Archive for February, 2009

70000 BLOGS IN 20 MONTHS AT FLICKR



70000 BLOGS IN 20 MONTHS AT FLICKR, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

70000 blogs
in 20 months at Flickr
I complete
With Flickr Blogs
says the Indiblogger
God Renie
Indibloggies you
cant compete
Hate for a Flickr Blogger
at IndiBlogger forum
is it a sign of defeat
yes without Flickr
all my blogs at WordPress
are astoundingly
Incomplete
Mumbais Shia Blogger
Who walks on fire
cuts his native head
walks barefeet
soul made of iron
spirit made of concrete
shoot pictures
of blood flowing
on a inhuman street
the hijdas
the transgenders
their androgynous ethos
by closing your eyes
you cant delete
wisdom gained over the years
reading
Times Of India
on the potty seat
yet a free hold blogger
an editor
ass kissing journalist
eye to eye
dont meet
you are accountable
for what you blog
several times
they repeat
a dead bloggers body
in an Indian newspaper
wrapped as his winding sheet
he came he saw
if he could have only been discreet
his foul mouthed humor at Orkut
did not excrete
things would have been
pleasant and neat
no deficit
on a bloggers balance sheet
325295 views in humility
without arrogance or conceit
photographerno1
bollywoods most wanted
his destiny
could not cheat
firoze shakir poet
tailorman
sartorial spirituality
the spirit was willing
but the body
needs something to eat
a blog within a blog
of dead meat

Posted by photographerno1 on 28 Feb 2009
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Anjuman e Asghariya Shabbedari Zainabia 2009 Finale



Anjuman e Asghariya Shabbedari Zainabia 2009 Finale, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Its 4.25 am Mumbai time I just woke up, to check my upload here at Flickr.

With this picture I end a 370 picture set of Anjuman e Asghariya Shabbbedari 2009 at Flickr.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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The Sword Matam of Mumbai



The Sword Matam of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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The Shia Truth in a Drop of Blood



The Shia Truth in a Drop of Blood, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

they who build
castles on moving sands
on moving mud
wont understand
the metaphor
beneath the layer of
our Shia Blood
shed in the memory
of Imam Hussain
a frozen moment
at karbala
in a flower bud
our hearts our souls
with Ghame Hussain flood
Ahle Rasul
of Noble Blood

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Anjuman e Asghariya Shabbedari Zainabia 2009



Anjuman e Asghariya Shabbedari Zainabia 2009, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I completed the uploading of 100 pictures, I have placed the last lot of 75 pictures that will finally complete the Anjuman e Asghariya set here at Flickr.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Zanjir Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Watching the Hardcore Event Zainabia 28 Safar



Watching the Hardcore Event Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The Sword Matam of Mumbai has become very famous, thanks to Jalal Mamu Habib Nasser and Baqar Nasser, there maybe others doing this matam, more ferociously but I have seen the three aforementioned and shot them since a few years.
Habib has become a legend both at Ashura Imambada and the Chehlum at Rehmatabad.

Mostly his back has to be stitched , and its a crazy task for the doctor at Habib Hospital Dongri.
And the Habib Hospital doctors do it free ,its a voluntary service for the Shia matamdar.
The doctors of Habib Hospital including the nurses never complain, go about their job efficiently politely.

Sometimes I think if I park myself at the hospital I would get better pictures.. way from the scene and safety of action.

But I came here to shoot Baqar Nassers wound being stitched up, the entire 100 picture series at my Flickr photo stream.

This guy at Zainabia was really cutting himself with every stroke of the sword.

All this happens fast, and shooting them from the front is putting your camera at risk, the strokes are far too powerful..and these guys stretch their hands all the way.

I have done the Sword Matam at Chehlum a few years back with the broad blade Iranian sword..and I realized you need to master the technique of wielding the sword, practice is what makes you perfect, my old senior friend Mr Bundeally of Dongri was an expert but now retired after he suffered from a heart stroke recently.

Habib Nasser always coaxes me to do the sword matam at Ashura at Amin Imambada , but than shooting the others would be a problem, as after the Amin Ashura there is the Ashura juloos on the roads that I shoot and the Ashura event of hardcore matam within the Rehmatabad Shia cemetery after Sham e Ghariba majlis.

The boys from the Bandra Anjuman Yadgare Mehndi are expert in sword matam, once they do the sword maam, they scourge their backs to open the sword wounds like Mohsin Hallauri and Riyaz.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar



Hardcore Sword Matam Zainabia 28 Safar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Posted by photographerno1 on 26 Feb 2009
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