Armp Pit Shaving

Armp Pit Shaving, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Pitru Paksh Banganga 2013

Pitru Paksh Banganga 2013, a set on Flickr.

Pitru Paksh 2013 Banganga Walkeshwar

Pitru Paksh 2013 Banganga Walkeshwar, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

I got up early , but was not in a mood to shoot this event , as I was not feeling to well and going to town barefeet was bringing out negatives excuses. but I put everything aside and went to shoot this event I am shooting since 2004 .

I took a train and than a share a cab from Grant Road to Banganga via Girgaum Chowpatty ..Teen Batti and began shooting the barbers ,,the North Indian Brahmins come here to pay tribute to their dead ancestors ..they has a ceremony of religious tonsure and than prayers on the banks of the Banganga and the Visarjan of the puja items on leaves .

I shot the rituals I shot from a boat thanks to the volunteers who know me and than shot the entire tank barefeet later I left with Pratik shooting the beggars and the barbers again..

This is my new set at Flickr.com and I survived a serious accident along with my friend Pratik Koli.. I was blessed by the Hijra who visits Banganga every year .. and than took a train back home from Grant Road.. I met my friend Bipin Kokate and Yogendar ,,,

A few barbers from Bandra were here too, but they were here since last night..

God Saves Pratik Koli And Me At Banganga Walkeshwar Today

God Saves Pratik Koli And Me At Banganga Walkeshwar Today, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

This morning Pratik Koli and I had a miraculous save at Banganga we had finished shooting Pitru Paksh and Pratik said he would drop me at Grant Road on his bike , I was riding pillion , a media photographer stopped his bike to shake hand and Pratik lost his balance on the moving bike on the slope , it crashed , lucky I had my turban which took the impact , the bike was on my leg..but a force did not let it crush me or Pratik , all the Bhaiyyas came running pulled us up.. we had survived , no scratch nothing,,my camera round my neck was unhurt too ,, we both could not believe it ,,, it was the most unsettling incident ,,, I knew my leg was gone I was barefeet and I am a diabetic.. we later had a cup of tea close to the station and thanked our stars ,,,and Ganga Maiya of Banganga ,,,

Football Marathon 2012 Carter Road Shot by Marziya Shakir 4 year old-

Football Marathon 2012 Carter Road Shot by Marziya Shakir 4 year old-, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Jesus and Marziya

Jesus and Marziya, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

2 and a half year
old comes to meet
jesus at carter road
marziya shakir
camera child
does what she
is told ,, holding
the camera
it was here
she shot
the football
marathon
when she
was 4 year
old...

Jesus And Marziya Share A Unique Bond

Jesus And Marziya Share A Unique Bond, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

since the age
of 2 ..jesus
was part
of her
surroundings
where she
grew.. she
shot him too
that marziya
is a good shot
jesus knew
she shot
his cross
his statue
at st peter
church
st andrew
marziya
gave him
his pictorial
respect due