I lost my world, my fame, my mind

I lost my world, my fame, my mind — The Sun appeared, and all the shadows ran. I ran after them, but vanished as I ran — Light ran after me and hunted me down. -

MET Grounds Bandra Reclamation ‏@ShelarAshish @bandra_buzz

I have complained to Advocate Asish Shelar about a few Chapel Road boys playing football on the walking tracks intimidating senior citizens with no respect ,,sadly I told them I too studied in a Catholic school but never learnt all this ,,
I also complained about the Muslim guys from the nearby slums who use the filthiest language dressed in skull caps and their Tabliki attire ,, ladies pass by and the shouts of Ma Ke Laude rends the air ,,kids are playing here , the security is spineless as these guys they told me retaliate with swords I got this from the caretaker Mr Jain of MET Grounds Bandra Reclamation,,
Some guys have broken the fencing of the tennis courts play football here destroy the court property,, I mean this has to stop the Park is for everyone I spoke to the senior citizens they too have been threatened and abused ..my wife hates to walk here in the evenings and I dont blame her ,, For us this ground is close by ,, so it affects us all why cant we be congenial human .. after all the games we play are gentlemen games ,, Cricket and Football..
I had also bought this to the notice of Mr Rahebar Khan who has a office here and Mr Sudesh Dubey Shiv Sena Shakha Pramukh who walks with me in the mornings..The buck has to stop somewhere ,,,


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Learning Tennis From Coach Surendra Pawar

I came to the MET Grounds at about 7.15 am and walked for about 1.5 km , when Coach Surendra asked me to come and play and his boys than told me it was his birthday ,,I played strenuous tennis first with Coach Surendra Pawar than his boys Mangesh and Darshan ..later on Praful Tamble I was really tired and I have a problem on my fee .. a suspected corn I have put a corn cap but it is not much help..we celebrated Coach Pawars birthday ,,had I known earlier I would have bought him a gift..Mr Pawar has changed my life turned it upside down and I am only playing tennis to bring my blood sugar under control so far having just played for a month my blood sugar from 350 has come down to 137 fasting and 147 PP.
My diet is under strict control but I had prawn pulao .. but mostly it is two chappatis and dal or vegetable ,, I dont drink I dont smoke I dont eat junk food but in the mornings a few pieces of palak bhajiya that I bring home ,,,
And this was in the morning ,, at about 6 pm , I wore my breeches my keds and thought of completing my walk.. I walk average 5 km.. and again after 1.50 km Mr Pawar asked me to come in and this was a very heady session , with Mr Pawar and than Vish Sawant who made me run around the court non stop for 35 minutes and I thanked them both and walked out of the court to complete my walk...so this is a day in the life of a photo blogger ,, if I have work I avoid the evening walk.. wife walks after 8 after I come home,,
My son Asif Shakir who was a total couch potato has joined a gym and after namaz at the Bazar Shia mosque , he goes for his work out and walks too..
And before I forget a Muslim woman caught up with me on my walk in the evening , she is a mother of two kids and said seeing me playing she has enrolled both her school going kids from next month and might play tennis herself...,in the hijab,I simply told her Health is Wealth our health is our childrens Wealth..they need us and we have to be there for them..and I am happy that there are mothers grandparents playing tennis with their wards .
I am lucky I got this chance and realization very very late in life ,, my grandkids just love tennis ,,

Tears On The Soul Of A Dead Tree

sometimes murdered
deviously by the municipality
a few bucks in the hands
a tree is felled sadistically
people silent as they watch
this gangrape four people
taking turns does not apply
to raped women says this
wrestler neta mulayamji
god save the public from
such crass leaders in UP
verbal diarrhea blasphemy
wake up akhilesh yadav
put a lock on the motor mouth
the head of your family tree
puking such women hateful
profanities agli bar modiji
ki sarkar is the only option
i see ,,luckily my dad left
the backwardness of his
beloved Lucknow lived out
his life in Mumbai a better
option dont you see ..
more respect as a migrant
his childrens children will
never be called refugees
pucca mumbaikar ,,in
Amchi Mumbai

Happy Birthday Our Tennis Coach Mr Surendra Pawar

Muslim Kids World Photography Day

I was coming back from Lilavati Hospital after meeting Dr Shashank R Joshi and I miss nothing on the road my cosmic eye like a radar picks up every nuance ,,and I spotted this girl in the hijab in the lane leading to the MET grounds .. I had two options ignore them or make contact , I am fascinated with kids wearing the hijab they were far away from me , but I followed them called them out I told them I wanted to take a picture I took a few frames with her face covered and one without her face covered .. they were kids from the nearby slums .they wanted to see their picture I showed it to them and they were all excited .. I did not converse with them perhaps I should have shot a video of their child talk but I was in a hurry to get home ,,

However I thought of buying them some sweets , but than I gave one of them Rs 10  than they told me she might not share it with them I was close to a provision store I thought I will buy sweets , but they said they wont eat the sweets instead change the note into coins and asked me to give each on them Rs 2 .. I did ,, and they disappeared into the lane of the Bandra Reclamation transit camp..

So there are stories happening on the streets every minute every second and yu do not need to carry your DSLR if you have a good mobile phone you can shoot  a lot , most of my images that you see here are shot on HTC Desire 826 .it was Prachi Panchamiya​ Mr Nitin Mamnohans daughter who recommended it to me , and imagine I was using the Windows phone before I got the HTC in exchange I gave two Motorola Gs for Rs 10000 and my son paid Rs 15000 and got me this phone that serves me well..it is a bit bulky but than it works fine for me ,, I hardly use my DSLR unless there is an occasion and I plan to shoot an event or procession,,

So just frickin raving about World Photography Day to be in with the applauding crowds and spamming the soul of Facebook makes no sense unless you shoot pictures ,,,and if you cant find anything to shoot than Fuck shoot clouds .. but shoot ,,,

khali hath aya tha khali hath jayega teri shohrat tere paisa sab yahin rah jayega

you come empty handed you go empty handed leaving your wealth fortune behind taking dust in your hands ,,,your flesh mixed with gravel and sand.. leaving behind this selfish mans land,,Ozymandias weeps seeing his opulence his towering dreams washed away in wastelands ,,

world photography day for those that have no eyes no camera no legs no hands ,, on stumps they stand ,, the curse of living they withstand .,..