This is what remains of the bakra before Bakra Idd, he was a partner of the two that were bought for Rs 45000, but he hurt himself , so the family had him slaughtered before Bakra Idd that is tomorrow..a damaged or injured animal cannot be used for the Idd sacrifice.. the butcher was called in and the bakra wont be used for kurbani ..I was on my way to work and shot this picture , I shot a lot of bakras goats at the makeshift JJ Market , Jamate Jamooriya Bandra.. I love goats brave animals unafraid of impending fate the only animal that faces death like a fair daffodil..Wordsworthian fatality and impending doom..
Miya kids love moving about with their goats , showing off on the streets of Bandra..
The one Parsi boy who sheds tears is Farzand grandson of yesteryear junior artiste Katy, he has become friendly with the neighboring goats and is sad they will be killed..
As there a lot of goat pictures shot last two days I am adding a set on Flickr ..Goats Bakra Idd Namaz. 2009.I will shoot the Namaz tomorrow barefeet , I dont wear slippers to respect the sanctity and the soul of the namaz on the streets..
Tags: injured bakra strret life bakra eid muslims angst my bandra blogs
© All Rights Reserved
Now this story of the injured bakra originated at Indira Nagar a slum dwelling but with the rich poor and the ugly all communities living in mutual peace and harmony,I use the narrow winding lanes to reach my new shop , and the kids of this urban clustered jungle stalk me, they want to be shot by me, some dress up in Friday best clothes waiting for me, some pose with goats knowing that even if I shoot the goats they will show up in my pictures, and honestly these kids are much smarter than me and luckily my daughter Samiya has not seen me in this place or she will say I have lost it..I did the day she got married and left me an orphan befriending goats and hijras..
I love this area Indira Nagar , Hafiza Bi, Ismail Chacha whose father worked as a cook with the Nizam of Hyderabad and the erstwhile Jinnah family, Jinnah Saab wanted his father to move to Pakistan, but Ismail Chachas father politely refused.. Jinnah Saab got his father a job with a renowned solicitors family in Bandra.
More on Ismail Chacha and Hafiza Bi on my Flickr blogs , their daughter lives in Manhattan New York and a grandson in UK..
I shot a stray Hijra at Bandra Hill Road but I have yet to add text , he was from the troupe of impostor hijras I shot some time back, he was dead drunk.. and I was with Marziya...so I took two frames.
This kid in the picture is the most notorious in extorting me for pictures ..but I would rather shoot them than shoot flowers insects and the backside of mountains .. I bet Dr Glenn Losack is laughing ..
Street photography is the essence and soul of the godliness of god gone to seed..we shoot and frame it on your comatose consciousness..
Tags: street photography comatose consciousness dr glenn losack md strret life bakra eid muslims angst my bandra blogs
© All Rights Reserved
a kick on the balls
one after the other
they tear us apart
falling in love
with street shadows
life is nothing
but body parts
beneath the cosmetic
curiosity all warts
the pangs lost illusions
of two lovers
who were once sweet hearts
a new one takes her place
when the old one departs
a morgue of memories
waiting for hope
on handcarts
Tags: poems by firoze shakir beggar poet of mumbai firoze shakir poetry strret life bakra eid muslims angst my bandra blogs
© All Rights Reserved
tomorrow
gushing
from his neck
red blood
death blow
gurgling down
the gutter flow
he will be slaughtered
without a blow
kids watching this
all aglow
the silence of the lamb
although
the kasais tomorrow
will make a lot of dough
running from
one building
to another
to and fro
feast of feast
for the vultures
vermin and crow
some will
slaughter 6 bakras
each costing
25 thousand
we all know
or a camel or a dumba
money is the core
but to the poor muslim
beggar woman
it is only a few coins
they will throw
flip side of a festivity
you dont need
to read more
Tags: street photography street life poems by firoze shakir beggar poet of mumbai firoze shakir poetry strret life bakra eid muslims angst my bandra blogs
© All Rights Reserved
in the slums i mean
Tags: street photography bakras before bakra idd strret life bakra eid muslims angst my bandra blogs
© All Rights Reserved