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Home > Bollywoods Most Wanted - Photographer No. 1 > Hijdas Eunuchs in Mumbai Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 168 Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/photogra/public_html/include/functions.inc.php on line 169 FILE 12/516 Hijda Gully1 Kamatipura I got these negs scanned , I got them last night, last Friday as mentioned earlier I had come to town , to surf the Kamatipura flea market, but it was locked for the day. So I decided to take me towards Chor Bazar , which is paart of my Friday itenary, as I moved towards the various Kamatipura lanes, I decided to enter Kamatipura Gully No1, notorious as the den of the prostitute variety of Hijdas. I had heard of this place , but never been here ever, I had shot some of the Hijda denizens of thia area with their Lord Ganesha float during the Ganpati Visarjan. At the most I would pretend I was searching for them if questioned by the Hijda goons here, strangers dressed like me, with a Havana Hat, chunky rings, silver stick, camera, blonde hair is not a usual sight with loads of gemstone hanging down my neck. This is the entrance to Gully No 1. Their are lots of Manholes ahead. This huge white building called Shankar Marwari Chawl or Lambii Chawl, is where all the Hijdas from this prostitution gharana live.This was my first shot.. I was shit scared as you dont mess with Hijdas in their area.. I had no reference here, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi was in Amsterdam. I am posting this from my shop, all this while I was at home..I avoid my shop on Sundays as I have to search someone to lift the shutter , my wounded hand makes it impossible to lift anything. I went ahead closer towards the little shop like houses , the Hijdas sit outside in pairs to solicit customers, this was about 10am.Quite early. But the migrant workers , the menial daily workers come here to let of steam. The two Hijdas I met did not respond properly to me, till I went ahead talked to a few toy boys who directed me to Zeenath a balding Hijda guru in the same building on the second floor, the staircase barely can accomodate one person.It was really scary,press cards dont work here ,,even the copskeep away from getting entangled with Hijdas. Hijdas are clannish, support their own kind, secretive , authoritative, have their own set of rules, own set of Panch.. who pass judgement. 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