Protest: Anti-Hindu Husain’s paintings to be back at Indian Art Summit

Poush Krushna Pratipada, Kaliyug Varsha 5112

O Hindus, Indian Art Summit and Delhi Art Gallery have betrayed all Hindus and now they are in process to bring back Anti-Hindu and Anti-National painter M F Husain’s pictures to exhibit in the Art Summit. By indulging in such Anti-Hindu activities, they are committing sins by hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. It is duty of all Hindus worldwide to protest lawfully against Indian Art Summit and Delhi Art Gallery so that they should not think again to showcase M F Husain’s paintings. Also Hindus should demand apology from them, for betraying Hindus. Hindus should also protest against Anti-Hindu Media, which calls Hindus protesting lawfully as ‘Extremists’, but it does not speak a word against rioting Fanatic Muslims and pervert painters like M F Husain.

Also shame on Delhi Police and Ministry of Culture who are not supporting Hindus and Patriotic Indians, are giving support to Anti-Hindu and Anti-Indian painter M F Husain who has drawn nude paintings of Hindu Deities and Bharat Mata.

Devout Hindus are protesting lawfully on following Contact Details: Delhi Art Gallery Address: Ashish Anand, Director, Delhi Art Gallery Private Limited 11, Hauz Khas Village New Delhi 110016 India Phone : +91 – 11 – 46005300 Fax No :  +91 – 11 – 26868732 Timings: 10:30 am – 7:00 pm (Monday – Saturday) E mail: [email protected] Indian Art Summit Address: India Art Summit. No.16, Sant Nagar, East of Kailash, New Delhi – 110 065, India Email: [email protected] Phone: +91 11 4711 9800 Fax No : +91 11 4711 9888 IAS UK No.: +44 20 3371 0989 Director : Neha Kirpal – [email protected] Fair Manager : Amrita Kaur – [email protected]   Programmes Coordinator : Vikash Kumar – [email protected] Programmes Coordinator : Shivani Gandhi – [email protected]   Exhibitor Relations : Rina Vetrivel – [email protected]

Husain’s paintings to be back at Indian art summit

New Delhi: Art lovers may get to savour M.F. Husain’s paintings at the India Art Summit here after all. Organisers had removed them from the event following threats, but now the works are likely to be displayed again as police have assured full protection.

An official from the Delhi Art Gallery, which will be showcasing Husain’s works at the summit, said they are in "the process" of bringing the paintings back. "We are in the process of bringing the paintings back to the exhibition," the official told IANS.

The art summit is being held Jan 21-23 at Pragati Maidan.

"We are abiding by whatever the organisers are saying. The paintings were removed last evening," she said.

The decision to bring back Husain’s work was taken after a reassurance from Delhi Police on providing full protection to the exhibition. The summit had received threatening e-mails from Pune and Mumbai against displaying the artist’s work.

The painter has been living in exile for the last five years after threats from Hindu rightwing extremists in India who claim his paintings offend the community’s sentiments. He has been conferred Qatari citizenship.

The organisers had feared that the art summit would be vandalised over Husain’s paintings. "Vandals may come in and there could be a stampede because we have received around 20 odd e-mails from various groups from Bombay and Pune," the organisers had earlier told the media.

The organisation Sahmat, which has been backing Husain, welcomed the decision. "The paintings are coming back, the police has assured full protection to the exhibition," social activist and Sahmat member Ram Rahman told IANS.

"We welcome the stand of Delhi Police that they are assuring protection to the exhibition, and we also appreciate the summit organisers and the gallery for displaying his work," he said.

Rightwing extremists have previously vandalised painting exhibitions displaying Husain’s works, accusing him of insulting Hindu goddesses through his paintings.

Source: Deccan Herald

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Indian Art Summit to withdraw M F Husain’s paintings

Indian Art Summit is going to be held in Pragati Maidan at New Delhi from 20 January 2011. In this art summit, Delhi Art Gallery is going to exhibit paintings by Anti-Hindu and Anti-National painter M F Husain. It will contain 4 pictures drawn by him and one of them is defamatory picture of Sri Ganesh. He has drawn nude paintings of highly revered Hindu Deities and Bharat Mata. It is duty of all Hindus worldwide to protest lawfully against Delhi Art Gallery and Indian Art Summit, so that they should not exhibit paintings by Anti-Hindu M F Husain. Hindus should also demand apology from delhi Art Gallery and Indian Art Summit for planning to exhibit M F Husain’s paintings. They should not repeat such mistake in future.

The News containing information about exhibition of M F Husain’s paintings : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rare-view/738356/

Regd. No. 1540/I-634,12112002

Add: 8, Jayshree Siddhi Vinayak Co.Op.Hsg.Sy. Shivajinagar,Naupada, Thane 400602

Email: [email protected]        Website: www.hindujagruti.org

Paush Krushna Pratipada
Kaliyug Varsh 5112
Date: 20th  January 2011

This refers to a news article about display of M F Husain’s artwork by Delhi Art Gallery  in Indian Art Summit at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from 20th January 2011 – http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rare-view/738356/

We would like to bring to your notice that MF Hussain has hurt the Religious and National sentiments of crores of Hindus and Indians through his blasphemous paintings of Hindu deities and Bharat Mata (Mother India). This has resulted in promoting enmity between different religious groups and disturbing National integrity and harmony. He has been accused of committing offences under section 2 of the prevention of Insults to National Honour Act. The court cases are still pending.

Hindu Janajagruti Samiti is a registered NGO doing social, religious and National welfare work. Devoted Hindus doing voluntary charitable work have formed this Samiti. Samiti is active throughout India and educating people about Dharma in scientific way, campaigning against malpractices done under religious practices and solving problems connected with National, Religious and social field. We strongly object to the exhibition and sale of Serigraphs and glorification of such an ‘Anti – National’ and ‘Anti – Hindu’ M.F.Husain.

In view of the above, various organisations and Indian citizens are not keen on any exhibition, distribution or sale of any of the paintings of M.F. Husain. A long list of such past incidents can be seen on our website at following link –
https://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/

(e.g. removal of Husain’s paintings from ABN Amro Bank’s Credit Card, NGO Khushi’s auction of 6 crores of rupees painting, Tao Art Gallery, India International Trade Center (New Delhi) etc.)

In spite of this, if you exhibit or auction M.F.Husain’s paintings, it will amount not only to glorifying an accused person but also further hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and National sentiments of Indians.

Your action of including of M.F.Husain’s prints/paintings cannot be fulfilled at the cost of National Honour and one’s religious beliefs. In fact Husain has also not spared animals as he has depicted his cruelty and perversion towards animals by drawing pictures of sexual union between animals and Hindu Goddess and human beings. E.g. He has drawn a painting showing a bull copulating with Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva watching, another painting shows Hindu Goddess Durgadevi in sexual union with Lion.

We are approaching you to request you to withdraw M.F.Husain’s work from this sale and exhibition and honour the National sentiments of Indians and religious sentiments of Hindus.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and action taken in the matter.

2) Protest E-mail sent by Mr. Rohan Bopanna, a devout Hindu

From: robin bopana
Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Request to exclude Hussain paintings from the Indian Art Summit
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]

Dear Sir,

This refers to a news article about display of M F Husain’s artwork by Delhi Art Gallery  in Indian Art Summit at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from 20th January 2011.

I would like to bring to your notice that MF Hussain has hurt the Religious and National sentiments of crores of Hindus and Indians through his blasphemous paintings of Hindu deities and Bharat Mata (Mother India). This has resulted in promoting enmity between different religious groups and disturbing National integrity and harmony. He has been accused of committing offences under section 2 of the prevention of Insults to National Honour Act. The court cases are still pending. hE HAS RUN AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY FEARING ACTION AGAINST HIM. ( IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM WHO HAS HURT  BILLIONS OF HINDUS AT AN EMOTIONAL PLANE BY DENIGRATING DEITIES IN THE NAME OF ART AND DAWOOD IBRAHIM WHO CREATED TERROR AND FLED THE COUNTRY – KINDLY TRY TO QUESTION YOURSELF AND FIND AN ANSWER).

I strongly object to the exhibition and sale of Serigraphs and glorification of such an ‘Anti – National’ and ‘Anti – Hindu’ M.F.Husain.

In view of the above, various organisations and Indian citizens have stopped exhibition, distribution or sale of any of the paintings of M.F. Husain. Many organisations have removed his paintings after lawful protests

(e.g. removal of Husain’s paintings from ABN Amro Bank’s Credit Card, NGO Khushi’s auction of 6 crores of rupees painting, Tao Art Gallery, India International Trade Center (New Delhi) etc.)

In spite of this, if you exhibit or auction M.F.Husain’s paintings, it will amount not only to glorifying an accused person but also further hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and National sentiments of Indians.

Your action of including of M.F.Husain’s prints/paintings cannot be fulfilled at the cost of National Honour and one’s religious beliefs. In fact Husain has also not spared animals as he has depicted his cruelty and perversion towards animals by drawing pictures of sexual union between animals and Hindu Goddess and human beings. E.g. He has drawn a painting showing a bull copulating with Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva watching, another painting shows Hindu Goddess Durgadevi in sexual union with Lion.

Any devotee would be aggrieved and his hurt religious feeling may create Law and order problem – for which you will be solely responsible.

I am requesting you to withdraw M.F.Husain’s work from this sale and exhibition and honour the National sentiments of Indians and religious sentiments of Hindus.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and action taken in the matter.
Thanking You,
Robin Bopana

Protest E-mail sent second time by Mr. Robin Bopana after latest news of comeback of M F Husain in IAS

From: robin bopana
Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:59 PM
Subject: Second Request to exclude Hussain paintings from the Indian Art Summit
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]

Dear Organisers,

Inspite of request for removal of Husain art you have continued to display the same in the name of maintaining the values and honour of the Country etc. after temporarily withdrawing the same.

The Government which can take ages to hang Anti National Mohamed Afzal, who killed many of our Security forces will all too eagerly give protection for this cause.

You have mentioned in your press release that you had got threat mails. I will not be surprised if you treat my mail as one such?

If you are so keen to promote art, I would request you to display one of the prized collections available in Denmark. There would be no threats but only ashes, not only in your premises but all over the country, in that case.  History has clearly shown this truth.

I once again sincerely request you not to play with the religious sentiments of Billions of Hindus in the name of Freedom of Expression of Artists.

Robin Bopana

3) Protest E-mail by Mr. S. Krishna Kumar, a devout Hindu

From: S.KRISHNA KUMAR
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: BANish MFH & his art

MF Hussain shud not have been originally considered at all–as he is certainly not an artist but trouble maker always! Why does he always depict ONLY INDIAN GOD & GODDESSES in a derogatory manner ? He just draws two nude women lying and names them as Ganga, Jamuna-Atrocious! And see the way he depicts Goddesses Saraswathi, Sita etc? And Hanuman?
 
Will he hv the guts to do the same kind of sketches in any Islamic nation ? He will not….becos he will indeed get harsh punishment like cutting of limbs, straightaway.
 
Hussain’s art must be banned . Let not freedom of expression and art mean that you can go on insulting Gods & Goddesses of just Hindu religion alone, for ever. And let the art-fraternity also not support such cause-which will in vite only communal trouble. Or ask Hussain to be impartial in DRAWING IN DRAWING GODS of ALL RELIGION…..& let him face the consequences!

Better Hussain shud stick to drawing only HORSES!

S.Krishna Kumar

4) Protest E-mail by Mr. Chaitanya, a devout Hindu

From: chaitanya baacharaju
Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM
Subject: Withdrawal of M F Husain’s artwork by Delhi Art Gallery in Indian Art Summit
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]

Dear Sir,
                 Subject:  Withdrawal of M F Husain’s artwork by Delhi Art Gallery in  Indian Art Summit

                 Ref:        Information on this issue in the HINDU JANAJAGRUTI SAMITI WEBSITE

This refers to a news article about display of M F Husain’s artwork by Delhi Art Gallery  in Indian Art Summit at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from 20th January 2011.

I am deeply astonished and hurt with the decision taken by the authority of India Art Summit to display M.F Husain’s artwork. I would like to seek answers for few questions from you without going into details of what this gentleman has drawn and depicted which I guess
would have already been known to you.

Q1) If freedom of expression in the form of art is the reason for your support, would the same support be extended in case this M.F Hussain imagines your mother naked and depicts it. Would he himself imagine his mother naked and display it public?Isn’t goddess lakshmi,parvathi and BharatMata the mother of all the Indians?Isn’t she your mother? Why do you want to support someone who has drawn your mother naked and says your mother i.e India has been raped and draws that.

Q2) Constitution of India guarantees freedom of expression only when it does not hurt the sentiments of people.Why would you want to
exhibit something that hurts senitments fellow citizens of this country irrespective of this number which is definitely crores in this case?

Q3) Would you dare to exhibit the paintings of controversial prophet Mohammed in Dutch which everyone of different faiths has condemned with the same tone? Why doesnt he same thing be applicable here where even people from other faiths like Islam have termed M.F Hussain anti-national and issued fatwas against him?

Q4)Shouldn’t the organizers understand that its not the profit and attention that they require but respecting the sentiments is of more priority to them? If at all you do understand that you need to respect why would you want to display such uncultured and barbaric form of art done by a even barbaric, unethical and anti-national "so called" painter?

I request you to remember that it is not hostility towards you that makes me to mail but its the love towards my dharma and nation.Since respecting each other’s sentiments and opinions is the way to lead a calm and peaceful life in a country, as a fellow citizen I am requesting you, my brothers and sisters of India to withdraw M.F.Husain’s work from this sale and exhibition and honour the National sentiments of Indians and religious sentiments of Hindus.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and action taken in the matter.

Thanking You,
Chaitanya

5) Protest E-mail by Mr. Harendra Singh, a devout Hindu

From: Harendra Singh <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Subject: M F Hussain’s paintings
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]

Dear Sir,

It is understood that you are displaying M.F. Hussain’s paintings in an Art Exhibition/show.  Art is something higher which comes from the heart of a person it can not be created it is a gift. All right thinking persons need to understand that a person hearting the feelings particularly religious feelings of others can not be an Artist. Should not MF Hussain be thankful to those Gods and goddesses whom he has been insulting in his so called art paintings for he still is not merely alive but free too. Can he imagine to do same thing in Pakistan or any Islamic countries and be alive?

As organisers you are responsible persons and hope you understand that hurting the feelings of others for petty gain is not what the lovers of true art should do.

We request you , in the cause of true Art pl remove any painting of such dubious person.

Thanks
Harendra Singh and others
Dehradun.

6) Protest E-mail by Chiru Sikar, a devout Hindu

From: Chiru Sikar
Sent: Saturday, 22 January 2011 3:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: MH Hussain Paintings at Indian Art Summit

Hi Neha,

It was broght to our attention that you are bringing back MF Hussain paintings depicting the photos of Hindu Gods and Godesses in an obsecene manner. An act of this kind is hurting our religious sentiments and kindly request you take the following action:

1)      The Indian Art Summit should not exhibit the paintings of MF Hussain.

2)      The Indian Art Summit should issue a public apology for hurting our  religious sentiments due to this horrible denigration of our deities.

Hindu community in Australia is huge and growing significantly. It has been noticed that Hindus are one of the fastest growing consumer base. Unless action is taken by an organisation like yours, Indian Art Summit would lose respect for the promotion of valuable art and culture among the Hindu Community Worldwide.

Thanks and Regards,
Cittahari Chaitanya Das