Is M F Hussain not an Indian ?

India's eminent artist M.F. Husain, who has been under legal attack from Hindu fundamentalists for his paintings of Hindu goddesses/Bharatmaata and has been living in Dubai and London, has been given Qatar nationality.......  Now he has to give up the citizenship of the land of his birth, which he has lovingly and secularly celebrated in his art covering a period of over seven decades. India does not allow dual citizenship........

Is he no more a Indian now ?



Secularists :
Many sympathisers, including politicians, artists, media, etc of Hussain  have  expressed grievances over this news. Government has even offered security to Hussain if he is willing to come back.

• Will the same Government allow the publication and selling of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" ?

• Will the so called secular society of india support if some one paints a picture(in the same manner Hussain painted) of the prophets of  all other Indian religions, including Hussain's religion, in the name of artistic freedom and creative expression ?

Many eminent and prominent elites, including The Hindu's N Ram,  often cite the example of Khazuraho temples to support the nude portrayal of Hindu gods . Why dont they understand that the opinions, approaches, attitudes, towards nude art do change from one century to another century? Shall we start projecting nudity just because once we were as nude as animals in the evolution?

• Does only certain sections of this country have sentiments and others don't ?
  

Cultural Policing :

I am neither a patron of Bajrang Dal/RSS/VHP/Sangh Parivar nor a Theist, but still i do have sentiments regarding my culture and the way i live. Both the so called secularists and the so called Hindu religion protectors are using the issue to meet their vested interests.

•   The so called Hindu religion protectors never answer to the portrayal of eroticism of Goddesses in Hindu scriptures and paintings.

• Is the issue really about Artistic freedom/Creative expression or is it  just a Vote bank politics?
• Is it fine if some Hindu artist paints the Hindu Goddesses nudely ?
• Is it all about the religious identity of the artist?
• Sir, I think Indian culture also talks about Tolerance too.
  

Artistic Freedom :

I do welcome Mr Hussain to India . Before that, I am looking forward if he can answer my queries.

• Will he  paint a prophet of his own religion to express his artistic freedom at least once in Qatar now?

• Will he support the Danish Cartoons on Prophet ?
• Will he support  an artist from other religions to paint a decent picture of Prophet at least?

My concern is, why do we have double standard approaches to the same Mistakes/Wrongs ? Do we need to demarcate wrongs into Saffron Wrongs, Green Wrongs etc? Is this all the Secularism we are boasting about since 60 years ? Why do we have preferential and appeasing treatment to some sections of the society ? How many more years do these Hypocrisy and Sycophancy dictate the things in this secular country?


BTW, how many of you find the above picture of Bharatmaata as obscene?

PS1 : I have nothing against the mentioned religions in this post. If I hurt anyone's sentiments, I apologize for that and will remove that content.

PS2 : I love and admire M F Hussain Saab's painting style.

PS3 :  M F Hussain has been called the " Picasso of India".