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I moved to Bandra Reclamation 12 yrs back earlier we stayed at De Monte street Bandra Bazar.
I began Documentng these barbers of Lal Mitti.
For Indibloggers The Word Up Meet Had a great message , your blog is your own unique voice , so use original content dont duplicate by copy paste and shoot your own pictures use your mobile ,,be original for once ...
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Two sisters tale
Two Muslim girls
Conjoined ..a sad tale
Beneath the hijab I
Hear their wails ..
On the crest of their
Tears a tragic trail
Now their parents
Are searching for
Two conjoined male
Both are out on interim
Bail..when the flesh was
Willing the heart fails .
Hurdles after hurdles
To scale ...in life we
Are busy searching
The Holy Grail
#beggarpoet
He is 87 years old and I have been shooting him since 2005 ,,year after year every year.. I would spend most of my time chatting with them at Sola Khamba , Char Yar Masjid.
Peersab Syed Masoom Ali Baba is the head of the Aqsan branch of Madarriya Sufi Order ..connected to the Holy Shrine of Zinda Shah Madar or Qutbul Madar at Makanpur .
I became a Malang with my Belgian friend in 2011 ..and in 2013 I visited Makanpur and documented the 896 Urus of Zinda Shah Madar .
Syed Rafiq Ali Baba and Syed Masoom Ali Baba are my two pillars of guidance and holistic learning ,, they have both been very hospitable whether it was Ajmer or Makanpur .
The Madariyya are members of a Sufi order (tariqa) popular in North India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the Mewat region, Bihar and Bengal, as well as in Nepal and Bangladesh. Known for its syncretic aspects, lack of emphasis on external religious practice and focus on internal dhikr, it was initiated by the Sufi saint 'Sayed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar' (d. 1434 CE), called "Qutb-ul-Madar", and is centered on his shrine (dargah) at Makanpur, Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.
Originating from the Tayfuriya order, as his Pir, spiritual teacher was Bayazid Tayfur al-Bistami, Madariya reached its zenith in the late Mughal period between 15th to 17th century, and gave rise to new orders as Madar's disciples spread through the northern plains of India, into Bengal. As with most Sufi orders, its name Madariya has been created by adding a Nisba to the name of its founder Madar, leading to Madariya, sometimes spelled as Madariyya, though it is also referred as Tabaqatiya.[1][2][3][4][5]
Dargah[edit]
The Dargah, or the tomb of Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar, is located at Makanpur, near Kanpur city, in Uttar Pradesh state, India. It is visited by thousands of visitors every month and especially during the annual Urs celebrations.[6]
The Tariqah[edit]
Most of the biographic details regarding Baduddin Zinda Shah Madar are stories of his miracles. Much of such information has come from his hagiography, Mirat i-Madari, written in 1654 by Abd ur-Rahman Chisti. Since then a number of hagiographic texts have emerged.[7]
This is the story
Of a political chair
It was taken away
From the legal heir
Now thrown into
The garbage .
In politics and war
Everything is fair
A tug of war
But in between
The common man
Ensnared
#beggarpoet
Kallu sells corriander at the Bandra Bazar and Jesus on the Cross watches over him like his Saviour ...and Jesus feels for this Old man abandoned by his son ..
Kallu is a devotee of a Sufi Shrine at Borivili and goes every Thursday to offer floral tribute he speaks very highly of this Holy Saint and wants me to come with him one day .
After Kallu finishes his day selling corriander bunches at Rs 30 he comes to De Monte Street has his lunch and takes a nap outside a shop that is shut for lunch .
I saw him in the afternoon after my visit to Dr RD Parmar and I asked a guy to take my picture with him Kallu is a hero of some of my street stories.
I have documented Bandra Bazar Road people that lived died faded away .people that are in transit waiting for the flight home ..and Bandra Bazar is one moment in my life that I relive with the pictures I shoot ...I see it differently through the cosmic eye of my camera .
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I have been shooting her for many years without her being aware of it I always thought of it to myself...
I were going to town by train I gave her a Rs 5 coin , she took it humbly and gave me a one rupee coin ,and she kissed my hands I was overwhelmed as she began conversing with me in silence making me see the vision of the Holy Shrine of Zinda Shah Madar , I now realized that she too was shooting my pictures without me being aware of it.
I gave the coin to it was too precious and a solemn gift.
L gave her Rs 10 and she told me to tell Lshe will seek happiness soon..I did not tell this to L as Lmight not believe such street mundane hocus pocus or thoughts out of focus.
And here I reiterate ,we only meet people we were destined to meet within the cosmic circle of our Medicine Wheel..
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
Buddha