Thursday, July 9, 2009

Peersaab at the Mehfil on Eve of Chatti

The Mehfil on the Terrace of Peersaabs house was to commemorate the eve of Chatti.. a very important day for the Sabri Sufi sect..paying allegiance to the Holy Saint Khwajah Gharib Nawaz Moinuddin Chishty al Sabri.

As I was leaving the following morning , this was the eve of my departure from Ajmer Sgarif, I was to catch the Aravalli Express at 11 am, I had come to Ajmer bare feet, I had stopped all my insulin intake and diabetic medicine, I had raw fresh wounds on my feet.

I shot this event and the highlight was the dancing dervesh of Ajmer , whirling kaif that they performed on the beats of the qawwals..I went into kaif too..

I aborted this segment to go and get my tired feet massaged at Moti Katla and shot the hijras and the rafaees ..I shot 3 cards of 4 GB each..in this short while.

I had arrived on 28 June 2009. 8 pm . and left Ajmer on 30 June 2009 11 am.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ghulam E Ali- 13 Rajjab - (Imam Ali's Birthday)

Yesterday the Shia community ion Mumbai celebrated 13 Rajjab , a month on which Hazrat Alis birthday falls, he is also known as Imam Ali and was born in the holy precincts of the holy Kaaba.

This is one great and awesome day, every house has a event called Nazar, Kheer and Channa , is served , ours was a very grand affair, we had Zam Zam Pilav, a mixture of nine type of ingredients including chicken, this was a ladies function, so my computer was out of bounds..

I shot pictures of the table display..and tasted the kheer which was absolutely delicious..
At Kaisar Bagh there was a procession commemorating the same I did not go, I had to baby sit Marziya at my shop.

I will post the pictures after I finish my Ajmer lot of this series.

My computer is giving me a lot of trouble as mentioned earlier, because of some virus intrusion I think..

This is merely an Introduction to 13 Rajjab at my house..

I also shot a few pictures of 13 Rajjab at my computer tech Ashiq's house .

yeh din ali ka hai
yeh shaam , shaam e ali
meri har saans he banaam e ali
fakhr se jhum jhum jata hoon
jab khaey koie mujhe Ghulam E Ali.

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Mehfil at Char Yar- 12 GB Card

Kapil Agarwal has a mehfil at his stall every year during the Urus as I was shot of time ,.only a single day , I could barely do justice, my legs were stretched wide , one at Moti Katla with Hijras the others at Char Yar with the Rafaees Bawas and Malangs.

I shot like crazy, a 12 GB card .. and still had a 16 GB card on me unused..

In the older days before the digital era I carried two cameras thye Nikon F90X and the Nikon F 100 ..shot color slides , color roll and B/W.

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Mehfil at Char Yar The Hijra Guru- My Computer Woes

I am unable to browse for long , my computer crashed this morning, and there is nothing much I can do, my son has put it up together but it is temporary..I am more keen on uploading my Ajmer pictures before I format it..

When I upload the Hijra pictures I have an added task as I cross the same to my Hijdaeunuchblogs at Word Press .
And this card has the maximum number of Hijra pictures , including a Hijra Sandal.. that I shot from Babloo Dancers room at Moti Katla..
It gets quite tiring as I type with one finger.

So please bear with me ...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Legless Man of Char Yar

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The Hijra Cleavage

two little birds
captive in a cage
held in the harrowing hell
of a hijra cleavage
sensuously serenading
my wet page
drawing attention
to be upstage
androgynous anomaly
in a poetic image
overflowing fluidity
from a hijra ribcase

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Hijras are Beautiful Too !

tiful Too !

flesh soul
hopes dreams
made like you
their lives
through my
pictures to review
tears of a hijra
held on the palm of god
like a drop of dew
at the doorsteps of Paradise
while religious heads
stand in a queue
hijras are human
a thought that's very true

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