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[Indian Painter]Husain a soft target?
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| Last Edited | Penguin May 07, 2007 06:51pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, May 9, 2007 12:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Delhi: India is a democracy but when it comes to the fundamental rights of artistic expression, we seem to run out of space. The ‘moral police’ of India slams M F Husain for painting nude pictures of Hindu Gods. A court has ordered attaching his properties in Mumbai for not appearing in the case filed against him for offending religious sentiments.
At 92 years, painter MF Husain is a veteran when it comes to controversies on the canvas. There are groups that want him beheaded, his eyes gouged and his hands chopped. He even has a reward on his head, quite literally. In fact there are five cases going on against just one of his paintings.
As India acquires more material wealth are we experiencing poverty of artistic expression? |
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