Yazidiyat ke thekedar apne billon me
Kan mein ruee dalkar kambhal mein chip jayenge
Kyon ki aaj Shia eide e zehra manayenge
Lal jhande hussainiyat ke gharon se lehrayenge
Hazrat imam hussain ke katilon par lanat bhijwayenge
Ek maan ko apna haq dilayenge
3  1/2  villian ka  jashan maneyenge
Enke putle ghar ghar mein jalayenge
Gul gule pakakar sare mohalle mein batwaenge
Bar umar [...]

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 03:09 AM Visits: 86
I AM BACK
This is a scene in Kolkatta during Moharram,and I had gone there for the first time..I did not know any one but as I entered the fray I found a lot of people knew me and I too scourged myself and kolkatta is a very intense place.. [...]

 Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 03:17 AM Visits: 51
ya hussain
This guy was one of the tallest maatamdars I met and I shot quite a few pictures and Kolkatta is a very bonding place for the small closely knit shia community..safdarbhai munna bhai and and their family really took me around including safdars son.saif..

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 03:27 AM Visits: 80
razor blade matam
This guy was so intense with his intensity he would make great villain in a Bolly wood film..I never got talk to him as I am on the move and I stayed in a seedy hotel near Canning street.
But Moharam gives me a chance to travel for [...]

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 03:39 AM Visits: 156
Karte Hain Matam Haram Abbas Ka
This is another chant for the brave brother of imam hussain called hazrat abbas alamdar… he was very fiery with brave qualities of his father hazrat ali the cousin of the holy prophet  his son in law married to bibi fatima the prophets only daughter.

MATAM E HUSSAIN
Another scene in kolkatta..  not a single picture have i printed.. or shown to any one but they were to be greminated on buzznet,,,a documentary presentaton of a faith,,of the shias

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 03:55 AM Visits: 24
moharram in kolkatta
This was my favorite and there are times while shooting pictures like this I am constantly crying and there are times I just want to throw my camera bag snatch one of thes guys zanjeer and slash myself I hit like a crazy man.. go in a [...]

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 04:10 AM Visits: 78
the tragedy of pain
this is the back that was scourged being cleaned with rose water  nothing else.. no anti septic nothing.

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 04:17 AM Visits: 83
childs play
the sheer bravado of kids during moharram gets me great pictures but all this mostly happens in the night and very fast and i use two cameras..

the mannat..
mannat is a vow taken before the child is born  safe that the parents will perform the kama on his forehead.. or a hit of the blades on his back.. folks may not agree with this custom..but it exists all the same and in hyderabad it flourishes.. i have never given my pictures to [...]

Date: 11/14/2005 Time: 04:51 AM Visits: 220
zanjeer on child
i could not get the shot of the zanjeer but it is a soft hit on the childs back,, it is the first time i have seen it.
This is a series of Ashura I shot a few years back, the small Shia community really puts in all, [...]

Date: 09/16/2005 Time: 11:13 AM Visits: 51
Mehmoodabad
This is a royal estate of the erstwhile Raja of Mehmoodabad, who is I am given to believe stays most of the time in England..
but comes down to Mehmoodabad for Moharram celebrations,,  is devout erudite,, blue blood shia,
because of the sombreness of Moharram I spoke a few words.
it was my first [...]

The Amary procession getting ready to hit the road.