I am street photographer a beggar poet .. I shoot misery cavorting with hope I shoot original content. I am Shia Sufi Hindu all in One
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Nowroze Mubarak From The Shakir Family of Bandra
Nowroze Mubarak From The Shakir Family of Bandra, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
My wife comes from an Iranian ancestry her forefathers were Qazilbash who settled in India on the plains of the Ganges they have their entire shajra.. birth records in order.. so we celebrated Nowroze with offerings of fruits and prayer yesterday at 10 am the actual Nowroze time instead of March 21.
And I shot this yesterday, Marziya will play color at home with her relative Muskan and new clothes fun and frivolity.
For us adults life goes on as usual..
In India If You Die Accidentally On The Road They Wont Even Bother To Give You a Second Look
In India If You Die Accidentally On The Road They Wont Even Bother To Give You a Second Look, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
we were
once human
very kind
considerate good
but now thanks
to modern life
we are corrupted
beyond redemption
time tearful on
the soul of fucked
humanity stood
we give gold
silver diamonds
to a dead god
dont blame us
if we are fucked
misunderstood
The Silhouette of the Hijra
His eyes tell you the story of his life his faith his pain his struggle to come to terms with his sexuality and the path he has chosen to tread with the blessings of his Guru.
He needs a divinty to encourage him in his faith he chose Haji Malang Baba.
He is a devoted Muslim namazi etc.. but he is a hijra.. victim of his cosmic fate.
Its his world I chose to showcase as a poet photographer and as a photo blogger.
My stories are my own they wont ever be published in newspapers or foreign magazines but than even TV18 In .Com steal my pictures you can easily download and distribute all over the net such is the fate of a blogger , I could understand if they bought me a camera and than took my pictures but than such is attitude of people in high places.
I have no other vice but yes I am passionate about blogging , it is my high and every day about 22000 people view my pictures at Flickr.com is my only notoriety to fame.
And I am indebted to Flickr it has given me a large viewership.. from Flickr I cross blog some of my post to Blogspot Twitter or my Hijras of India at Wordpress.
My Flickr set on the Hijras of India holds over 17000 images shot in a gap of about 4 years.
All the hijra pictures poems shot every year are housed in a collection at Flickr.com
And it is 4.45 am sleep comes and goes..
On Sundays I Become a Beggar Poet and a Dam Madar Malang
On Sundays I Become a Beggar Poet and a Dam Madar Malang, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
I move about barefeet like I did when I worked for myself now I have mortgaged my soul and my testicles .. only on weekdays I am a high end corporate fashion whore.. I spread my legs to fate that fucks and flips me over ..killing me softly with my own song.
I miss Thursdays going to Mahim Dargah sitting with the beggars sharing their food and understanding the fucke poetry of their miserable life... I know a beggar who is now a millionaire he has his own landed property and comes in white clothes to feed the same beggars he sat with.. such is my world of poetic illusions.
I know young kids who begged at Ajmer and are now hijra prostitutes .. and why blame the system that even makes politicians into crooks why envy a beggar becoming a millionaire.. but as Indians we are always envious of the others who make it big in life, we will complain about them file a fictitous PIL in court simply because God made him Sharukh Khan and so lets trouble him some more this is the Truth of the Indian Way of Life.. as I see it in my opinionated poets mind..
We breed our success on hate envy and distrust /
And honestly I hate life I would welcome Death gladly without batting an eyelid..
Though I will miss my grand kids is not the only reason to live I live because I am forced to live in a penitentiary do my time and than I shall Fuck Off from this planet of no returns ..
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Shah-e-Mardan Sher-e-Yazdan Quwat-e-Parwardigar Lafata Ila Ali La Saif Ila Zulfiqar , originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1 ....
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Dargah of Hazrat Syed Ali Mira Datar Unava Gujrat , a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr. HAZRAT SYED ALI MIRA DATAR'S G...
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The Madariya Sufi Order Of India - Dam Madar Malangs , a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclo...