Bandra Local Press and Gambhir Singh of Manipur

But before I continue Happy Dasshera to all of you ..

I have a pain within me and I thought of bringing it out to exorcise it ..

I shoot chronicle Bandra ..where I live my urban chaotic backyard and in this documentation I have no agenda no politics I have been graciously adopted by Bandra .
The Gen Next my daughter my granddaughters Marziya and Nerjis are born in Bandra ..in a way they endorse my connection to Bandra .

My Bandra is in all its humility Bandra Bazar Road .
I came to live here after the 93 riots I lived as a nomad at Pali Naka Veronica Street Ranwar and finally De Monte Street .

When I shot the street video of alcoholic vagrant migrant Gambhir Singh I knew nothing about Manipur ,,he in his alcoholic stupor made me aware of Manipur forced it poetically on my consciousness .

I wont go into details my Gambhir Singh YouTube video went viral and Gambhir Singh became the biggest story ..it was a very simple story down to earth story of a lost mans reunion with his birthplace his family friends well wishers of Manipur .
He was saved by the love of the Manipuri people they collectively brought him back to Khumbohg Imphal .thanks to Patsoi police station and the officers Priyobratan Singh Yumnam and officer Amitabh Singh Arambam.
And Bandra Police Station .

The Gambhir Singh news spread like wild fire I gave interviews to online news agencies Der Spigel others .
I gave interviews to national news from Bandra Police station that helped in his well being and finding him.

I gave interviews from my house late in the night..
I was not hunting for a few minutes fame but Gambhir Singhs story to some extent was my own story too I was a incorrigible alcoholic for many years ..my wife and kids fought with my demon and pulled me ashore away from Yacht Canara and Janta .
Its been over 25 years I have not touched a drop of booze.

Fr Jaun a Christian Jesuit priest from St Peter Church Bandra helped cleanse me and Jesus and the Church have been part of my growing up..I am 68 years old almost .

Anyway after Gambhir Singh left I spoke to one of the local news of Bandra he did not do the story he was out of station I think if he did give it a mention I am not aware .

But what hit me the hardest was the other local news I spoke to the editor I know him since I came to Bandra in 1983 .

He was obnoxiously unmoved by the Gambhir Singh story ,,he said Gambhir Singh was not from Bandra and when I told him about the news of him online and in regional national papers ..he literally slapped me with a distasteful remark,, Gambhir Singh is a drunkard .

So what was Mary Magdalene Jesus transformed her from a prostitute to a Saint .

I am a Muslim bought up in Church environment I learnt Compassion I learnt humility humanity at home and through my Christian priestly mentors .

From that day till the present I broke of all ties with him.. he is not my role model he is just a hollow conceited man living in a world of his own biased imagination.

This is the truth irony of the local press of Bandra .

I think we do a better job than them as photographers chroniclers documentarists .

I am Christian in more ways than one and Bandra made me that and this is not about religion but culture and upbringing..

Thankfully I am not a skull cap Miya I have a skull and I need not cover it with narrow mindedness .

You will never see my posts pictures poetry or stories in newspapers .

I stay the fuck away from them.

Happy Morning ..

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An ode to Khan Khan Abusive Wahabi You Tube Troll

This YouTube Member Khan Khan bigot posts abuse on my community tab and
racially profiles me ,,,
He hates Sufis and Shias this venomous Wahhabi skunk...

And I hope YouTube takes some action on these predatory haters who are giving hthis peaceful beautiful site a very bad name .

Khan Khan
tu nahi Ho sakta Musalman
tu hai neech lafanga Kameena
Insan.
tu hai gandi nali ka keeda
tu hai Shaitan..
Teri Toh saikdo nay Mari
meri Kya Marega Harami
beiman

tu Jihadi Taliban
Lanat hai tujh par
Aur Tera Sara khandan.

tu nahi Ho sakta pashinda
e Hindustan.

Wake Up @YouTube

Dear @YouTube These are the people you have allowed on your platform who racially abuse and get away with harassment. Does it matter if we report or block them they will come back with another fake ID. You have to one day wake up to this threat. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHHjSq411yeURIMYfQYwDA …

Khan Khan Posted abuse on my youtube community tab


https://www.youtube.com/user/photographerno1/community

RIP Google +

After #Google+ #Google should put #Blogspot to sleep too.
The most regressive platform and graveyard of #Blogs.
Fuck who wants to be a #blogger..

LalBagh chya Raja Vijay Aso

LalBagh chya Raja Vijay Aso

Shooting LalBagh chya Raja Visarjan.. 2018

18 years of devotional documentary by a Muslim photographer.

Jai Shree Ganesha

Lalbagh Chya Raja My Documentary On Hope and Hindutva posted at You Tube

#Lalbaghchyaraja #visarjan #firozeshakir

Thanks to Mr Sudhir Salviji who helped me get my Pandal Press ID in 2017 aftr shooting the Raja for several years I am able to share all this with Raja through the eyes of his Muslim devotee .

My only earnest prayer to Raja I ask nothing for myself to see that next year there is better crowd management this is important for our women children and senior citizens ,,
A more seamless relationship between Mumbai Police Pandal management and the dedicated karyakartas .

Lets not unnecessarily politicize the goodness of the Lord

I also payed that the Lord awaken the eyes of our CM Mr Devendra Fadnavis and he helps implement all this with responsibility transparency and accountability .

Lalbagh Chya Raja is not just a Gansh idol but our States Brand Ambassador ,, this pandal should be made a tourist spot..

I could not complete my walk the final journey till Chowpatty my diabetes my blood sugar played havoc I felt down twice and than decided to abort my walk from Byculla Khada Parsi took a cab from Madanpura headed home to Bandra .

I must thank all the volunteers who helped me through this visarjan journey ,,some thanked me others hugged me ,

And my only goal documenting Hinduism is to showcase it as a Message of Universal Peace and a Way of Life ,,,and the other goal is Hindu Muslim amity and mutual respect tolerance ,,

Jai Maharashtra .
Lalbagh Chya Raja Vijay Aso 
Firoze Shakir 
Bollywood Fashion Designer Poet Actor Photo Journalist.

Muslims Love Killing Muslim

The greatest enemy of the Muslim is none but the Muslim it is the Muslim that loves killing Muslims. 
Neither the Jews or Americans do as much harm as those that call themselves Muslims custodian of Islam who bomb the Yemenis for Imperialistic Hegemony. 
These are my personal views as I see the killings around the Muslim world. 
This is not the reason why we were created to destroy each other.