and changed our lives . From Wodehouse Road the new landlord shifted us to Neelam Breach Candy till my dad got his own house at Strand Cinema Colaba. My father passed away .. my mother took care of us ,,she died an untimely death due to diabetes .. We 4 brothers 3 sisters are products of their vision of peace ,,, My kid brother is in UK... So this is our story ,,, we never needed to hide behind an empty thumbnail.. We lead our lives .. Whether I am a Hindu Muslim should not bother you at all. I shoot Truth.. photography is not my source of income . I am a fashion stylist for Bollywood ..since 36 years .. Thank you all each one of you for your kind comments and respect for my mother I never consider her dead she lives within my soul and the souls of my siblings she guides us to take the right path and right decision.. I certainly would never attack a person because his faith is different from mine he has as much right to exist as I have ,, I refuse to believe in a God that created humanity and his followers kill suicide bomb others ,,The God I believe in the God of Peace and Brotherhood .. The God I believe in did not create Kafirs he created humans we call them kafirs , I alienate myself from bigots radicals and misguided Muslims and Mullahs . “Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think 'My life will be upside down' don't worry.... Shams Tabrizi

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago (edited)

Ghulam E Hussain.. My Kama Matam Ashura Mohaam Chennai TN

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago (edited)

https://vimeo.com/62771565 The Beggar Poet and his Shia Roots To Imam Hussain my humble tribute  blood sweat tears I shoot My Kama Matam Ashura Mohaam Chennai TN

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Firoze Shakir 2 days ago

Once upon a time ,,,

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Ode to a YouTubeTroll Mr Noor

You Tube Troller Sufi Shia hater Noor you seem to be misinformed you abuse me insult me on this platform as a Muslim you definitely need to reform. I know you were born in a sewer a gutter snipe a besharam nalayak Harami kutte ka pilla product of a faeces swamp a better act you need to perform I curse you a million times you Wahhabi Salafi serpent one day your bastion of hate by the Goodness of God will be stormed.. I have blocked you reported you.. Malang Hater a shitless body without from. you thought I will chicken out ..remain silent a thought you need to transform I am sure you cant read English as your mind your soul satanic deformed ... one day you will rot in a jail in a prisoners uniform... the words of my poem will keep you comfy and warm


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Besides Twitter the largest number of Venomous Trolls Shia Sufi Hindu hating trolls racists bigots are on You Tube .

posted at you tube community tab

They maybe hardcore Wahabbi Salafi or any other radical Muslim segment and they hate everyone who does not follow their ideology these serpents of radical thought ..they are perhaps paid by their handlers to attack people like me who respect all religiosity faith spirituality .

And all their comments I have reported as cyber bullying harassment and blocked them too as my comment box here is moderated  their comments wont ever see the light of day .. most of these trolls dont even have a video to their credit but You Tube needs them as they are the faceless subscribers .

I respect subscribers but if you are from the gang of trolls you are not my target audience ..

You cannot choke my voice but I have choked yours ,,,forever .

RIP You Tube Trolls Haters .

In the eyes of the beholder I am a Hindu too

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the hiding place of most of the bigots racists on the Internet after Twitter ..


my cultural inheritance
on the soul of my poetry
grew ..my religion is my
personal fiefdom from
your congregational
collusion's i withdrew
but hey i am what i am
i d be fu**d crazy to
be like you ,, no my
feet wont fit into your
 fu**d shoes ..

how i pray
why i pray
i dont need
your excuse
i am a malang
on the loose ,
held to eternity
by a noose
lost illusions
lost memories
no more drugs
'no more  booze
no more substance
abuse ..innocent
not guilty yet accused

With my late Naga Sadhu Guru Shri Vijay Giri Maharaj he died last November
he was a teacher Islamic scholar and very close to Sufi monks his favorite Dargah was Haji Malang ,..thanks to him I shot the Nasik Kumbh 2003  Mahakumbh Allahabad 2013  Nasik Kumbj 2015 and Ujjain Kumbh 2016.

He was a tantric too..we got along very well beyond our caste color or creed he dressed me up as a Sadhu to make sure I got the best images of the Kumbh without any problem...

Om Namo Narayan..

Documenting Sufi Monks of India And A Note on You Tube Trolls

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I began documenting Sufism from Dargah of Makhdhoom Shah Baba ,,and I chose the Rafaees who sat at the Mahim dhuni as my subject of observation ..

These were Rafaees who sit here every Urus of the Holy Saint and are from Chand Shah Wali Dargah Andheri East.

Their Murshad was late Sikandar Wali baba through him I discovered Haji Malang several other dargahs of Mumbai.

I visited Ajmer Sharif in 2005 thanks to Peersab Fakhru Miya Hujra no 6 I began documenting the Chishtiya Silsila ..I stayed at Peersabs house ..

It was in 2005 I met Syed Masoom Ali Baba Asqan Madari and Syed Rafiq Ali Baba Masoomi I began documenting them too..

I met late Noubat Ali Baba Jalali Malangs at Jalali Chowk Sola Khamba Ajmer I shot him till his death in 2017.


It was in 2011 I took bayt of the Malangs from Syed Masoom Ali Baba with a Belgian photographer and my documentation of the Malangs began  at Ajmer and Makanpur ..

My quest for Sufism was not my quest for spirituality it was the need of my camera and my love for photography ..and my photography was non commercial ... the camera was my main tool of education.. learning showcasing diverse faiths in India living in peace hope and harmony .

As my dress code was very colorful from the beginning being a Bollywood stylist I could easily fit in with the bawas monks etc..

I loved silver jewelry rare holistic sticks and I only wore turbans  it was part of the drama of my life ,..

I must mention and I hope You Tube management takes note that the You Tube trolls without faces or profile are nothing but dangerous cyber bullies who attack your posts because it goes against their own religiosity or narrow mindedness .

If I could I would block commenting here but I moderate the comments most abusive vulgar and inappropriate I simply report and block..so I have the last laugh .. all your hate I dissolve without it ever seeing the light of day.

Whether I am a Shia Sufi its none of your business ..I  live in India and Hinduism is my cultural inheritance and I m a born Indian proud of my country and my roots .

So I hope You Tube makes it mandatory to get rid of these abusers trolls haters bigots ..

Or please close down this community forum.. of goodwill and exchange .


I too can abuse but I wont as it would reflect disgracefully on my parentage and my upbringing..and my seniority and my Indianness .

That is one reason my You Tube comment box has been completely disabled it has no place for your ignorance your lack of etiquette ..and your madrsa type one track mind of hating Shias Sufis and Hindus ..


We seek from God the ability (to have) good manners,*
(For) the one lacking good manners is deprived of the grace of the Lord.
The one lacking good manners doesn't keep himself (in a) foul
(state)alone, But he sets fire to every region (of the world).  Rumi
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