Marziya Shakir Youngest Street Photographer

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Marziya and Me at Home

Marziya and Me at Home, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

I had come home after shooting Maha Shivratri and wife took this as a keepsake ..of the two jewels in her crown.

Reshma loves Marziya ever since Marziya began to walk and talk..

Marziya Rides To School

Marziya Rides To School, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Marziya and the Street Kids

Marziya and the Street Kids, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

I shot this at Linking Road Bandra, I wanted Marziya to feel the warmth of the homeless kids..in their eyes there is Hope .

These are kids I know when they were just a few days old drugged , on the waist of other kids forced into commercial beggary..

They all grew up at the Turner Road Traffic Signal.

They had been driven away from there , so now they sit at the more lucrative hub Linking Road Bandra.

But each one of them knows me, they become child mothers themselves barely 14 years old, but they still see me with the coyness of their toddler days..

Ever since I relocated my shop I hardly see them, today was a rare occasion.

Marziya and the Homeless Kids

Marziya and the Homeless Kids, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

This is Marziya , deeply concerned I can read the message in her eyes , she knows something is amiss with the kids, I gave them some money, but than it is not a solution that ends their misery..
They are workers forced into beggary , all part of a system that exists but who cares anyway.

This is one picture of Marziya that has got deeply embedded in my own painful consciousness .

At home she is always shouting Ya Ali or beating her chest with both hands crying out Ya Hussain Ya Hussain.

But what scares me the most when she puts her hand on her forehead and begins moving an imaginary blade over her face..

She has never seen or has ever been exposed to Moharam rituals , not even on TV .

So I know she is a very gifted child..

I have absolutely stopped shooting her pictures , but today I took these few.

Marziya Shakir

Marziya Shakir, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

marziya shakir
month after month
as she grows
on our hearts
her love
evrything else overthrows
a truth more than us
she knows
her grandmother
afshaan forgets her
daily woes
her eyes follow her
dad wherever he goes
when she sleeps
everyone in our house
tip toes
her mother
a new found happiness
from cheek to cheek as it glows

Do I Really Need to Read Her Mind?

Do I Really Need to Read Her Mind?, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

as she watches a chaotic world
man attacking mankind
man attacking man from behind
man who has gone totally blind
man in the image of god
once divined
by the maker artistically designed
man the lord of the urban jungle
ruthless brutal
not at all kind
man a saint a devil
combined
making the earth
unlivable
man undefined
man a question mark
an exclamation mark
on the subconscious mind

dedicated to my dearest friend dr robi ludwig..
a poem embedded in the soul of a turquoise

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Only God Knows What Marziya Does

Only God Knows What Marziya Does, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

a thought
that people
may like
on Facebook
Twitter
Google Buzz
kissing my hand
for gift of pens
from Big Rock
Indi Blogger
Tshirt four
times larger
than her size
courtesy
Renie Ranvin
she wore it
like a silhouette
of a hijab
without
any grudge
in kindness
thankfulness
for her gifts
from my friends
a painted kiss
on my soul
she smudged
the youngest
photo blogger
two and a half
years old
in the hall of fame
adjudged

Ramzan Is Hope For All

Ramzan Is Hope For All, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

a cherished month
beyond
the muezzin
virtually
Allah's call
a month
in the calendar
of our spirituality
stands out
grand and tall
ramzan is hope for
big stunted and small
a month when He hears
your prayers sees
nothing unfortunate befall
he protects you
from evil falling walls
forgiveness humility
generosity charity
virtues rising
above all
to the man
in the mansion
to the poor family
in the chawl
he gives his bounty
to each and all
Allah Ho Akbar
Allah Be Praised
on human souls
scrawled

M For Marziya Shakir

M For Marziya Shakir, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Marziya Shakir and Uncle Salman Khan

Marziya Shakir and Uncle Salman Khan, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

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Two artists connected to the Soul of Humanity ..

BE HUMAN IS THE MANTRA OF MANS SURVIVAL

Marziya has not yet got over the moment she met this jovial child loving Bollywood star and if she sees him on any channel she claps her hand and recognizes him instantly,and there is a story behind this picture that was shot during Moharam.'

Salman Bhai wanted me to meet him regarding a a dress he wanted made , I was about to go to a religious function with my wife and grand daughter Marziya and I was already late so I told Salman Bhai about my inability to meet him, and I also told him my wife was with me and Marziya too, he said just come for a short while and get them along too,

I cant say NO to a person I have known since several years I had done his costumes for Chal Mere Bhai,,

And knew him before his filmy days ..

We went to his house at Galaxy Bandstand and the moment he spotted Marziya it was a bonding of a life time.

He was not willing to believe Marziya was my grand daughter ,

My wife watched in amazement his love for children,

Marziya was too small abut 2 years, to know that she was being carried in the hands of the Most Wanted Bollywood Heart Throb The Salman Khan...

There are some more pictures of them on my Flickr photo stream.