Monday, July 22, 2013

The Fruitwala Bhaiya Bandra Bazar Road



He sits next to the 16th century grotto of Jesus Christ and is a common face among the fruit seller bhaiyyas in this area , the most famous one sits ahead he has his own stall and his stuff is more costlier too.

The bhaiyyas of Bandra Bazar and the Maharashtrian vegetable sellers get along very well..and now with Ramzan fruit prices hit the ceiling ,,

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The Marathi Manoos Who Takes Care Of Jesus At Bandra Bazar Road

He is a devotee of Godess Jari Mari and sits outside this Grotto on Bandra Bazar Road sells vegetables with his wife , he is a very humble man and says Yesu blesses him ..he cleans this Christian place of worship... and is a hardcore Hindu adherent ..

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The Bhajiwali Bai Of Bandra Bazar Road


She is one of the very old faces at the Bandra Bazar Market , sitting comfortably selling raw peanuts avlas and local vegetables , she has seen and touched both my grand daughters , and they always salute her when they pass her way ..she has mood swings and can be rude and cranky , if business is bad that is, they dont have stalls like the cobblers in Maharashtra , and these are the real Maharashtrians so to speak.. she has been selling vegetables on this road and close to her sits her daughter and her grand kids all part of her heritage , with no change in their lives ...

Most of the present day Bandra politicians used to run around in shorts in front of her , see has seen them become big saabs ,, but have they seen her .. thats not part of this blog.

Will her life change ,, 2014 elections is round the corner only Time will tell..

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The Potter Lady Of St Peter Road Bandra


I have been shooting people in and around Bandra , specially Bandra Bazar road a quaint old fishing village an arterial road that connects to all major roads of Bandra .. this is also known as the Bandra Backlanes , and though actually St Peter Road is a lane that connects to Bandra cross road is not part of Bandra Bazar Road.

This Gujrati lady sat outside Baba Nagar selling matkas clay pots vases , but I have not seen her for several years now and there are many people I shot documented who just disappeared from the periphery of my camera vision.. and sometimes I say must ask the few vendors there about her but forget it completely,

Baba Nagar is a old shopping housing complex I have some nostalgic memories here , and whatever I am today Baba Nagar did contribute to my growth .. so most of these people like the coconut seller , the pani puriwala the fruit seller were known to me ,,,

I shot people as I am a people photographer ,and I shot a lot of Bandra Bazar Road , of the early 90s ..there are interesting faces personalities at Bandra Bazar road , humble people all cogs in a giant wheel.

Bandra Bazar Road is a set at Flickr ,.. the fragrance of feasts , the elections hustle bustle that I shot , and honed my inbuilt capacity as a photographer .. energizing my poetry of life .. and those people that touched me through my camera ..

And via Aviary editing tool at Flickr , working on my old pictures I get a new copy , a new story a new added dimension to old thought.

And I am liking New Flickr I have no complains ,,, I am also enjoying new friends on Flickr and though I am out of Facebook since last Jan I dont miss it much.. and I tweet from Flickr ,, 96000 tweets till date ..

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Hey Politicians Of Maharashtra She Deserves A Better Future Than This


give her
her moment
of bliss
education
most of all
not just
selling vegetables
like her mother
her grand mother
that is ..her smile
her fate needs
your support
to go ahead
become a
doctor
a scientist
i am sure
you get the
gist dreams
of a grandpa
with 3 grandkids
these children
of the sons of
the soil pucca
maharashtrians
a rising graph
on the grid

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When Bad Times Came



all the silver
on my hand
antique pendants
chunky chains
i sold my wife's
jewelry mortgaged
all her gold
thanks to my
deleted doomed
cosmic fate
out in the cold
a celluloid
slapstick
fell flat
on the
threshold
a dead
film producer
death knell
of my household
a job later
back on tracks
a monstrous
megalomaniac
who would
shout rant
scold
totally
uncontrolled
i left his
kingdom
to be free
uncaring
for his
doled
generosity
a ransom
threefold
its better
to be a beggar
poet than a
fucked rich man
old .. a poet
on hold
fuck all
the money
fuck all
the billfolds

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Lete Hi Nam Khwajah Ka Tufan Hat Gaya ..Kashti Main Ake Jaise Samandar Simat Gaya

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