Gay Parade Mumbai 2009

August 16 2009

I shot the Queer Azadi Gay parade barefeet in the blazing sun to pay tribute to the resilience of the hijra and gay community.

I went there because as a photographer as a blogger and as a pedestrian poet I am dead against Article 377 a travesty of justice against humanity on basis of gender..

This is a very long series 4 GB card and I wont be cross blogging this set to my hijdaeunuchblogs at Wordpress..I have an irreparable injury on my right hand hand , I type with a singe finger , so all my pictures will be housed at Flickr only..

Also this entire series is dedicated to my gay friend Alan Gill Bollywood designer who passed away a few years back, we worked on a lot of films when I was working with Mr Nitin Manmohan of Neha Arts...at his fashion studio called Prachins.

Alan I knew since the early 70's from Gypsy Rose at the Oberoi Sheratons, he Oscar , Mahmood of Mahmood and Leno fame are memories attached nostalgically to my life , I hold them as part of the serenity of my soul.

I will keep text minimum on this series.


I also thank Ashok Row Kavi, Nitin Karani and Vivek Anand for their cooperation , members of the Humsafar Trust without whom these pictures would not have been possible..

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items are from between 06 Aug 2007 & 16 Aug 2009.