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Alfred de Tavares
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:39:54 -0800
From: chimbel...@yahoo.com
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] More on Maqbool Fida Hussain's Hypocrisy
Dear Vasant,
Good to hear from you. My point is limited to the fact that her letter
contains misinformation
The letter by Hilda Raja spreads falsehoods and smears. For example, Husain has
never painted Saraswati copulating with a lion, which Raja claims he has. I
urge people not to trust everything they read and see in this age of photoshop.
It has been pointed out that many of the paintings
Dear Santosh,
You have suggested that whatever Dr.Raja has stated is false.
You may wish to clarify-
1.Has Hussain not painted Hindu deities in an obscene manner and thereby
offended Hindu sensibilities?Has he painted any other religious figures or for
that matter any other figures like
Dear Vasant,
Good to hear from you. My point is limited to the fact that her letter contains
misinformation, and that many charges made against Husain are unfounded,
especially the ones that ascribe sexual and communal meanings to his art. Those
who are offended by the three or four verified
More on Maqbool Fida Hussain's Hypocrisy
This is a Letter to the Editor of The Hindu, from a practising Christian
lady,Dr.Hilda Raja, who was Professor in Stella Maris College, Chennai till
recently; now settled at Baroda, regarding an Editorial in The Hindu in favour
of
