Shah ast Hussain (as)

Since morning I am searching my homesite for pictures that got deleted here at Word Press ,now they are on the show window of my webpage as words , but their souls are missing, as a photo blogger, photos are what keeps the adrenalin running, photos take you in a jiffy to the place of action, on a timeless machine, you could be reading this in California, I hope you are ,find the next minute watching Munna from Bhendi Bazar saying 2 units of Namaz on burning embers of fire.
This is not fire worship, just a surrealist symbolism of pain, what the Imam had to undergo , praying on the hot sands of Karbala, with the Yazidi forces , ready for the slaughter.
Sometimes I wonder while the Imam was saying his last Namaz head bowed, were the Muslims of Yazids army not saying Namaz too, I am not putting words in your mouth, this was not an army of Jews, Yazid was not a Shia, these were not Christians, geographically impossible to be Hindus.The Holy Prophet s legacy was very much alive at that time full of freshness and fragrance in the Holy Koran, in his teachings, so all of a sudden an entire mainstream of a Caliphate going wayward is hard to believe.There must have been a greater conspiracy at work, the stakes were very high.This was an encounter killing, a fake spiritual encounter killing.. not of the grandson of the Holy Prophet but of Islam, as it stands today a House divided into two bleeding parts.I dont quote scriptures, or Koranic verses, I read life as the Sunni Shia equation as it exists today fanned by Mullahs on both sides.. this a Mullahgiri bent on creating chaos for the entire peace process on the globe.
Maybe I am not literate , but History yesterday and History today are at crossroads.
Firstly whatever the decisions of the Imam during his times, turbulent times, one thing is certain the Imam was not a Terrorist, was not a criminal, was not an Apostate, so if he was to be judged, by the Ummayad yardstick, than this was the first fake encounter.. the only mistake that Yazid did was sparing the lives of Janabe Zainab the Fourth Imam Zainul Abedin, this was quoted by Saddam Hussain.. the modern Yazid.
I know one thing History always takes side of the Just.. killing for killing sake is not justified not even for the greate good.The most important virtue is tolerance, this was seen on the Battle fields of a lopsided Karbala 72 impoverished band of fighters of Faith and the might of the Yazidi forces.
I know one thing the Shias are not in a forgiving mood , this is the 1400 tenet of an undying Tabbarah, but sometimes I feel, strongly , whatever our differences, lets atleast for starters remove this sectarian hate , the cause of our collective doom as Muslims.
Let us give this internal peace process a chance.. this can be done with the heads of our clergy..do it blindfoded that when you close your eyes you stop seeing a Sunni or a Shia, but a single omnipresent entity Allah.
This is my personal belief, it has matured day by day as I see the chaos , kill bill attitude of misplaced Martyrdom..
Fake encounter killings are coming back to haunt us…

Date: 10/07/2005 Time: 08:33 AM Visits: 440
NAMAAZ ON FIRE

This is an added segment of Ag ka Matam, this is Munna son of Abbas Chappalwala who does this fear at Supaari Talao Bandra West accompanied by his little 3 year old daughter dressed as Bibi Sakina

Date: 10/07/2005 Time: 09:09 AM Visits: 46
NAMAAZ ON FIRE 2
IT ALL BEGAN NEAR MY HOUSE THERE IS A PLACE CALLED THE SUPARI TALAO AT BANDRA WHERE ALL THE LOCAL SHIA YOUTH GATHER TO DONATE BLOOD.. A MAJLIS A DISCOURSE AND THE WALK ON FIRE . FIRST PRAYERS ARE SAID AND THESE FIRE WALKERS CALLED SAJJADS… START WALKING WITH THE ALAMS THEN ALL THE OTHER MEN KIDS… NO GIRLS….
I SHOT THIS AND IT IS TOUGH REAL TOUGH.. THE FIRE IS A ABOUT 10 FEET IN LENGTH AND ABOUT TWO FEET IN DEPTH.
THE GUY WHO PREPARES THIS LIKE A TANDOOR, COMES FROM BHAVNAGAR,,, HE DOES IT AT JAORAH TOO, HE WEARS WHITE CLOTHES A GREEN HEAD BAND. THIS IS A TECHNIQUE.. BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST SHOT THIS IN LUCKOW I WAS SHOOTING FIRE FEET NO FACES.. GROUND LEVEL… THE SECOND ROLL A 800 ASA I SHOT AT 64.. HAD IT PULLED YOU CAN IMAGINE THE RESULTS…F100.. YOU GOOF UP MANY TIMES.
THE ENTIRE AREA IS CORDONED EVEN THOSE INSIDE HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR SHOES OUTSIDE.. TINY PEICES OF COAL REALLY CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE..
I STARTED WALKING 2 YEARS BACK.. AT A PLACE CALLED MIRA ROAD.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS.. AT SUPARI TALAO I SAW ALL THESE GUYS RUNNING ON THE FIRE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE THIS KID 5 YRS OLD JUST CASUALLY WALK.. HIS FACE SHOWED NO PAIN,, JUST,,, FIRE TOUCHING THE FEET ,FEET OF INNOCENCE NOT BEING ABLE TO BURN IT… MY EYES GET MOIST,, I SAID I WOULD DO IT SO WHEREVER THERE IS FIRE..
PHOTOGRAPHERNO1 WITH CAMERAS ROUND HIS NECK WALKS..
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION…

THE SPIRITUAL WALK

This is a Hallori boy, he is Mohsin Halloria brother, he is scared of fire, but he walks, several times, he abounds in his Faith..it is kids like him that inspired me to walk too…I am a diabetic I get burns.. but they heal..

 

THE FIRE RAMP
THIS THE FIRE RAMP OR THE WALK WHERE THE FAITHFUL BLESS THE FIRE WITH THE ALAMS AND STANDARDS AND THEN,, MUNNA SAYS THE NAMAAZ AND ANOTHER GUY DOES THE CALL OF THE MUEZZIN . ALL THIS HAPPENS AT SUPARI TALAO BANDRA…

THE MUEZZINS CALL

Date: 10/09/2005 Time: 08:17 AM Visits: 49
THE MUEZZINS CALL
THIS THE TOUGH ONE.. WATCH CLOSELY THE FEET ,THE FEET ON A MAT AS HE SAYS ALLAH HO AKBAR… YES THE CALL OF THE MUEZZIN FOR CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS..IN THE MEAN TIME THE MAT IS BURNING ON THE HOT COALS..THE CAMERA SETTINGS GO HAYWIRE… I WALK WITH MY 2 CAMERAS ON MY NECK… NO BODY SHOOTS ME… I AM SHOT FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT.

THE OBEISANCE

Date: 10/09/2005 Time: 08:07 AM Visits: 44

THE FIRE HAS BEEN LIT A LITTLEBOY SAYS THE PRAYERS THIS WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN CORDONED OF ITS ALMOST LIKE A CAGE OF JACKIE CHAN FILMS.. THE SMOKES,THE ADRENALIN ADD TO THE DELIRIUM..LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE THROES OF A SURGING SPIRITUALITY.. THE WOMEN ARE IN A DIFFERENT SECTION WATCH THE ENTIRE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT ON A HUGE SCREEN….THE FIRE WALK WILL SOON BEGIN..
THE HUSSAINI MISSION SHOULD TAKE A LESSON FROM THIS KEEPING WOMEN AWAY FROM THE AG KA MATAM ARENA , NOT GIVE SILLY EXCUSES FOR NOT ALLOWING TO SHOOT THIS EVENT..MAKES ME THROW UP…KHOJA KICKED BACK MENTALITY OF WEN WILL COME IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS .GO TELL THAT TO THE MARINES IN IRAQ.

CARRYING THE STANDARD OF FAITH

Date: 10/09/2005 Time: 08:41 AM Visits: 35

THE FIRST TIME I WENT FOR THE AAG KA MATAM..ABOUT 4 YEARS BACK WITH MY CAMERAS AND TRIPOD.. WAS BUSY SHOOTING.. WHAT DO I SEE MY ELDEST SON ASIF SHAKIR … WALKING ON THE FIRE IT WAS A SHOCK HAPPENED SO FAST. THAT I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE HIS PICTURE… MY KIDS ARE BIT SHY BEING SEEN WITH ME… GOES WITH THE JOB OF FATHERHOOD.
I STARTED SHOOTING ALL THIS ONCE I GOT MY FIRST CAMERA…A F80…NIKON… THERE IS SO MUCH I HAVE NOT SEEN IN MY 50 YEARS.. I HAVE SETS STANDING IN LINE TO BE SHOWN.. AS YET MY PUSHKAR AND AJMER ONES LIE ON THE SIDE.. I HAVE PICTURES YOU SHOOT IF YOU TAKE DEATH ALONG WITH YOU…

Well with this I end a short sketch called Ag Ka Matam at SupariTalao in Mumbai.
So far the toughest one was Ag Ka Matam in Hussain Tekri Jaorah, which I could not shoot because of the myopic vision of the Hussaini Head Honcho…a man with prehistoric blinkers on his eyes.

May 6th, 2007

Posted by photographerno1 on 06 May 2007 06:04 am
Filed Under: ag ka matam, asif shakir, hazrat imam hussain, karbala, supar talao bandra, yazidiyat |