The Sword Matam of Mumbai

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

I had shot over 650 pictures from the time I left Bandra got off at JJ hospital..

The ones I shot at Ali Shahs Sabil I have not posted as yet..

Here I am again on my back, there is just no way to shoot this with a wide angle lens , I luckily did not carry my long lens, for while shooting this ,the zip of my sling back broke one of the reasons I left early...almost aborting this series.

There is a Juloos e Mehndi in town I have given it a miss..its too far and so here I am trying to upload this whole lot here at my Flickr photostream..

Earlier I would copy all this to my photographer no1 site at Flickr , but its too tiring a process , I type with the index finger of my injured right hand.

But I can tell you one thing as a fact Moharam photography is what I am best at.. I know the landscape of what I shoot I take risks I get results.

I shall go back again in the night to shoot the eve of 8th Moharam..

Yes I do miss my mentor Dr Glenn Losack MD we both shoot pain as it hits the under belly of mans diverse religiosity.