Hijras – The Third Sex

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Hijras – The Third Sex, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

hijras the third sex

life as a hijra

painful and complex

untouchables

objects

treated as society’s rejects

a cause sorrow despair

as after effects

article 377 the draconian

sodomy law ..anti human

life wrecks

hijras treated as criminals

always the main suspects

the hijra a better deal

from our society expects

like in tamil nadu

free sex change

free education

right to vote

a system without any defects

Thank You

Mr Karunanidhi

People of Tamil Nadu

for all the Hijda projects

the only state in the whole of India

where the Hijra as a human being

gets his due respect

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An Attempt to Poetize Pain

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An Attempt to Poetize Pain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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calling out
to hussain
the blood flowing
from the brain
hussainiyat
in a grain
an attempt
to spiritualize
my eternal pain
an attempt
to poetize my pain
tears on the soul of karbala
where truth was slain
so that for all eternity
Islam as Islam remain
free from accursed Yazidi chains
the blackest chapter of our history
as our blood explains
tabarrah on the killers
of imam hussain
reverberating
through streets bylanes

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Hussainiyat In His Eyes

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Hussainiyat In His Eyes, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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a landscape of pain
when the blood dries
embedded
as ghame hussain
Hussainiyat in his eyes
a tragedy for which
eternity cries
Hussainiyat
the new name of Peace
verily a soothing
spiritual paradise
as long as evil lives
yazidiyat never dies
through bombs
suicide bombers
on humanity
to surprise
a hidden face
of a mass murderer
Satan in disguise
the world in his evil vice
not peace but everlasting war
that he sells and buys
discord
devastation
destruction
deathly demise
the unborn childhood
on the threshold
of this peaceful planet
forced to pay the price
rogue custodians
of religiosity
animosity on the rise
on the soul of our spirituality
tears from bleeding skies
an out of sync script
surely needs to be improvised

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Bullock Cart Race Murud Janjira 2009

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Bullock Cart Race Murud Janjira 2009, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Thank you Everybody.. All who made this possible..

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Racially Profiled

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Vinayaka Restaurant Murud Janjira Beach

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Vinayaka Restaurant Murud Janjira Beach, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The white and green structure is of Vinayaka Restaurant Murud, the finest Malwani cuisine, rice thali, prawn thali ..each thali for Rs 100.
Most refreshing is the Kokam water that he serves as an appetizer..
Sunil my friend owns the restaurant and his bullock cart runs at the race on Gudi Padwa .

Normally most of the photographers of Mumbai park themselves at this open air restaurant , Sunil is very fond of me and Mr Anil Bhartiya photo journo and Guru.

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Vinayaka Restaurant Murud Janjira Beach

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Vinayaka Restaurant Murud Janjira Beach, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The white and green structure is of Vinayaka Restaurant Murud, the finest Malwani cuisine, rice thali, prawn thali ..each thali for Rs 100.
Most refreshing is the Kokam water that he serves as an appetizer..
Sunil my friend owns the restaurant and his bullock cart runs at the race on Gudi Padwa .

Normally most of the photographers of Mumbai park themselves at this open air restaurant , Sunil is very fond of me and Mr Anil Bhartiya photo journo and Guru.

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Murud Janjira Bullock Cart Race 2009

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Murud Janjira Bullock Cart Race 2009, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I start a new set at my Flickr photo stream, Murud Janjira bullock cart race 2009..
I left home this morning by train, a bus from Fountain to Regal..and a launch to Alibagh via Mandwa at 9.15 am..
I reached Alibagh an hour and a half later had some breakfast at Sumangal, I skipped going to Jayant Dhulaps house took a ST bus for Murud Janjira , it took 2 hours ..I was barefeet..

My friend Habib Nassar too was going to reach Murud Janjira he was on the next boat,the boat to Mandwa is after every hour..Habib and I had shot the bullock cart race at Murud about 5 years back, I was going after 3 years.

I reached Murud and walking barefeet on the newly tarred road was another experience of sorts.

I reached Vinayaka the beach restaurant at Murud that belongs to my friend Sunil..his bullock cart was in the race , it was first in one round but before reaching the winning post it swerved away from the path and was disqualified.
I had a fish thali for lunch.. I met the director Karan Razdan who was at Murud location hunting for his new horror film,we had a nice chat..

The race had not started , Habib came after some time, but had to leave back, so he left his videographer Sadiq to shoot the event..

My very close friend Kiran Batham arrived he was shooting the event for Sahara Samay the newspaper he represents..Kiran is a Murud local guy.

The race started , it was not as exciting as Alibagh, but I got some rare bullock accident shots,we left the race after the finals , taking a bus from the Murud depot which left Murud for Bombay Central at 6.45 pm.. It reached Alibagh at 9 pm..

I got of the bus at Sion, hopped into a rick to reach home at 11.45 pm..

This was the most boring and painful ride..I doubt if I will ever shoot the Murud races again..it is plays havoc with my sugar level and my diabetic condition..

I prefer the Alibagh Bullock cart raceas I am able to catch the last boat thus not having to take a bus to Mumbai that goes via Penn Panvel Vashi Chembur and Sion..and takes close to 3 hours.
The boat from Mandwa to Gateway takes about an hour..

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Happy Gudi Padwa – Murud Janjira Bullock Cart Race

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Happy Gudi Padwa – Murud Janjira Bullock Cart Race, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

In a few minutes I leave for Murud Janjira to shoot the bullock cart race a colorful event on Gudi Padwa – the Maharashtrian New Year..
To all my Maharashtrian friends and well wishers a Very Happy New Year.

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The Hijra Slumdog Millionaire

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The Hijra Slumdog Millionaire, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

People normally dont like hijras and treat them very shabbily because of the old grand mothers tales attached to them, tales that have been overblown, hijras kidnap children , forceful castrations and what not..

5 Years of shooting the Hijra ethnicity, I found them to be amiable, congenial and friendly, maybe somewhere rude, hated me as a photographer, but I dont blame them, a lot of hIjras have been conned by journalists and coffee table book researchers.. taken to the dry cleaners..

Every student wants to do a thesis on the hijras including Mr Salman Rushdi..

After Slum Dog Millionaire a movie on the Hijras maybe on the anvil .. the Hijra Slum dog Millionaire with Mr AR Rehmans music, Frieda Pinto and the effervescent Mr Anil Kapoor …Lovleen Tandon associate director and Mr Danny Boyle wielding the megaphone…

This would be the biggest mega hit..with Brad Pitt ,Sean Penn and Al Pacino and Robert De Niro playing stellar roles..

The heroine could be played to the hilt by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi..my Hijra Guru Supreme.
And Heena Hijra of Peela House Mumbai Cages playing second romantic lead..

blogs..

Now some of the comments that I have received from friends and welll wishers..but I must confess I would have never enlisted my blogs it was Magic Eye aka Deepak Ambebal who led me up the aisle..

And the blessings of my Hijra Guru Laxmi Narayan Triipathi …and my grand daughter Marziya Shakir 15 month old.. who loves hijras more than me..

Comments
Written by magiceye
11 days ago
an excellent blog that documents the trials and travails of a community that is on the fringes of society due to their neuter gender.

Written by netsams
11 days ago
Noone cud detail the life of the eunuch the way he does…tres superbe!

Written by assadajd
11 days ago
it doesnt get any btta dn him!…fantastic work…real deep…

Written by losackmd
11 days ago
Firoze transcends brilliance and touches all our hearts and minds

Written by smma59
11 days ago
Beautiful Blog this is an example of hard work and dedication.

Written by tomandrews
11 days ago
Firoze seems to have a front row seat to view the colorful lives of the Indian Hijra.

Firoze takes full advantage of that front row seat to share the love and passion that he sees.

I feel very lucky to be able to view his amazing photos on a daily basis.

Written by bennbell
11 days ago
Firoze is a wonderful photographer and great poet.

Written by girishbroppa
11 days ago
I like Firoze picturisation of lives of Hijra.

Written by NaumanUmair
11 days ago
brilliant work, definitive photography and above all, a banner poetry!

Written by IhaIha
11 days ago
I love Firoze’s work, all of it is so beautiful, and really shows a world not many of us get to see. Thanks Firoze

Written by mariusmuscalu
11 days ago
Firoze is brilliant.

Written by friendswoodfred
11 days ago
Quite possibly the world’s most extraordinary Blogger !

Written by libidopter
11 days ago
I greatly respect Firoze Shakir, since he is a brilliant photographer and poet with a deep sense for human issues – and he is witty, too.

Written by vikaskhera
11 days ago
Firoze is a real creative person.

Written by vishnugsr
11 days ago
Very creative and has an eye for beauty at the most unexpected of places.

Written by sarkaofcz
10 days ago
Firoze is a fantastic, wonderful and excellent poet, photographer and man. His humanism is wonderful ! He has all my admiration !

Written by shrutibiyani
10 days ago
awsm shoot…ur wrk is impressive n conceptual too

Written by aljis
10 days ago
Awesome!

Written by AVS
9 days ago
His humanity glows through his photographs. They are witness to his love of mankind. His work is beyond the usual, the run-of-the-mill variety. It’s always a pleasure to view his work. I wish him more power.

Written by amishpatel
9 days ago
yor unique working style on ‘ eunch ‘ g8 n its makes u stand apart from rest, keep going sir

Written by tiwarisac
9 days ago
very moving images …

Written by firdos
9 days ago
get shots… keep it up…

Written by Cuckoo
9 days ago
Brilliant poetry thru photos.

Written by metaverse3
9 days ago
This man is a legend in his own right to bring to light a world clouded by secrecy & darkness: The Hijda Commune Words cannot describe the pictorials posted that shed light upon these social castaways.

Written by sompatidar
9 days ago
Firoz’s photo poetry on eunuchs has changed my perspective towards them. Now, i do respect them as equal to male/female. Firoz really makes wondeful composition of words and pics, especially on eunuch’s life.

Written by ishadowbox
8 days ago
Amazing insight from a man who’s words, visuals are ust very thought provoking.

Written by FramedAndShot
8 days ago
Some great shots on this blog. Studies of humankind done with a great eye for people and details.

Written by Ramanathan
7 days ago
The great photographer Firoze has showcased the crushed, maligned, and abused Hijra community. His images and brilliant poetry invoke the viewers’ conscience and imprint on the viewers’ consciousness. His metaphors and visuals are amazing.

Written by Malika
6 days ago
I love the work he has done on the transgender people of India. you can see that he films them without being a voyeur.

Written by Anu
4 days ago
The bold legend to fight with the concrete jungle world…….hope all his dreams come true…….may allaha bless him……… – Anu

Written by Kamala
4 days ago
Beautiful work.Keep sharing with us,please.

Written by jyothykarat
2 days ago
Its amazing how someone can be so dedicated and focused on one subject. You truly do justice to your art form.

Written by richseibert
7 hours ago
Great Photos! Such compassion your photos show! congratulations

I was racially profiled and removed along with the hijras..the white mans awards sucks

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Saffron Soul of a Shia Pandit

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Saffron Soul of a Shia Pandit, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

the flesh
blood sweat and tears
a silhouette
unevenly lit
the soul its spirituality
in orbit
weft and warp
of a fabric closely knit
the saffron soul
of a shia pandit

a cultural inheritance
totally legit
of my birth place
my mother land
I am proud of it
to fanaticism
to hate
of the human specie
my soul wont submit
my head making
a path for a razor bit
two sections
as they bleed and slit
a protest
against yazidiyat
written in blood
on the face of it
Hussain is Humanity
at the core of it
the essence of my reality
as you all know it

har kaum pukaregi hamare hain hussain
islam zinda hota hai har karbala ke bad

to yazid and the killers of imam hussain
we wont ever give a clean chit..
lanat more lanat on their souls
we admit

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Photography is an Optical Illusion

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Photography is an Optical Illusion, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Shot by my Wife

two bald heads
spiritually conjoined
two bald heads
in a single home
in a single thought
defined
a shia pandit
one of his kind
his muse
shot by a woman
who to
photography
is color blind
a wife
a mother
a grandmother
intertwined
seamlessly
combined
all three
repositioned
on the cosmic mind
artfully by a sculptor designed
to a single flow of a blood stream
genetically aligned

My wife and I are very different we are from two different worlds.. her world is real full of pain, my world is a cybernetic utopia of words that sound like poems and pictures that read like prose

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Hijra in Red at Haji Malang

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Hijra in Red at Haji Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

atop a drum
at haji malang
the hijda in red
high strung
the crowds
in ecstasy
shrieking
shouting
their lungs
money
excitedly
on the hijra
they flung
dance
the epitome
of the hijras
mother tongue
just rhythmic beats
lyricless rhapsody
a moment tantalizingly
unsung

For quite some time, I have not seen hijras, after Reshma Hijras wedding dance event, but for the last two days on my way to Lokhandwala Andheri, I met them yesterday at the 4 Bunglow signal and today at the 7 Bunglow signal..

And I shot their pictures I have not posted yet..hijras intrigue people, I know people who hate hijras as they would their worst enemy..and yet Hijras are human and one has to see them humanly..to understand their angst , the ambiguity of their gender..

The Hijra is born of pain..however hard he tries to impersonate a woman..he still lacks the reproductive powers of a woman..he is in a conundrum, neither man nor woman…an androgynous anomaly…stalked by a photo blogger whose soul is embedded in the microcosm of the hijras life..

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I am What I am Not

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I am What I am Not, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

i am what i am not
a karmic wheel
without a cog
a pedestrian poet
whom they love to flog
but for the sake
of the hijra community
you have to register
vote for my Hijda EunuchBlog
a bald headed Indian Golliwog

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The Curse of the Hijra Queen

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The Curse of the Hijra Queen, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

to become a bollywood siren
she was far too keen
to break hearts
to break box office records
on the bollywood screen
but cruel fate
kept her hidden
to the world
she was unseen
her life no more serene
pain bubbling in here eyes
aquamarine
a hijra
neither a man nor woman
simply in between
the curse of the hijra queen

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Searching For The Hijra Grail

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Searching For The Hijra Grail, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

babita the queen of the hijras
androgynous beauty of my hijra tale
neither man nor female
sorrow hidden
beneath a veil
hijra truth shall prevail
searching for the hijra grail
shadows hidden in shallow detail
hija sufferings hijra travail
hijra a cursed commodity
in sanctimonious society
on clearance sale

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Born From a Cosmic Womb

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Born From a Cosmic Womb, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Message to me from Dr Glenn Losack MD

“I wanted to take the time out to tell you how important you are to me, to my life, my work
my thoughts, my philosophy, in my fight as a complicated man in this
difficult world i live in.

I have never had someone like you in my life and i wish i had known you long ago.

Your ongoing generosity and selflessness, the attention paid to my work with such fervor and zeal
i think to a large extent has contributed to my growth as a photographer and as a human being.

I can never thank you enough.

I only hope you and I remain connected as we have been for many years to come.

It brings me to tears all the attention you have shown me, the kindness you bestow upon me, the time and effort
you make to decorate me. the praise you give me.

I would do anything i could to have you be at CRY.
I dedicate the event to you and to Dr Robi Ludwig….

You will be missed.

I am honored Firoze
and I am forever in your debt”

GLENN

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Fiddle Widdle – Finding Readers For Bloggers

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Fiddle Widdle – Finding Readers For Bloggers, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

http://fiddlewiddle.com/

I am a hardcore fan of Whiz Kid Cheru Jackson..after Alpha Inventions he comes out with Fiddle Widdle dot com.. another blog traffic booster..

Try him out ..

He is the Best ..of the Best
American Discovery of the Year
On Test ..
You have rightly guessed
Yes we are Impressed

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Once I was a Man …..

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Once I was a Man ….., originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

once I was a man
wanting to be
a woman of substance
from a testicular tragedy
I ran
from a blazing fire
into a frying pan
a hijda now
a speck
in an androgynous life span
my accursed life
living without a plan
memories of a boyhood
on the emulsion of my soul
I scan

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Appu My Friend

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Appu My Friend, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Appu my friend
limbless
but happy and contend
irreparable pain
a somnolent god
wont mend
walking tall
Appu
you must befriend
with his smile
the fly attacking his body
he will fend
a stump of a broken tree
no branches ever to defend
these pedestrian lines
for the love of Appu
I have penned

dedicated to dr glenn losack md
going round and round the bend

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Freedom on Friday

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Freedom on Friday, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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the call of the muezzin
allah ho akbar
the skies are turning gray
after namaz
we try to touch
the hearts of those who pray
some who look at us
heads that turn away
freedom on Friday
with a few coins they repay
yes its sadly true
near the house of god
we stay
the mortal custodians
of god
with fatwas
that hurt and flay
we will remain
forever where we are
no change will come our way
we are mere broken pots
verily made of clay

dedicated to a fighter of human rights DMS

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Jesus in my Hands

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Jesus in my Hands, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

jesus in my hands
my pain
caressing my human soul
jesus understands
my life
on the crossroads of
sorrow and despair
mockingly as it stands
my feet slipping
into the murky waters
of drowning sands

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Perfect Mens Touch

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Perfect Mens Touch, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

bewda – drunkard
sleeping on the street
no money in his pocket
empty dreams
bare feet
perfect mens touch
you cant beat
flesh two steps forward
the spirit in deep retreat
this happens only in India
karmic sorrow
you cant cheat
no soda no water
just country liquor – neat
his wife his children
in his minds back seat
life’s file simply
control alt delete

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The Healer of Humanity – Dr R D Parmar

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The Healer of Humanity – Dr R D Parmar, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Dr RD Parmar has his clinic at Bandra Jain Mandir Road , his clinic is always packed, but he has time for everyone..he knows all his patients by name ..

He has been there for me always

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Searching For Jesus

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Searching For Jesus, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

searching for jesus
in the bandra bye lanes
edifying his heritage
his spiritual
architectural remains
statues crosses
grottos
his mission explains
stained window panes
reflecting his glory
on human hearts and brains
man born free
to a posterity in chains
inundated memories
of mumbai rains

after thought

peace love and tolerance
is the need of the hour
with our hate we make this world sour
live like a messiah die like a flower
love for humanity greater than war
a healing wound underlying a scar

to anthony posey love to new orleans

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