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Bought Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W150 (8.1 mega pixels) for my daughter.
Did a trial shot at Marine Drive of Malabar Hill skyline.
It was a great evening and a great treat for Mumbaikar's to witness the spectacular laser show and fireworks on the eve of inauguration of the much awaited Bandra-Worli sea link.
The bridge, seemed like a sparkling jewel during the show.
It was an orchestrated display of multi-coloured lasers and fireworks of aerial shells and other spectacular illuminating display.
The show was visible from the sea fronts in Shivaji Park, Dadar, Bandra, Worli and Mahim in the evening of 29th June 2009.
So here it is the entire 2 minutes 51 seconds of firworks footage of Bandra-Worli Sea Link, (Fireworks) capsuled into 1.24 seconds.
Please click the 'set quality to HD' icon on the screen panel and view the video in High Definition crystal clear visual.
Shot with Nikon D90. Edited on FCP.
The Saifee Hospital is a State of the art, modern hospital built in Charni Road region of Mumbai, India. It has 33 specialised departments, 200 doctors and 295 beds.
The Saifee hospital was envisioned originally by Syedna Taher Saifuddin, who led the Dawoodi Bohra community from 1915 to 1965 and fostered efforts in medical care for the community. The Hospital was rebuilt by the head of the Dawoodi bohra community His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (Head of the Dawoodi Bohra Community since 1965) with contributions from Community members and was inaugurated in June 2005 by the Prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh.
I am from Jharkhand .. i have only studied till 10th as there was some financial problem in my family so i stopped studying and started doing odd jobs to support my family …
My father used to be a teacher .. we had a private school in our place in Jharkhand but that got closed some 5 years back and then there was no job for my father as he was a teacher and principal in that school .. so he just do tuitions and all and then i had to take responsibilities ..
I became a salesman and started selling cloths home to home and used to get 50 rupees per day but it was not enough for me so i planned to come to Mumbai in the year of 2003 ..
Struggling started and i started searching for jobs … first job i got for 1500 rupees and it keep increasing yearly .. after completing 3 yrs over there i reached the pay scale of 3000 rupees per month salary.
But 3000 rupees is nothing for a person to live in Mumbai .. search started yet again for job to get more money ..
I got a job in an ice-cream parlour for 3500 rupees .. i had no option but to take it up ..
In between i was working out as well .. its a very difficult to do work out and maintain ones physique with less money but i was and am very dedicated about working out and whatever i do i do with my heart and hard work …i completed the gym training course from K11 Fitness Academy and joined as a trainer in a very big gymnasium in south Mumbai .. so i started working in two places because still i have financial problems .. i have to see my family also .. its very hectic to work as a gym trainer in the gym and then go to restaurant and work there till late night .. and again in morning go to gym … but i have no option and i have made my mind to work hard …
Now as i have a good physique and a nice face someone suggested that i should model as well so in the days to come i will shoot my folio and distribute my pictures and look for modelling work .. hopefully i should get success as a model .. even after doing two jobs money is not enough as i have a very big family of 4 sisters 3 brothers and mom dad ..
i have a younger brother who is staying with me in Mumbai having health issues and who doesn’t keep well so i take care of him and pay for him as well .. life is tough but dreams are dreams and have to be realised so its my dream to become a model and to do something for my family and this i say from my heart because in my family some of the people say that can’t do anything … i don’t have capabilities .. just wanted to show them that by struggling in Mumbai for 10 years .. i will achieve something and my heart says with hard work .. good blessings and luck i will definitely succeed in future.
I received a lot of messages for the safety of my family from my blogger friends.. friends who are deeply concerned..
I copy some of their messages here for perusal of their feelings..a bloggers world is a world without borders..
Here I must thank the guys at Indiblogger they have done a great job.. bringing the Mumbai bloggers on a common platform..
Dear Mumbai bloggers,
We are proud of the overwhelming response from the Mumbai blogging community. Thank you for sending us your blog posts, for shouting out loud and for reaching out to everyone around you. All your posts have been put up here:
www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=1
Please do keep sending us links to your posts as and when you blog more. We have put up a link on Digg to tell the world what you have to say, please digg it and help the cause.
The only wish I have that Indiblogger should change their stance that Flickr is where my blogs 49600 originate..Flickr is not considered a Blogsite by Indiblogger.
Messages from my friends..
Firoze, so sorry to hear about the terrorists attacks on the Taj Hotel
an other sites in Mumbai. I presume you and your family are safe. My
thoughts and prayers are with you and our country. Drop me a line and
let me know you are OK and your reaction to events.
Benn Bell
Hey Firoze,
I just got an e-mail from CNN saying that there was a terrorist attack in Mumbai.
Just wanted to make sure you and your family are fine.
Tom Andrews
Sharida sent you a message.
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Hi Firoze,
Hope you and your family / friends are well. I pray this utter madness will be over soon.
Love,
Sharida Mohomedjoesof
Laurent Designldg wrote on your Wall:
"Dear Firoze I hope you and the people you love are safe.
I am in Varanasi, we have been watching the news all night long, what a madness....
My thoughts are for you and the poeple of Mumbai
I am trying to follow the news, this all is a surprise, it
is...
take care Firoze, please please
Waza
You've been sent a Flickr Mail from deadheading:
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:: turmoil..
hey Firoze how's things mate,
i've just heard on the radio of terror attacks in Mumbai..
bastards!! i hope you and everyone dear to you are ok.. ,
take care.
michael.deadheading
Firoze,
What's the real story behind the trouble today in Mumbai?
I don't trust our news reports.
There's so much turmoil in the world.
Looks like 2009 will be an interesting and dangerous year in my country.
Peace,
Ray Lucero
More madness firoze.
I'm glad to see you are some distance from it, and my hope is that you and
yours will stay unharmed by this lunacy.
I think that the deranged ones are targetting tourism, but as seen in
Egypt and elsewhere it won't stop people visiting places of beauty. I will
be discussing the prospect of having a sojourn in Goa sometime next year
with John over the weekend. My own health isn't at best at the moment. It
seems as if winter just beats me up as she comes in these days.
I don't know if your TV is working, but from what I can see on the BBC
your government seem to be getting on top of the situation. Just the same
keep your head down. I know you believe as I do that darkness and terror
will ultimately be overcome by light and love.
dave
David Hazell
Firoze,
Thanks for the reply to my email.
Be safe and let me know your take on events as they progress.
Ray Lucero
Anthony wrote on your Wall:
"hoping all is well for you"
Anthony Posey
:: the attacks in Mumbai..
Firoze, I have only just been able to read a little more
about the attacks in Mumbai and I see that they are not
that close to Bandra right? Yes, of course I am concerned
for you and Family and truely hope that all are safe and
sound. I am going to continue to read the news here and
there for the next couple of hours..
Please Reply
Waza
Bern sent you a message.
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The news feed was horrible and then I caught some CNN footage coming out of Mumbai. What an unreal world we live in.
Bernie Shadowboxer
oh my god
im in shock cousin
how fucked up is this??????????
who are these bastards shooting innocents
there is no safe place in the world anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its all over the news here!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glenn Losack
latest message from Friar Tuck
You've been sent a Flickr Mail from Friartucker:
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:: Hey mate...crazy fucking world
I take it from you posting your ok
what part of Mumbai are you in...?
its dominating the news in the past 20 hrs
saying 2 aussie's are dead and two are in hospital with
gunshots
must be really sad for you being so close to home
hope none of your family and friends have been caught up in
this slaughter..
our thoughts go out to you and yours and the people of your
country
Tuck
Firoze,
Sorry to hear about Mumbai. I only found out about it today.
Stephe
Androgyne Online
It is utterly shocking...this senseless act of terrorism and carnage in Mumbai and against humanity....here, there, everywhere and no end in sight.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No words to express my dismay.
nabila 4 art
Once the resolve of the world's masses is tempered enough through these cowardly acts, there will be no place for this evil to run and hide. Terrorism will end if the world wills it.
Thinking of you and your countrymen at this terrible time and wishing you well. Your friend, Mike Van Horne - penselen
I hope you are well and have been unaffected by the current insanity that man inflicts on man in Bombay just now. How can one human being intentionally harm a stranger? - unthinkable.
eric parker canada
26/11/2008 will go down as one of the darkest days in the history of Mumbai and India. Life in the country's financial capital remains paralysed as terrorists hold the city under siege. In a heinous terror attack that the country has seen in recent times, Mumbai came under an unprecedented night attack.
IN.COM NEWS
my poem dedicated to my well wishers and friends
mumbai under siege
mumbai under attack
the marauders of mankind
the killers of humanity are back
the taj the trident nariman house
the terrorists
our beloved city's hope and harmoy
want to hijack
while the city fathers
to end this situation
their heads rack
searching 300 rooms
for a needle in a haystack
the reporters on their feet
no food no snack
the martyred police personnel
blood stains on the track
ATS chief hemant karkare
vijay salaskar ashok kamte
nameless plaque
all around dead bodies stack
the army the navy
curfew at gateway and colaba
a situation pitch black
the resilient spirit
of mee mumbaikar
under pressure
will never crack
This clock is presented by Messrs Moloo Bros of Zanzibar on 18-01-1935.
Dedicated to all my Ismaili friends all over the world.
Parents are our real wealth, respect them, take care of them. What personality you are carrying today is a reality because of them.
माँ बाप ही हमारी असली दौलत है, उनकी इज़्ज़त करो और उनको सम्भालो, आज जो तुम एक हस्ती लेकर चल रहे हो उसकी बुनियाद उन्होंने डाली है|
Initially I never thought of becoming part of Photography industry. Now, Photography has become part my life. It's an everyday learning experience in this industry. And I also like to spread my knowledge about photography.
Here I am someone who takes responsibility for the actions when things go wrong. I believe pointing fingers solves nothing.
I believe that my growth depends upon the chain of relation I have with my customers and employees. Relations are more important than business, this is what makes our clients to come back again & again.
As my interest is in Photography I do like Travelling a lot.
I enjoy meeting different kind of Photographers, amateurs as well as professional photographers. Talking to them is a great experience. I always strive to meet their requirements.
Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.
Shot with Nikon D3x with Sigma EX 12-24mm F4.5-5.6
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Shot 4 different perspective and angles of The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) .. uploading 2 here and reserved 2 for the coffee table book ...
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Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, KCIE (August 4, 1845 - November 5, 1915) was an Parsi Indian political leader, activist, and a leading lawyer of Bombay (now Mumbai), India, who was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law. His political ideology was, as was the case with most of the Indian leaders of his time, moderate. Hence, he was not directly opposed to the British Crown's sovereignty, but only demanded more autonomy for Indians to self-rule.
He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay Municipality in 1873 and its President four times - 1884, 1885, 1905 and 1911.
He was chosen the president of the Indian National Congress in 1890.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and historic railway station which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways in Mumbai, India.
Simply change your perspective to get spectacular shots.
A sheer joy to snap busy lifelines #MumbaiLocal and #MumbaiMetro in a single #frame.
Selfish reason to shoot this hoarding (which is now displayed opposite Mahalaxmi station) & upload this pic is that I am hanging on this hoarding as a model for Orchid City Centre Mall.
The campaign has been shot by eminent photographer Mr. Manoj Jadhav of Mumbai.
To view the Mall click on this link
The Rajabai Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai, India. It is located in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. The tower stands at a height of 85 m (280 ft). Coordinates: 18°55′46.71″N, 72°49′47.95″E.
The Rajabai tower was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, an English architect. It was modelled on Big Ben, the clock tower of the UK houses of Parliament in London.
The foundation stone was laid on March 1, 1869 and construction was completed in November 1878. The total cost of construction came to Rs. 2 lakhs (Rs. 200,000), a princely sum in those days. This entire cost was defrayed by Premchand Roychand, a prosperous broker who founded the Bombay Stock Exchange on the condition that the tower be named after his mother Rajabai.
Premchand Roychand's mother was blind and as a staunch follower of Jain religion she was supposed to consume her dinner before evening. The evening bell of the tower helped her to know the time without anyone's help.
Its Saturday and he is on his way back from Office.
The Sun is about to set and cool breeze draws him to the promenade..
The breeze and serenity that the Arabian sea gifts him, makes him forget the tiresome week and
whilst he relaxes, nostalgia fills him in.
images of the days he spent during college wandering by the sea,
days of less responsibility, less tension and more fun....
but then a look around and he is back into the reality..
he aint alone, he has many a company sitting by the sea, immersing in the mood set by the master craftsman - nature.
He smilies and then,
he gathers his belongings and sets to go home as the Sun,
while the joggers and the crab continue to furiously hop around in this strange place called Marine Drive :-)
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He sits around possibly meditating about his past.
The Grimness bestowed by the Monsoons and the sun setting on the Right west coast helped in the pic
Shot from the "Kutbe - Kokan Maqdoom Ali Mahimi Flyover".
Texture Courtesy: Owner not known.
Shot with Nikon D70s.
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Gokul Ashtami is an Indian feast a feast that celebrates the ethos of Lord Krishna and his love for Humanity and the boys who celebrate this feast are Pucca Mumbaikars 101 % you cant replace them at all,these are Mumbai Che Pore Hoshyar and Ala Re Ale and Shammi Kappor is not dead , he can never die as long as the boys keep on breaking the Dahi Handi..
So with due respect to the Spaniards tasting our India feast hospitality , they will always remain Spaniards and we welcome them with the spirit of Love India.. Proud India.. but mind you all the roads in Thane led to one place and that is Vartak Nagar the home of Govinda Ala Re Ala..
I was invited by Purrvesh and Vihang my Facebook friends and two pillars of Pratap Sarnaik..they invite me every year as I had shot the World Record Handi here a few years back 2008 .
I had come along with the famous Talwadi Mazgaon Mandal of Yeshwant Jadhav and patron Bala Nandgaonkar..I shot it by accident , as the Talwadi boys had taken me along with them to all the places they break the Dahi Handi and Vartak Nagar was the last stop.. Sanskruti Yuva Pratishtan Vartak Nagar Thane .
This year due to work commitment I was at Lokhandwala with my wife so missed out on the Ranade Road Dadar Dahi Handi that I shoot every year , and after I completed my work I dropped my wife home took the Slow Local For Thane..my tryst with destiny..
I walk barefeet and I was fasting too , Pratap Naik is not just a Shiv Sena leader he is man of the masses and for 3 years I am trying to understand his magic with the crowds , they love him as much as he loves them , they are like his children , and this man iconic ever loving never tires, his energy levels are not human at all..
Since morning actors drop by ,. first it was Bollywood Hunk John Abraham than Neha Dupia Udita Goswami and the lover boy dude Rohit Roy and ace fashion designer Vikram Phadnis the list is long.. they all love Pratap Sarnaik.. I love him too..
He is the Showman of Thane no doubt about it and let me remind you he is down to earth , humble but that is all fine you try not to rub him the wrong way he is street savvy and difficult man to have as an opponent this is my observation , I read his body language and he is always smiling , his wife Bhabiji I found has the remote control.. though she pretends she lost it somewhere in the Bazar..
The team Sarnaik has some great personalities all working as family , Papu Bhai made sure there was victuals for breaking my Ramzan fast and I cant get over his words ..Apka Swab Hame Bhi Milta Hai Aisa lagta hai ke hamne bhi roza rakha hai and I am crying as I write this this is Love India .. beyond Hindu Muslim Sikh Isai.,. This is the true spirit of Vande Matram everybody under one Flag Ek Jan Ek Tiranga ..
And in keeping with the mission of peace Pratap Sarnaik saw that all his guests wore the Gandhi cap keeping the Soul of Anna Hazare alive yes whatever party whatever our caste creed we have get rid of Corruption at all cost .. Lau Ya Jau..
My picture are nothing special I shoot poems and I hope you read them without words of course and one last thing we come here because we love the Sarnaiks but we love the Thane crowds the most disciplined , rocking , and loving every minute of this greatest day on Earth..
Vande Matram Ma Tujhe Salam
Jai Maharashtra ..
94032 Bhayandar- Churchgate Fast Medha AC Local heading towards Dadar Station..
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Rake no. 8001-02
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Ps. This is the First EMU Rake which has 12 Caoch entirely Walk through Internal Vestibule and has Underslung Equipment which make this Rake Special.
Having known south Mumbai in minute details and knowing this area well, having walked around extensively to be at the Gateway to inhale a sense of freedom that the air in this part of country gives, I, a diehard Mumbaikar, am particularly disturbed by the war that these terrorists have waged on my city and my country. I just keep getting the feeling all through these times that I am in deep sleep and this is one of those nightmares I will forget after waking up. I wish. The pain of the victims’ families and the destruction are heartbreaking but what bothers me more is the shallowness expressed by some of our citizen, who are famous for being famous, in this hour of serious contemplation.
I am talking of the Suhel Seth phenomena. He was loud and clear in his criticism not just of the terrorists but also equally of government mechanism and apparatus. The problem I have in this is not just that his criticism of the system in the situation is unfair, but he was jumping the guns too early. He was on air at 11.00pm, Wednesday night, even before the gravity of the situation became clear. Even on day 2, his language was more of abuse than of a critic who is able to come up with alternate ideas.
Suhel Seth is not a Mumbaikar, I am not talking in the parlance of Raj Thackrey here but saying this because I know that all he has done is to bask in the glory of the media all though these hours. Did he help people in distress? Did he talk to the victims’ families? Did he donate blood when the hospitals had acute shortages? Where was he on 7/11 and on the more recent instances of terror?
I am not speaking for the government at this moment, but what I want is the media to stop giving valuable airtime to the people as shallow as him and wasting our time. On a serious lighter note, can we take news channels to consumer court for providing below quality content?
And if that was not enough, did you notice RGV and CM's son "inspecting" Taj like it was a walk in the park?
the cops see them but turn the other way
simply because like other criminals drug addicts
do not pay ,, no hafta in simple common mans
language they say..why are the criminals not
scared of our cops snatching bags from ministers
wife of the ruling party daring defiance i must say
every mornings paper has a new crime on display
a builder shot , a van escapes with loot ,these are
not incidents stray..as every evil act attack the soul
of mumbai ,, as she weeps as always .. rape of children
molestation eve teasing , fake police more original than
the actual cops the fabric of peace hope humanity all
frayed , riots , hindu muslim animosity no healing hand
to give succor hate everywhere ,,everybody all the
prime ministers men busy with Swach Bharat , the real
garbage of crime criminals no brooms to drive the away
acche din ka intezar ,, ab ki bar has taken a lot of time
for good law order management .. good governance
to the god almighty we pray ,,,je suis Mumbaikar in pain
seeing the scenario my poetic thoughts cosmically flayed
Shot with Nikon D3x @ Tilt shift lens - Nikkor PC-E 24mm @ from my bldg's terrace
HDR file from a single RAW file
I was reading the stuff on the recent Orkut search, Shiv Sena , on dogpile, I had time to kill, so I read a few of them,I was shocked and stunned at the aftermath of the cybercafe bashing, one gentleman seems to have been the cause of ruffling the feathers of die hard Shiv Sena, grassroot cyberfire fighting nerds, so they have all ganged up against this NRI blogger, but to hit him hard they broke a few Muslim imaginary skulls unskillfully.
We get upset when somebody alludes to the integrity or character assasinates our leaders,but if we see on introspection, we as individuals, as collective mobocracy have more hate within us than Hate communities.
We are full of venom, waiting with clench fists to hit , smash faces, atleast the guys who use the net as a tool, possibly educated net savvy, have much more hate, more for a particular community hating words.It hurts not just as a Muslim but as a thorough bred born Indian.
I always believe the country of our birth is the country of our destiny.
Religion and the country are two sides of a coin, no religion is worth its salt if it places the country on a lower rung.This is not my field of blogging, but what I have to say can be read without me trying to sound wounded..I am against Hate of all kinds for any ethnicity or humanity.My religion and my country taught me that through what was imparted as upbringing by my parents.
I write about all religion, I was shocked India Blogs does not have a category for people who blog on Interfaith, so I had to write a Professional Blogger which I am not.. I need no votes that I am on search engines people see my pictures read me , is enough for me.
The trouble is most of the times it is Indians who do not like Indians.
Indians love bashing Indians .Dogpile of Hate.
I saw how I scared the other crabs in a bottle at Sulekha Blogs when I posted 600 blogs in six days.They blocked me saying my language was fuck oriented..Lol
I write about Hijdas , without denting or bruising my sexual orientation, but if given a magnanimous choice I would rather be a Hjda than a dogpile of shit hating Man.
The countrys law , order is everyones problem it affects all of us, hate progroms affect all of us, when Maratha leaders are denigrated it affects us all, as we are proud mee Mumbaikars.
But online Orkut is a mighty Google money generating giant, they should see that haters are not promoted, lets have more Gandhigiri on the cybernet...More Love communities.
For me a blogger 20 months old the Internet , I have given more to Google Search free than a pendant to my own wife.
I get scared when web sites ask me to upgrade, fuck we keep your readers entertained , you should be giving us free upgrades not the other way around.. sometimes you got to bend rules...to keep the Internet Junta happy beaming smiling from cheek to cheek.
It was only Buzznet that gave me free extra uploads..Thank You Steve Haldane wherever you are ..Buzznet refugee..Ha Ha
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They are the Men n Women in Khakis n camouflages who silently guard Mumbai.
Mumbai Terror Attacks, humiliatingly proved serious issues grappling Mumbai task force.
Thus of the ashses of 26/11 arose Force One - a special ops team trained by German teams and others.
This also opened up arms trade between India and others and deviating fron INSAS to M4A1 , Vector / Tar arsenal :-)
Bappa watches the misery of the #mumbaikar
But he knows putting sense into #BMC is a task in vain .
A body without Brains .
Our city's Municipal budget
Is more than that of Spain
We are obsessed with statues
In the sea bullet trains .
Our netas insane
We have everything to lose
They have everything to gain
Coming back to power by hook
Or by crook is the issue main.
Protecting God men convicted rapist like Baba Ram Rahim giving Z security ...kissing his boots humanity
Goes down the drain ..