I once saw a painting of a Hindu Goddess painted by Hussain ( I do not know which goddess it was ) riding on Hanuman's tail. I am a Catholic but was utterly revolted by this painting !! It was tasteless and was obvious that it would hurt the sentiments of a great number of people. Freedom when it comes should go together with responsible behaviour. Just a thought, if Hussain likes to depict all Gods and Goddesses in the nude in the name of " artistic freedom" he should also paint his own god in the same way.
Warm wishes Sonia --- Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fredrick Noronha writes: "Firstly, artists should > have artistic freedom (without it being decided upon > by the mullahs -- whether they are Christian, Hindu, > Muslim, secular, atheist, agnostic or whatever)." > > In which case it is necessary to do away with censor > boards all over the world. In which case why is the > programme of the the Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha > sought to be banned? And why did the Government of > India seek to remove a video from YouTube of a > character depcited as Mahatma Gandhi doing a pole > dance? > > More importantly, does freedom come without any > sense of responsibility? I would like members on > this list to remember, a fact that will not be part > of the mainstream discussion, that Husain's son > objected to his father being depicted in the nude by > an art gallery in Chennai. This depiction was done > in retaliation to his depiction of Saraswati in > nude. > > I think it is said that your freedom to swing your > arm stops where my nose begns. > > The issue is whether anyone can trample on the > sentiments of others. Of course, this trampling > business is a subjective issue. But instead of using > the 'artisitic freedom' argument, Fredrick should > clearly say whether he thinks the sentiments were > hurt or not in this particular case. Others who use > 'eminent artist' argument should also answer this > question. > > Sachin Phadte > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tried the new MSN Messenger? ItÂ’s cool! Download > now. > http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-in Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html