Hypocrite Human Right Activist blames HJS

The celebrated Indian Artist veteran Moqbul Fida Husain once again apologized for painting a picture. This time he was alleged for insulting ‘Bharatmata’ when he painted a naked woman spinning thread with a charka. The painting was supposed to at auction in a Delhi art gallery. On the naked body of the woman some names of states were depicted.

The painting infuriated the Hindu fundamentalists. The Visa Hindu parisat (VHP) and Hindu Janajagruti Samity (HJS) immediately identified the painting as the picture of ‘Bharatmata’ (Mother India). (The name was given by Art Gallery and MF Husain also agreed that painting depicts Bharat Mata. HJS and VHP do not forcefully claimed that so. � Editor)

The two associations brought charges against the artist that he deliberately insulted the mythical concept of Bharatmata that was once symbol of Great India during the swadeshi movement. In nationalist papers many a times picture of Mother India with spinning Charka appeared in national dailies in the past. Finding the similarity between the symbol of Bharatata and the painting of naked woman of Fida Husain HJS brought it to the notice of the police. The police in its turn made an inquiry immediately. Sensing public resentment fanned by the VHP and HJS, the celebrated artist withdrew the painting from the auction. He also apologized. The officials of the two societies also appealed to the Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam and PM Manmohan Singh to take appropriate action against the artist, charging for � antinational and perverse attitude of the artist�. The HJS arranged demonstration against the artist. One gentleman, a friend of mine and a man of great understanding only mildly commented that Fida should think twice before he touches the sensitive issue if he cannot stick to it. ‘Why he always choose Hindu gods or goddesses for his subjects, why couldn’t he do with Bibi Fatema or Amena, daughter and mother of the great Prophet, my friend commented?

Poet Nazul had the courage to paint Ma Amena as Jasoda, mother of Krishna, but in a positive sense.

This is secular India. The intellectuals and secularists did not stand in support of the artist. The freedom of artist has been sacrificed at the altar of fundamentalism. (Freedom of expression had become a cheap way of excuse for any insult or abuse. So called Secular people are themselves a SECULAR FUNDAMENTALISTS. Art is for society and not vice versa. Social barriers have to be followed by artists while presenting the art in public. Shall Prof. Roy stand for Danish cartoonist asking Muslim community to shut up in name of artistic freedom? Since he is a double standards personality, it concludes the anti Hindu nature of the writer – Editor)

Fundamentalism has no religious boundary, be it Islam, Santa or Christianity. A few years back Gazagamini famed Fida Husain invited resentment and bitter criticism when he painted an image of Sarasawti Devi in nude.

The curator of the Appaao Gallery said that she had been receiving threating phone calls, some in abusing languages, to withhold the painting from the auction.

Litt�rateur Sunil Gangapadhyay was charged with hurting sentiments of Hindus by a retired police officer when the writer once uttered that during his puberty he felt sexually excited seeing Devi’s naked body. I did not follow the case proceedings, might be it was dropped or dismissed.

I thought west Bengal people are more tolerant � Parashuram wrote many satirical short stories with different Hindu devatas. But Hindu readers too k the stories in a had insulted their gods. Even to day a TV serial named ‘Dhyat Terika’ which caricaturized many icons of Hindu goads. The audience accepted it as pure fan. This should be the spirit. Can we say same thing about rest of India? (If Hindus would not have been tolerant, Husain and his family would have not found safe place in India. Due to OVER tolerant nature of Hindus, people like Husain bash them again and again. Now it is time for all Hindus to stop unnecessary tolerance and ready to fight back, else Hindus shall be eradicated soon. – Editor)