Tuesday, October 12, 2010

This Is Respect for Humanity Religiosity Shot By Marziya Shakir Nikon D 80

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Marziya Shakir is a gifted born photographer.

She will be three years old 24 November.


She has come a long way with her vision embedded in my camera.

The Camera Nikon D 80 was gifted to her by her Guru No 1 Dr Glenn Losack MD Manhattan New York.

And here I will tell you the connection between Marziya and her Uncle Glenn, its private matter that I am making public , Glenn is very fond of Marziya on her first birthday he wanted to give her a blank cheque to her father for taking care of Marziyas primary and secondary education in the finest school in Mumbai .

My son politely refused though he profusely thanked the good doctor for the kind thought and offer I did not intervene or offer suggestion it was a dialogue between them.

My son felt and told Glenn that whatever hardships in life we were going through , or whatever pitfalls came our way Marziyas education would be take care of by him and our family.

We have seen seen real badly timed situations, we put our house on the block but Allah provides and we shall overcome.

Business has ill tidings and bad tidings too. but good things to come eventually.

So back to Marziya , Marziyas Guru No 1 will always be Glenn.

Glenn was quite hurt by my sons response and thought it was attitude but explained to Glenn about my sons humility and self respect that had nothing to do with pride.

So a white man , a Brooklyn Jew is thus an integral part of a Muslim Shia family in Mumbai he is dying on the other end to come to the land he loves immensely and though a proud American loves India and calls it Mother India,if Glenn was a Indian is his previous birth I dont know.

He relives the pain of his life through the pictures he takes the music he makes and performs.

So now you know in brief about Dr Glenn Losack and my 150000 pictures at Flickr are in view to all of you because Dr Glenn Losack paid for my Pro membership at Flickr till Flickr has a change of heart and gives me a life time free membership as my pictures are educational and service to Humanity and Society.

The Essence Of Truth Hope And Hindutva Shot By A Two And a Half Year Old Child

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This was Marziya Shakirs first shot I had to make her tilt the lens a bit higher and she does not even reach the height of the podium.

I was looking around for a chair but I let her shoot her vision of Goddess Durga at Bandra Bazar Road.

A child sees life as God would see it totally purified without bias, a child's vision is the vision of Truth and Eternity..and it is this lesson I learn from Marziya Shakir while I unlearn the art of Photography from her.

We both are Shias and yet enjoy the fruits of our cultural surroundings, and my grand daughter knows that there are vistas several windows to the house of life..the power of the camera is nothing but power of the mind over matter.

And even if I die tomorrow I will be at peace with myself for showing Marziya the facets of life that are part of a greater life ahead.

I studied in a Catholic school I had Hindu friends Parsi Jew Christian friends and ironically I did not have Muslim friends of my age when I stayed at Wodehouse Road Colaba.

Religion or religious bigotry was not an issue our parents God bless their souls loved Humanity in all its diverse colors and we are fruits of that love and sacrifice.

I could never badmouth the tenets of any religion or their Holy Books .

And in all humility to those who bad mouth Islam because a few have terrorized Humanity does not change the nature of peace hope harmony in Islam.

If you Google Search Hope and Hindutva a Message of Peace and Humanity you will get the relevance of a Muslim Bloggers tribute praise to his culture and its contribution to his life too.

I think Hinduism that I call Hope and Hindutva a Message of Peace and Humanity made me a better person a better Muslim and a better visionary as a photographer and a poet too.

That Indian publishers will only publish me after my Death or Suicide Or if I am murdered is not part of this blog, what sells is bling and sleaze and nobody really cares a flying shit for beggars on the streets or diverse cultures or the hijras.

And I am not a Coffee Table book not even on my dead Body.

Yesterday I tried to include all my Hindu based religious images of events I have shot this year in my set at Flickr Hope and Hindutva..its about 11000 pictures till date ...

So a child imbibes what you fed him , if a child is given a staple diet of love and peace respect for the surroundings and other faith he she will never be a victim of racism bigotry or narrow mindedness.

So what a two and a half year old child shoots on her grand fathers camera is Truth that he always shot , peace that he always shoot and pain that he relives after every shoot .

And this year my grand daughter will scourge her back with blades on the streets of Bandra juloos and shoot Moharam too wearing a black Tshirt with its back opening to make the blades cut her back...

Durga Ma And Me Shot By Marziya Shakir Nikon D 80

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This is a Durga pandal close to my house and all the pictures were shot by Marziya ..normally I guide her but here she had the guidance of the inner plug in of her creative soul.

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This Is My 150000 Blog On Flickr.com

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Hijra Vardan - I Again Meet A Beggar Hijra In The Train

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The hijra admonished me and said I should not take pictures of their activities in the train, they beg and and get of at the next station.

When I Went To Take This Shot The Guy Next To Me Freaked

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