A Message To Those Arty Photographers Shooting Idols Lying On The Beach After Immersion ...

I once had a very serious problem a few  years back I accidentally shot the Lalbagh Chya Raja moving into the sea at about 4 am ..and I was caught by some Marathi boys and a few ruffians they thought I had shot the idols lying on the beach ..and I was wearing a Lalbagh Chya Raja cap with my Press card had a name that was Muslim , they all ganged up against me a few were drunk too and handed me over to the cops on the beach I told the inspector to my check my images on the monitor if there was any picture shot by me of the idol on the beach take whatever action he deemed fit but the guys pressurized him, they thought I was a terrorist wearing saffron shooting the Visarjan ..I told the Inspector he could call Mrs Shatrughan Sinha she would vouch for me.. but the Inspector deleted my pictures with a sage warning would I like strangers shooting my dead parents bodies if they were lying on the beach.
I was left of he did not confiscate my camera not did he levy a fine those days for shooting on the beach ,,I walked back dejected and felt that I promote Hinduism through my pictures and this guy deletes all my pictures of the Arti of Lalbagh Chya Raja on on the beach too..
I came home called up my friend Subhash Solanki who has a camera shop at Fort told him about the incident , he said to give the card to him and miraculously I got all my images back.
This evening because of low tide there were lot of idols lying on the beach and me and my friend Ravi Shankar kept removing them placing them respectfully on one side , we stopped a lot of foreign photographers from taking the shots explaining to them politely that it would hurt the sentiments of the Hindus ,,
I think photography should be constructive so I am posting a picture of an Idol from Matunga that had come for immersion at Chowpatty Girgaum.. I would never shoot pictures to hurt any community or my photography would be meaningless and my camera a weapon of destruction ,, I shoot rituals culture and 65000 Hindu blogs but all showing the beauty of India .
And I still wear saffron proudly carry my press card which on the reverse side has the picture of my patron Swami Avdesh Anandji Maha Mandlehwar Juna Akhara ,, and I have not changed my religion or my name ,,I am as Hindu as you are provided you have eyes to see it in a Muslim.

Lalbagh Chya Raja Visarjan Arti 2015

Lalbagh Chya Raja Visarjan Arti 2015

I left my house at 6 am and reached Lower Parel barefeet dressed in saffron and today first time it was impossible to enter the Lalbagh Chya Pandal from any of the gates , the cops were heartless rude arrogant despite having a press card ..one of them had the nerve to tell if Modi comes we wont let him in.

However God and Ganesha were on my side even my friend Ashish who helped me during the last visarjan could nor take me in.. but a guy spotted me and he was a resident of the buildings near the Pandal he let me enter with him.. I took the same corner I had taken on the first day and shot the festive moment and a few videos , I was lucky to meet my friend Sagar Bekal and Vinay Parelkar .

Vinay and I stuck together but we get lost in the crowds .. I met my friend Hemant Sawant Ganesh Color Lab Lalbagh ,his daughters Siyali and Sonali with their dad were shooting the Ganeshas heading for Girgaum Chowpatty for Visarjan on a huge ladder .

I rested at his studio than walked to Lower Parel and from there took a train to Charni Road I thought of catching up with Vinay who was shooting the visarjan at Girgaum Chowpatty and first time in my life I shot the Ganesh Visarjan from the beach and in the waters ..

I met an agriculture economist Ravi Shankar .. we shot the Ganeshas on the beach and the most beautiful was Hindus from Bangkok who had come to immerse their Ganeshas , Vinay and I again got lost from each other on the beach .

When I saw the light fading I decided to return home I reached home and saw Advocate Ashish Shelars Ganpati going for immersion near our house I shot that too ..

Today my feet got totally burnt ,,and from morning till evening I had just two batata wadas ,,

This was a memorable shoot met some friends from the Press and from my Camera Club,, PSI...

This is a mobile phone image ,,,I will upload the rest after I take a shower and get back into shape.

Because of the injury on my leg I decided not to follow Lalbagh Chya Raja till Do Tanki..

Lalbagh Cha Raja Purchya Varshi Laokar Ya

I leave now to pay my last tribute to the Lord of the Earth Water And Skies
His Home At Lalbagh His Earthly Paradise  ,,Removing Obstacles guarding you
with his Cosmic Eye ,, Beloved Raja Farewell Good Bye

Kurbani Of Mastan The Wise Goat Bandra Bazar Road

Media Manipulated Eid Hugging Pictures And ‪#‎MinaStampede‬

You cant blame media , media wants to give the Muslims the ambiance of Eid ,,as it has been coming down the ages from time immemorial two cute kids lovingly hugging each other and the poor Muslims love it ,, it is better than seeing bodies  piled one upon the other at Mecca and that too is an Eid picture thanks to Saudi monarchy's least respect for human lives , first the crane accident than came this huge one a great blow on the soul of humanity ,, and the Saudis are unapologetic , instead they are blaming the Hajis .. the pilgrims , this is their way of passing the buck and now they will give humongous compensation to the dead and injured shut the mouths of dissent .
Barring Iran no Muslim country will blame them for their atrocious attitude towards safety and preventive measures ,,and for some  whose relatives kith kin died in this tragedy this is a Black Eid ,, uncalled for deaths and unnecessary deaths ,,

Now the blame game has started and I pray for the injured may they recover speedily and may the souls of the dead Rest In Peace ,,

I think its time the Saudi authorities wake up from their slumber ..because negligence is nothing short of forced murder ,,this is is a cruel way of going  unprepared to Jannah .

And so sometimes even media manipulated Eid Hugging pictures act as a balm.. in such hard times in the Muslim world.

Muslim Mothers Pain

to a cosmic wheel
viciously enchained
forever a beggar she
will remain to a god
hard of hearing she
fervently complains
manacled painfully
to her misery she
wants to break free
of these rusty heavy
chains pursued by
more rejection on
the silent soul of
her dreams some
more vicissitudes
of pain..two children
a third waiting on
the threshold
peeking in through
the panes her life
wasted in vain