Friday, August 7, 2015

Welcome To Grant Road





a suburban railway station
the poor peoples humble
abode the dirt the pan
stains in every corner
the filth the stench on
your nostrils explodes
hon railway minister
mr suresh prabhu
do come here once
before the end of your
tenure outside on the
railway property homes
have come up on this road
no railway police a mystery
you need to decode
the lazy lethargic cops
of the mumbai police
in a van beyond ,,cant
handle this shit load
why this neglect apathy
tears on the soul of my
ode , a beggar poet
63 years old ,,,out
in the cold ,,,

Zindagi khwab hai, Khwab men, jhooth hai kya Aur bhala sach hai kya


Dear Hon Suresh Prabhuji Just Drop In At Grant Road Station And See The Homeless Living Here



A colony of vagrants have taken over the Grant Road Station inside and outside , a guy was beating his wife and child , and there was a cop van .. the strange part is that these vagrants are not scared of the cops ,, the most neglected station.. the dirtiest and ugliest ,,

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Mammoth Congress Protest Against BJP At Bandra Reclamation




I  normally avoid shooting political protests or rallies but this one was in my backyard and the Congress volunteers , followers of Mr Gurudas Kamat were assembled outside Rang Sharda ..but timely and well coordinated Police bandobast stopped them from moving towards Advocate Ashish Shelar BJP Mumbai Presidents office , there were several platoons of the police force , and the Congress leaders were arrested , there were some skirmishes but I was shooting mostly at the Rang Sharda end,

The BJP Cadres volunteers , party members followers were assembled in large number in the BJP office lane ,, the cops were exemplary in keeping the situation under control and not allowing it to go out of hand ,,This was one of the biggest Congress agitation in our area..I was here since 10.30 am a lot of electronic media , photographers were there documenting this giant protest .. first of its kind in Bandra ,'It got over by 2 pm..

This is a long series I shot a few videos too..

Gulab Follower Of Jesus ,, Is Jesus Listening




I met her yesterday , she looked sad, bewildered , she was planning to go to Mahad , to meet her only daughter who is a farmer , her daughters husband died at a very young age ,, her daughter too is a Catholic Rosie .

She kept on speaking , mumbling about her pain , he desire to see her grandkids , and her fear that once she goes the criminal elements will usurp her shanty at Lal Mitti Bandra Reclamation , a shanty that has no roof ,, I  gave her some money, and asked her to go meet Fr Jaun at St Peter Church,,,

She has a lot of faith in Jesus ,, this lady who left her Hindu faith to become a Catholic.. Is Jesus listening ,,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Y9VFgzO4U

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