Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Shia Pandit and Gopal The Naga Sadhu

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to
peace in a pod
yogic ling kriya
using a rod
gopal naga sadhu
at home with
shiva his lord

the shia pandit
cuts open his head
with a sword
a protest
against
a spiritual terrorism
on the sands of karbala
the ensuing yazidi fraud
he gave his head
but not his hand
as the eunuchs
led by shmr
watched
open jawed

i want to go to
hindustan
said the shah
where hope
humanity
hospitality
is not outlawed
where mankind
is equivalent
to children of god
ridding evil
ignorance
injustice
the only
rightful jihad


Yes I am a Hindu Shia and Proud of my cultural Inheritance and to have been born in Mother India in the Womb of My Mothers Destiny.. Being a Shia Muslim is my personal equation with my Maker that is between Him and Me ..My Guru is a Naga Sadhu from Junagadh...

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Mee Marziya Mumbaikar A Gift To Shri Balasaheb Thackeray on His Birthday..

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mumbai
mera ghar
mere khab
mera shahar
subha
sham
dopahar
mee marziya
mumbaikar
sada uncha
rahega
mera sar
mere desh
ki shaan
mera garv
with my
love my life
I serve


A birthday gift to Shri Balasaheb Thackeray from Marziya Shakir 2 year old photographer .. my grand daughter.

May he live long long and lead us with his Vision and Humanity..

Wishing Shri Udhav Thackeray Uncle a Very Happy Birthday too from Marziya Shakir 2 and a half year old street photographer .

23 Jan 2012
Now 4 year old Marziya Shakir street photographer of Bandra

An old memorable post that I had sent to Matoshree on behalf of Marziya Shakir

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Ehsas-e-karbala tujhe bhi ho jayega ek din, Tanha kisi Azeez ki mayyat utha ke dekh .

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My Friends Father ,, Lighting By Mr KG Maheshwari

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I prefer a single light called the Sun and Clouds as reflectors .. I shoot without restrain but I am fascinated respectfully with studio photography.


I attended many workshops of my erstwhile Guru Mr KG Maheshwari indoor outdoor even at his home with my other Guru Prof BW Jatkar invariably they ended up making me the model at Maheshwari House Napean Sea Road.

When I joined PSI my camera club under the aegis of Mr BW Jatkar and Mr Shreekant Malushte both Presidents of the Society there used to be a lot of learning ..I called both the eras Golden Age of Photography..


However once I became a blogger a street photographer I moved away from Club Culture Salon Participation ...but all in all whatever my personal views I am a product nurtured created by those I met at my Club..great masters , great teachers great friends .

And this is my tribute to all of them for helping me guiding me and finally letting me become what I wanted to be a ..street photographer incorrigible blogger ..


What I learnt from all of the I gathered and the values the love the passion dedication the vision the camera eye I humbly placed in the soul of my grand daughters Marziya Shakir 5 years and Nerjis Asif Shakir 15 month both on a Moharam holiday .. but surprisingly my one year old third grand daughter Zinnia Fatima without me teaching her or encouraging can use the toy camera almost like the real one.

And just hoarding a talent a gift selfishly is a sin.. unless you pass it on to others ..

And than came great masters like Dr Glenn Losack Marc De Clercq Bhupesh C Little Vinay Parelkar who helped me introspect and use my photography as a medium of touching people through pictures aof diverse Faith..Sufism, Shiasm, Hinduism Christianity Gender and other communities Lifestyle and the Street.

Photography made me an accidental poet .. but now I use poetry to shoot the awakening dawn in the life of man.

252,068 images as blogs is only because of them... at my Flickr photostream...

I use Facebook like a Blog..
I must also acknowledge a few photographers who have influenced me on the Internet First foremost Akbar Simonse Tom Andrews..Eric Parker Linda Schaefer Roland W. Luthi Anthony Posey ,Kerry Rae, Randall Der late Jeff Lamb and there are many but I name a few ...I am bad with names and numbers ..

Thank You.

Nitin Pawar thank you for your support love and kindness .. it means a lot to me .. this is my gift to you .

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Hot Headed Shia Youth And The Humility of Imam Hussain

With this picture I bring to an end the Kaisar Bagh 9 moharam event , though this set here at my flickr photo stream has about 2086 images ..
There were quite a few on my stolen Power Shot Canon G9..

The boys from Bangalore made the most of Moharam and were liked by everybody , they were the representatives of the city of Bangalaru, they were here on a mission sharing with their Mumbai brothers the grief of Imam Hussain.

I must mention something here which might upset a few Shia minds, but the Shia youth , some of them are a shame to Shia society on the whole, there was a skirmish between two Shia group of boys on 9 Moharam, leading to fisticuffs, this on a night like Shab e Ashur..

I mean we are all in mourning and leaving aside ur personal ego and spiritual conceit we must ponder over the humility of Imam Hussain.. follow in his footsteps , he never hurt any one and this is his Moharam we celebrate..

Some time back the same thing happened at the Shia Bandra Khoja Mosque during Ramzan two group of Shia people coming to blows in the Mosque..

I was shooting the Ag Ka Matam, at the Arambagh Shia Khoja cemetery, and accidentally brushed a Shia youth, I immediately apologized , he gave me a mouthful.. I am old enough to be his father, but this is the new face of aggression that is uncalled for in a austere month like Moharam.
Everything is important in Moharam, bu how we carry ourselves is more important , how we behave with others ...and how we inter act..

Mumbai is one of the most peaceful cities celebrating Moharam.. we should see that our kids should not tarnish this image ..or give our peaceful community a bad name unintentionally because they are stressed or hotheaded .

Sometimes I think it is more as a personal attack on me as a photographer , I fail to understand..

Even guys who cut their heads and if we shoot them they are rude insulting, for what , I mean is this the message they want to share in the grief of our beloved Imam..

Little kids want to ape them , and this aggression is not what we would want to give them..

I think the Shia elders and the Shia Mullahs must talk about this in their discourse..
One person who does talk of not intimidating other communities with our outbursts of nohas in the local trains is Maulana Mirza Athar Saab..

Every Masjlis he has spoken of tolerance and harmony..

Hussain does not just belong to the Shias but to all communities.

There are times I think I am better off not shooting all this and just watching from a distance .. and for 17 years I kept away from Moharam in public , it was Habib Nassar and Baqar Nassar who bought me back into the fold..


I have seen so many hot headed Shia boys who have been intimidating and aggressive, at times I think it is their credentials of their parentage that they mock with their misplaced actions ..

I thought I should write my views without any bias .. I write what I experienced in these few days shooting the Moharam proceedings..
Barring this Moharam went off smoothly, and people were exemplary..the Mumbai police deserve full marks for their excellent bandobast, the Mohalla committees ..and all the JUST guys IVT.led from the front always on their toes and never once complaining..

God bless all of them for their selfless work and spiritual zeal...

So this ends one long series..

Shah ast Hussain, Badshah ast Hussain
Deen ast Hussain, Deen Panah ast Hussain
Sardad na dad dast, dar dast-e-yazeed,
Haqaa key binaey La ila ast Hussain

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Where Will I Be This Ashura I Do Not Know

a call from
a bereaved
mother
I shall go
carrying
her hanky
on which
her tears flow
where will
I be this Ashura
I do not know
towards the shores
of sorrow
I flow
like the winds I blow
a dagger in my hand
a camera in my soul
although
wading through
rivulets of blood
to and fro
barefeet blogger
of mumbai
his logo
ghame hussain
a belief
a pledge
you cant let go

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Ghame Hussain Ka Mausam Kareeb Hai



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ham gurbat main karbala ko camera ke seene main utar lete hain..

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