A True Muslim, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

namaz
a spiritual exercise
needs no gym
tenets of peace
love brotherhood
make you a true muslim
allah always at hand
when the situation
was grim
through tempestuous
stormy waters he
helped us swim
what we are
what we hope to be
we owe to him
to save Islam
one gave his head
the other gave his limb
hussain is humanity
a thought as a hymn
keeps [...]

96000 Photo Blogs at Flickr - Idd Mubarak To All, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

96,002 items / 585,897 views
I complete 96000 Photo Blogs at Fickr..
The moon has been sighted I wish everyone a very Happy Idd Ul Fitr.
Peace Above All To One And All.

I Reach 95000 Photo Blogs at Flickr, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

95,006 items / 582,284 views
with your love and blessings
my creativity takes wings
like a pendulum
from post
to post it swings
touching you
touching me
peace it brings
a floral bouquet
at the lotus feet of a god
of all greater things
humility
the core essence
of survival it sings
flickr facebook twitter
I continue my innings
sartorial [...]

Moghul Masjid Where God Lives, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

reflected in the fountain
gods bounty his munificence
among all other things
where there is darkness
hope he brings
to those fallen
downtrodden
a new set of wings
bigotry hatred
narrow mindedness
out of the window
he flings
mellifluously
the bul bul
on the branches
his songs sing
shah ast hussain
badshah ast hussain
truly a king of kings

Baqar Nasser and Me and Moghul Masjid, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The Juloos was behind us inching close towards its final destination Imamiya Masjid via the Iranian Mosque..it was from here I moved towards my favorite mosque to shoots its interiors ..Moghul Masjid is Gods Paradise on earth, the only Shia mosque with a [...]

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

I am inches away from the blade lying on my back, one wrong move me my camera wont exist no more..but I am lucky so far..
A few years back a flying blade cut open my eye lid flap but I survived.
Last year a blade accidentally [...]

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

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

The Color We Chose, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

the color we chose
on our soul
as on our clothes
it grows
ya ali
ya ali
ya ali
the whole wide
world knows
through out blood
sweat and tears
it shows
on the soul of humanity
a shia tear
that froze
a door of wisdom
a door of knowledge
will never ever close
ya ali
ya ali
ya ali
in our poems
as in our prose
wide awake
even [...]

Ya Ali Madad, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Naadey Ali! Nade Ali!
Naadey Aliyyan
Mazharal Ajayeb
Tajidahu Aunun Laka Finnwaeb
Kullu Hamin wa Gamin Sayanjali
Bi Wilayatika
Ya Ali! Ya Ali! Ya Ali!
ya ali madad
he says
through ali
by ali
for ali
boumty
of allahs grace
always
always always
allah ho akbar
allah be praised
ya ali madad
a protective shield
on our souls he has placed
we may lose our way
but ya ali [...]

What Media Wont Shoot a Photo Blogger Shoots, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

its all about
culture heritage
ones roots
what media
wont shoot
a photo blogger shoots
bare assed feet no shoes
no slippers or boots
sharing on the cyberspace
what his minds eye
via viewfinder loots
a tailor
who stitches trousers
shirts and suits
sare jahan se accha
hindustan hamara
he pictorially moots
serving to you
his labors fruits
call him a [...]

Shooting 21 Ramzan..Barefeet Blogger of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Taboot of Hazrat Imam Ali -21 Ramzan, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Taboot of Hazrat Imam Ali 21 Ramzan, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب; Transliteration: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, /ʕaliː ibn ʔæbiː t̪ˤɑːlib/13th Rajab, 24 BH–21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600[2] or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661[4]) was the cousin and son-in-law [...]

Imran The Shia Convert, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

He was once Shiv Shankar Singh steady cam operator assisting Deep Pal..