Photography Is Strictly Restricted From Here

Photography Is Strictly Restricted From Here, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The Over Zealousness of the Mumbai Police

The Over Zealousness of the Mumbai Police, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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I have great respect for the Mumbai Police and yet they baffle me at times , our Police is the best but yet they startle me if they cannot recognize a photographer with a Press card from a criminal or a terrorist.By reading a persons body language the cops know the veracity or untruth of a person such is the astounding perception of the Mumbai Police .

And of 1 lac 37000 pictures posted on the Internet of Indian cultures feasts festivals I have always included the Police as part of the reality and the safety of our lives and when I am told not to shoot the food lane from JJ Bridge by the cops after showing them my Pres card it hits me in the guts as a person who is showcasing Ramzan and above all Hindu Muslim amity by shooting Hindu feasts as passionately as my own Muslim feasts.

I mean I am not even dressed like I normally do, yet I am treated like a leper by the Mumbai Police I have in most of my photo blogs of Lal Bagh Cha Raja that I shoot barefeet and my Ramzan fast shoot the cops and their task they do with exemplary skill and humanness..

And so requesting to shoot two or three frames of the food lane next to Minara Masjid and told rudely to move away gets on my goat as a law abiding citizen and blogger.


I understand security risk,but they can frisk me before allowing me to take a shot and they could talk to their Senior Police officer on their mobile but no such luck because I am a blogger not a photojournalist from Times of India DNA or Hindustan Times.


Most of the times the grassroot cop would be confused if I told him I was a Blogger .

Luckily at Bandra thanks to my visibility shooting the events here social political religious the cops all know me including Senior Inspector Mr Prakash George..

And I do all this without money without any sponsor I show you India that I have visited and shot or Mumbai its ethos its effervescence through street pictures .

I think photography too should be a compulsory subject to be taught to the police to make them feel what hardships we undergo to shoot pictures post it on the net.

I even offered my services free of charge to the BKC cyber cell if they ever needed my help regarding the Nigerian Scam I have written intensively with a collection of Scam letters all at my Flickr photo steam.


i think if the top cop reads this he should tell his juniors to give us some respect as we give them too on the roads.

And I have yet to meet a Mumbai Police officer who is a blogger as prolific as I am....

But this will happen when the cop is told there is a lot of difference between a blogger and a criminal..

So I shot this picture through my cab to register my protest as a citizen of India and as a Mumbaikar.

And I dont sell my pictures nor am I monetizing my Flickr stream through Google Ad Sense

And one day after another 50 years websites instead of charging us for blogging will pay us too including Google Search who survives on our content and images unfortunately i wont be alive at that time.

So I have made my two year old grand daughter Marziya Shakir the favorite of Bandra Police a photo blogger with her own Press Card ..

And I hope they dont stop her when she raises the lens to shoot her favorite Uncle Mr Prakash George Senior Inspector Bandra Police Station Hill Road.

And I shoot for people who have now migrated and yet miss Mumbai I post my pictures and let them revive their memories of this beloved city Mumbai the heart beat of India..
I share a message I received from a Facebook friend..


K H August 18 at 4:32pm

Salaam Alaikum Firoze Bhai,
Can you post some pictures of Ramadan, specially from Minara Masjid, Bhindi Bazaar and other part of Mumbai...
I am missing it...
Thank you

Some More Tears On The Soul Of Islam

Some More Tears On The Soul Of Islam, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Ramzan

a month of piety
forgiveness
a month
of spiritual calm
in the name
of hate a few
tarnish
the soul of Islam
tears on the soul
of a bleeding Ramzan
Muslims love killing Muslims
60 soldiers dead in Iraq
a single human bomb
a eunuch silence prevails
as we helplessly
watch this sitcom
this was not the Message
of the Holy Prophet
Ahle Bayt or the Imams
misguided jehad
misplaced martyrdom
a new message on
the soul of terrorism
embalmed
our fate line shudders
on the mound
of our palm

Shias of Mumbai 21 Ramzan

Shias of Mumbai 21 Ramzan, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Capturing the angst blood sweat and tears on the soul of Man..pertaining to my faith as an Indian Shia Muslim

Documenting the Soul of Shia Faith and Humanity barefeet in Mumbai..

The Shia community knows about Ghame Hussain , their expression of grief my Maksade Hussain is to show through pictures the pain , our symboli...sm embedded in blood and without hurting any one my target audience has always been the non Shia, my foreigner and Hindu friends..I dont proselytize my faith I simply as a blogger show you the indomitable spirit of a peaceful community that has used Moharam as an instrument of peace against oppression and terrorism of mankind..

Strangely the Wahabbis the Ahle Hadees get upset seeing our blood shedding but condone the killings of innocent people in the name of misplaced Jehhad..

I am shocked at the eunuch silence , the Darool Uloom now states that suicide bombings and killings are anti terrorism..
Was the killing of Imam Ali and Imam Hussain not anti Islam..

I am not a Mullah I respect humanity I respect Faith but will not kiss ass the views and the justification of people who trarget our religiosity..

We are the only community that has fought against terrorism of Man for over 1400 years..

Now if you get upset at this album , dont view it , if you thing its in bad taste remove me from your friends list I cannot change my parentage or my ancestry or my Indianness to suit your morphed views and rancid opinion..

Thanks

Marathi Manoos And the Bhaiyya

Marathi Manoos And the Bhaiyya, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Flag This, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Selling flags is nothing but making money for the person that runs this industry , and I dont know what is his stake , all this has not been part of my curiosity, I shoot the streets and this subject of kids selling our flags falls under the purview of street photography.

Most of the kids I shot I never saw them again , and I shot them with a passion , and this was a day they sold flags instead of their standard begging at street signals.

A family matriarch near my workplace makes thread umbrellas with wire and the kids sell this too, the brooches she has in her hand are much sought by people that display them on their chests live freedom fighters medals..

People get upset with this flag selling mania justifiably so as after the Independence day gets over you find the national flags honor disrespected lying on the road in gutter and trampled upon this hurts all of us.This is the flip side of flag selling..


But flags are as much part of this day as the patriotic songs that are played on the streets.

And an imaginary wish if the Independence was celebrated every day these kids would be selling flags and not begging as they normally do, this a poets dream as much as mine as yours..

And I have got up for my 8 roza or fast of Ramzan think I have lost count..

In our house the breaking of the fast s the greatest moment for my grand daughter Marziya , she thinks she is breaking fast too...

And I am adding description tittle to these pictures shot a few days back.

I have a new lot of pictures I shot of Minara Masjid and Bohri Mohalla , I shot the Ganesha workshops with Marziya who has shot about a dozen or more pictures of the artisans herself on my Nikon D80 and it will be one hell of a problem to find out what she shot or I shot we shoot almost identically though her perspective is much lower than mine.

And the Lord lives in the third eye of her soul ...she does not need a camera to shoot pictures ..


And she is now as cool as a cucumber not shy and shoots with confidence impossible for a two and a half year child.

And she is a gifted child born to Flickr...3 months away from her third birthday.

And I thank all of you for your love comments at Facebook for Marziya Shakir Pro...

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Flag This, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

138,185 items / 1,070,742 views


Selling flags is nothing but making money for the person that runs this industry , and I dont know what is his stake , all this has not been part of my curiosity, I shoot the streets and this subject of kids selling our flags falls under the purview of street photography.

Most of the kids I shot I never saw them again , and I shot them with a passion , and this was a day they sold flags instead of their standard begging at street signals.

A family matriarch near my workplace makes thread umbrellas with wire and the kids sell this too, the brooches she has in her hand are much sought by people that display them on their chests live freedom fighters medals..

People get upset with this flag selling mania justifiably so as after the Independence day gets over you find the national flags honor disrespected lying on the road in gutter and trampled upon this hurts all of us.This is the flip side of flag selling..


But flags are as much part of this day as the patriotic songs that are played on the streets.

And an imaginary wish if the Independence was celebrated every day these kids would be selling flags and not begging as they normally do, this a poets dream as much as mine as yours..

And I have got up for my 8 roza or fast of Ramzan think I have lost count..

In our house the breaking of the fast s the greatest moment for my grand daughter Marziya , she thinks she is breaking fast too...

And I am adding description tittle to these pictures shot a few days back.

I have a new lot of pictures I shot of Minara Masjid and Bohri Mohalla , I shot the Ganesha workshops with Marziya who has shot about a dozen or more pictures of the artisans herself on my Nikon D80 and it will be one hell of a problem to find out what she shot or I shot we shoot almost identically though her perspective is much lower than mine.

And the Lord lives in the third eye of her soul ...she does not need a camera to shoot pictures ..


And she is now as cool as a cucumber not shy and shoots with confidence impossible for a two and a half year child.

And she is a gifted child born to Flickr...3 months away from her third birthday.

And I thank all of you for your love comments at Facebook for Marziya Shakir Pro...