A professional artist, photographer, and a former cop, B.S. Shivaraju wears many hats and is known as Cop Shiva in the artistic circles. In addition to this, he is a great son who has made his mother proud by fulfilling a very special wish of hers, which she never vocally requested. Shiva and his mother never got the opportunity to take a photo together when he was young. Now, decades later, the photographer not only made a special studio and took photos with his mother, but he also exhibited these photographs to the world.
Cop Shiva recalls coming back from a photo studio with his mother, since they did not have enough money
Cop Shiva and his mother, Gowramma, had once visited a photo studio with his grandfather, the artist revealed in an interview with Vogue. Excited to get their photo taken together, the mother and son had happily gotten ready in front of the mirror of the old photo studio. However, Shiva heartbreakingly revealed that his grandfather took him out of the studio and told him they did not have enough money to get their photo taken. Talking about this incident, he said:
“As I was getting ready, my grandfather returned, held my hand and silently took me out of the studio. He told me we couldn’t afford to get our photograph taken. The studio owner wasn’t able to do it with the money we had.”