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Being blind
A Muslim boy
On Idd
A blessing in disguise
No sectarian hate
To blind the eyes
No need to be recruited as a Jehadi
Misguided Paradise
No half truths no full lies
No Shia Sunni Kaaffir to despise
No bidding of Allah
For a price
Forbidden fruits
Sectarian strife
Very few that realize
Much before you are born
Dreams that die
Acid Rain from the skies
Voiceless tears
Screamless cries
The Mullah on a Mound of Fatwas
No surprise
Spiritualty just a devise
With his power he defies
He too begs for a bigger Madrasa
A bigger Mosque
Political criminalization
sequestered scorched soul
parched and dries
Mortal demands
Of death and destruction
Human bodies suicide bombs
As supplies
Our World of Peace and Brotherhood
Slow demise
A New Hope
A New Testament
Of Harmonious living
We have to revise
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He is the guardian of blind boy I used to shoot many years back and I made a separate set at Flickr documenting this blind beggar boy , both this old man and the blind boy begged at Boran road or sometimes at the Pali Road signal..
The blind boy was operated several times but the operations failed and it has been several years I have not seen the blind beggar boy I asked this old man he is evasive and says the boy is recuperating as he is allergic to light .
This guy lives at the Bandra Reclamation transit camp near the MET Cricket grounds I called him and took this shot .
Both these beggars are from Murshidabad W Bengal .
Most of the Muslim beggar ladies are from Murshidabad W Bengal and Poriborton has not really helped them in any way ,,imagine coming all the way thousands of miles away to beg in the bye lanes of slums in Bandra .
The steady influx is seen more during Ramzan when they come to the city of Mumbai with great hope and dreams , and most of them as they dont have identifications papers are caught by rogue cops who demand money or they are forcibly sent away as suspected Bangal Deshi to Bangla Desh there they are tortured looted by those rogue border cops ,, and it is sad .. specially if the beggar is from W Bengal..
So this is the story of Muslim beggars ,,,
And I shot him from a young age and now the old man begs alone he does not tell me where the blind beggar boy is ..
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This is the time when he had an eye operation and it failed , now again he has had an operation and is recuperating I was told by his guardian , who now begs alone at Boran road .
The blind boy is a teenager now and I have been shooting him for several years , documenting his beggar life style of pain survival in Bandra .
He used to beg at Boran road or near Sahiban signal or the main SV Road Bandra Reclamation signal.. .
They are Muslims ,beggars from Murshidabad WBengal.
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