Thokar Khakar Zingagi Karvat Badalti Hai

Thokar Khakar Zingagi Karvat Badalti Hai, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Na Waqt Rukta Hai Na Tikta Hai .. Dulha Toh Chodiye Yahan Bachpan Bhi Bikta Hai

Na Waqt Rukta Hai Na Tikta Hai .. Dulha Toh Chodiye Yahan Bachpan Bhi Bikta Hai, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

kalam ki kya zaroorat
aj bagair kalam ke woh
likhta hai..ek click ke zariye
jo sari duniya ko dikta hai
zarurat puri hone par raste
pe palna bhi phikta hai

My Nations Flag...

My Nations Flag..., a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

its pride
its destiny
held by a
child of
the future
already
in rags
my nations
flag hoisted
by some
who after
becoming
leaders netas
have robbed
pillaged
her soul..made
her an old hag
hands tied
ripped whipped
gagged
my nations flag
watches silently
as the corrupt
scamsters
convicted
join the
bandwagon
get elected
moneybags
from different
parties but one
agenda as they
laugh and brag
criminally politicize
the soul of humanity
from a pedestal
into the the dark
shadows of
isolation
she is dragged
my nations flag
only remembered
by poor children
on independence
republic day as
they sell it to
a lady waiting
in the wings
with a handbag
more statues
in a garden
with elephants
running zigzag

the tragedy
of my nations flag

Grand Masti

Grand Masti, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Birth Of A Street Photographer Nerjis Asif Shakir 1 Day Old

Birth Of A Street Photographer Nerjis Asif Shakir 1 Day Old, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Nerjis Asif Shakir

Street Photographer

Birth 17 July 2011

nerjisasifshakir.blogspot.in/

The Poor Of Hyderabad

The Poor Of Hyderabad, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

the poor of mumbai
the poor of chennai
the poor of all major
cities are held by a
slender thread less
alive more dead..
children malnourished
underfed ..more children
on the way as indian
woman is nothing but
a child manufacturing unit
a broken down creaky bed
since the time after independence
robbed of her freedom ..
continually habitually by man
used abused misused misled
fuck and forget..hump bump
who needs to wed

Mr Astrologer Please Tell Me About Sons Fate ...

Mr Astrologer Please Tell Me About Sons Fate ..., a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

the astrologer
who sat outside
the office of a
political party's
gate his clients
all netas a few
rich moneyed
seths ..this was
his first client
in the morning
boni time could
no wait ,, he told
her that her shani
was receding mangal
was in dire straits
she the poor uneducated
muslim lady her son
was in the lock up
for the azad maidan riots
she was hoping he would
be absolved because of
his first mistake he was
of a young age .. and she
cursed those demons
who had engineered
the riots disappeared
he was caught along
with his mates ..
so the fate of a
muslim mother is
always caught in
fear at the mercy of
time even when
bombs detonate
first suspects
have to prove their
innocence before
they prove their
guilt ..will the lady
with the blindfold
scales in hands
be like this mother
in a veil..a thought
to contemplate .

as a poet a street picture became fodder to my mind ,,not open to debate ..