Gods are Human too
A few months back at Water Field Road Bandra , an old Shri Sai Baba Temple was demolished as it was perched on a Peepul Tree on the pavement, the Court had passed an Injunction that all illegal place of Worship , including Dargahs, Temples , Crosses to be removed , a blindfolded judgement, but with severe repurcussions for people that have made the place of worship a part of their living life..man will stand mute if he sees a woman getting raped, man will watch impotently his neighbors house getting burnt, man will not tolerate his God being tarnished, his God being demolished, yes collective Man will retalite , without thinking of the harm to society or to his country.
I till date cannot get over the images of the Babri Mosque , kar sevaks perched atop battering a disputed structure as they said, but this was democracy , faith in a democratic principal being hit, the entire nation watched impotently, now shedding tears of remorse does not hold water.. I think it was a bad letter day for all of us secular minded unbigoted people..
I saw the Riots , the after math of the riots.. the pain to both communities..
Mobocracy is when Democracy is betrayed by misguided elements..
Anyway this temple at Waterfield road was being destroyed by the Miunicipal authorities, along with Police Protection.. the people that thronged to this Temple were genuinely hurt , but Law has to take its course..
What I fail to understand when the Temple was set up what were the authorities doing.. what took them so long, this seduced somnolence of their senses… yes honestly the system sucks..
Our Indian psyche loves building Mosques Temples .. anything to appease the Maker , but this fervour wont be shown in building a Widows home or a Childrens home.. Man is a Miser towards Man.. he spends lavishly on God…garlands, floral tributes , chaddars, what not.. golden shoes for the Lord while Man walks witthout Shoes, hold on Man has no Feet…
The political leaders with their patronage give a stamp of authority to an illegal place of Worship , later on he will be nominated as erstwhile Trustee.
The guy who moves semi nude at Bhendi Bazar , dirty , unclean, coats of dirt on his body, is a sight that would put anyone off, but come night , rich folks touch him, take his blessings , he is in a comatose state of reality, he loves Ice Creams that drips on his bare chest, ants on his body enjoying the spiritualty of a sublime moment…
This is an Introduction I add to my old post.. Old Posts I find get the relevance of becoming newer as you read it after sometimes..
Word Press will never understand this Blog Machine.. no it wont rest.. even afer Death..
My Post
Gods are human too, they need to be pampered by Man, they have the whims and fancies of Man, Gods whose abode is in Indralok but who find Mumbai an ideal transit lounge. Mumbai is prime property ..even for the Gods.
Gods are not choosy about Space , God knows you have them in the space of your hearts but Gods are human too want to be a part of the environment the Mumbai Manoos.
Gods too say Mee Mumbaikar which is better than a lesser god saying Mee Patnakar. Patna is the capital of Bihar.
Man the Real estate Agent loves to dupes Gods into property illegalities.
So Man conniving crooked uses God, as a fulcrum to punish other Men.Man can tolerate anything pain, sorrow, death but an insult to his God he wont take , he will kill, this is another in born instinct of a Mujhaideen too.I call it misplaced religiosity, as I have always reiterated all proselytizing religions suck.. Man has a Will to choose follow what he wants, you can buy Man enslave him, but not his inner free will.This is the pounding resilience of Man.You can kill Man but not the spirit of Man.
So God wants to imitate Man, Yes learn from Man the meaning of his innerspirit.
God wants to be Man..
What happens is knowing Gods propensity for all that is Human, Man builds Temples architectural beauties like the Birla Temples .. there is a saying that the Birlas leave part of the Temple unfinished.. a kind of misplaced auscpiciousness.
Poor Man builds temples on congested streets, in front of a neighbours house, some of them are made for profit, I am no authority .. I am against bad mouthing God.
Yes I too am as human as God,.
I was rushing home at about 11.30 am saw a demolition about to take place of an illegal temple on Waterfield Road Bandra, here I must mention I had a premonition carried my camera just in case.. I got out of the Rickshah began shooting pictures.
The Bandra Police know me and I have a valid press card from Bandra Samachar the editorial backing of Mr Clarence Gomes who knows I dont misuse my writings , I write for a social cause.
The Cops called me let me go, but I had taken a few shots.I was dressed in my Sadhu attire..
The Temple is being demolished on a court backed order..the Judiciary is the most respected part of society..you dont mess with law or order .
What really makes me question this is the fact when the temple was coming up the local authorities turned a Nelsons eye.. over the years the temple became a part of a childs growing up, his success , his failures turned to success were bound to this temple, his sisters wedding, his fathers professional upgrade, his entire ethos was bound to this temple under the Peepul Tree.. when you demolish it you kill the very thing that inspired God to come and reside in this Temple as Man.
The recent riots, killing of man, ruthlessness, the harvesting of ill will at the demolition of a 150 years Dargah in Baroda gives India and Indians a bad name.
Why cant we sort out matters like our ancestors who celeberated Idd as Diwali , Diwali as Idd.
It saddens me.. while I was shooting this temple I was dressed as a sadhu blonde hair.
I will only say on thing even the Policeman under the uniform is pained.. but what does he do, sometimes he uses his baton.. unnecessarily ..but lets face it he is more human and closer to the ills of society… he is trying hard to quell the storm that becomes a uneventful day for all of us… it is not about religion.. demolish but also try to heal.
Why do you allow temples , illegal structures to come up in the first place, than after several years in sheer bravado break it.. human hearts feelings take years to live in social harmony a it takes an incident like the Baroda Dargah to take us back into wilderness of another 100 years.
We must demolish but also try to create .. heal.
We too.. must be part of this healing.
We are all wanting to heal.. Feel.
firoze shakir
photographerno1
The Bandra Hill road demolition was legal structures Fire Temple Churches , to give way to road widening…on one side , the other side of Bandra Hill Road is rampant buildings coming up as Malls , bad infrastructure, even the St Josephs Convent that parted with their property find stalls sitting there instead of road widening…
Bandra Bazar Road well I have decided not to talk about it, I will shoot pictures of our Desi Venice when the Monsoons strike..
Eunuch Collective Sorrow
Bandra Bezar Road emasculated fortitude
yesterday today tomorrow..
tiled pavements that get washed away
like a ministers fund add to some more sorrow
they who steal our childrens future
for whom we beg and borrow…
April 14th, 2007
photographerno1.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/gods-are-human-too/
Gods are Human too
A few months back at Water Field Road Bandra , an old Shri Sai Baba Temple was demolished as it was perched on a Peepul Tree on the pavement, the Court had passed an Injunction that all illegal place of Worship , including Dargahs, Temples , Crosses to be removed , a blindfolded judgement, but with severe repurcussions for people that have made the place of worship a part of their living life..man will stand mute if he sees a woman getting raped, man will watch impotently his neighbors house getting burnt, man will not tolerate his God being tarnished, his God being demolished, yes collective Man will retalite , without thinking of the harm to society or to his country.
I till date cannot get over the images of the Babri Mosque , kar sevaks perched atop battering a disputed structure as they said, but this was democracy , faith in a democratic principal being hit, the entire nation watched impotently, now shedding tears of remorse does not hold water.. I think it was a bad letter day for all of us secular minded unbigoted people..
I saw the Riots , the after math of the riots.. the pain to both communities..
Mobocracy is when Democracy is betrayed by misguided elements..
Anyway this temple at Waterfield road was being destroyed by the Miunicipal authorities, along with Police Protection.. the people that thronged to this Temple were genuinely hurt , but Law has to take its course..
What I fail to understand when the Temple was set up what were the authorities doing.. what took them so long, this seduced somnolence of their senses… yes honestly the system sucks..
Our Indian psyche loves building Mosques Temples .. anything to appease the Maker , but this fervour wont be shown in building a Widows home or a Childrens home.. Man is a Miser towards Man.. he spends lavishly on God…garlands, floral tributes , chaddars, what not.. golden shoes for the Lord while Man walks witthout Shoes, hold on Man has no Feet…
The political leaders with their patronage give a stamp of authority to an illegal place of Worship , later on he will be nominated as erstwhile Trustee.
The guy who moves semi nude at Bhendi Bazar , dirty , unclean, coats of dirt on his body, is a sight that would put anyone off, but come night , rich folks touch him, take his blessings , he is in a comatose state of reality, he loves Ice Creams that drips on his bare chest, ants on his body enjoying the spiritualty of a sublime moment…
This is an Introduction I add to my old post.. Old Posts I find get the relevance of becoming newer as you read it after sometimes..
Word Press will never understand this Blog Machine.. no it wont rest.. even afer Death..
My Post
Gods are human too, they need to be pampered by Man, they have the whims and fancies of Man, Gods whose abode is in Indralok but who find Mumbai an ideal transit lounge. Mumbai is prime property ..even for the Gods.
Gods are not choosy about Space , God knows you have them in the space of your hearts but Gods are human too want to be a part of the environment the Mumbai Manoos.
Gods too say Mee Mumbaikar which is better than a lesser god saying Mee Patnakar. Patna is the capital of Bihar.
Man the Real estate Agent loves to dupes Gods into property illegalities.
So Man conniving crooked uses God, as a fulcrum to punish other Men.Man can tolerate anything pain, sorrow, death but an insult to his God he wont take , he will kill, this is another in born instinct of a Mujhaideen too.I call it misplaced religiosity, as I have always reiterated all proselytizing religions suck.. Man has a Will to choose follow what he wants, you can buy Man enslave him, but not his inner free will.This is the pounding resilience of Man.You can kill Man but not the spirit of Man.
So God wants to imitate Man, Yes learn from Man the meaning of his innerspirit.
God wants to be Man..
What happens is knowing Gods propensity for all that is Human, Man builds Temples architectural beauties like the Birla Temples .. there is a saying that the Birlas leave part of the Temple unfinished.. a kind of misplaced auscpiciousness.
Poor Man builds temples on congested streets, in front of a neighbours house, some of them are made for profit, I am no authority .. I am against bad mouthing God.
Yes I too am as human as God,.
I was rushing home at about 11.30 am saw a demolition about to take place of an illegal temple on Waterfield Road Bandra, here I must mention I had a premonition carried my camera just in case.. I got out of the Rickshah began shooting pictures.
The Bandra Police know me and I have a valid press card from Bandra Samachar the editorial backing of Mr Clarence Gomes who knows I dont misuse my writings , I write for a social cause.
The Cops called me let me go, but I had taken a few shots.I was dressed in my Sadhu attire..
The Temple is being demolished on a court backed order..the Judiciary is the most respected part of society..you dont mess with law or order .
What really makes me question this is the fact when the temple was coming up the local authorities turned a Nelsons eye.. over the years the temple became a part of a childs growing up, his success , his failures turned to success were bound to this temple, his sisters wedding, his fathers professional upgrade, his entire ethos was bound to this temple under the Peepul Tree.. when you demolish it you kill the very thing that inspired God to come and reside in this Temple as Man.
The recent riots, killing of man, ruthlessness, the harvesting of ill will at the demolition of a 150 years Dargah in Baroda gives India and Indians a bad name.
Why cant we sort out matters like our ancestors who celeberated Idd as Diwali , Diwali as Idd.
It saddens me.. while I was shooting this temple I was dressed as a sadhu blonde hair.
I will only say on thing even the Policeman under the uniform is pained.. but what does he do, sometimes he uses his baton.. unnecessarily ..but lets face it he is more human and closer to the ills of society… he is trying hard to quell the storm that becomes a uneventful day for all of us… it is not about religion.. demolish but also try to heal.
Why do you allow temples , illegal structures to come up in the first place, than after several years in sheer bravado break it.. human hearts feelings take years to live in social harmony a it takes an incident like the Baroda Dargah to take us back into wilderness of another 100 years.
We must demolish but also try to create .. heal.
We too.. must be part of this healing.
We are all wanting to heal.. Feel.
firoze shakir
photographerno1
The Bandra Hill road demolition was legal structures Fire Temple Churches , to give way to road widening…on one side , the other side of Bandra Hill Road is rampant buildings coming up as Malls , bad infrastructure, even the St Josephs Convent that parted with their property find stalls sitting there instead of road widening…
Bandra Bazar Road well I have decided not to talk about it, I will shoot pictures of our Desi Venice when the Monsoons strike..
Eunuch Collective Sorrow
Bandra Bezar Road emasculated fortitude
yesterday today tomorrow..
tiled pavements that get washed away
like a ministers fund add to some more sorrow
they who steal our childrens future
for whom we beg and borrow…
April 14th, 2007
photographerno1.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/gods-are-human-too/