India’s top painter Husain pulled from show over threats

[jayron]

1. We (i) consider anything that is hurting sentiments of any religion as condemnable

2. Again you came up with an excuse for westerners and dragged Hussain just because he is a Muslim though Indian but since you guys have an issue with Islam only so you can just brush the insult inflicted by goras on your gods, under the carpet on pretext that since they make fun of their own religion so its ok.


3. the lowest neutrality will be to atleast you have the courage to condemn their actions as much as you will condemn a similar action by a Muslim Indian.

I personally think prosecuting MF Hussein is wrong. He did not insult the God . He just illustrated her nude like in so many temple sculptures. These Hindu fanatics targeted him only coz he was a muslim. But MF. Hussein is also a super sensitive guy. He would do something controversial but won't allow people to criticize . He directed a movie named Meenaxi. One song of the movie has lyrics from Koran. When people objected it, we withdrew the movie from theatres and just disappeared. He is a weirdo.

 

[Trisonics]

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3. the lowest neutrality will be to atleast you have the courage to condemn their actions as much as you will condemn a similar action by a Muslim Indian.


and oh i forgot that i am not asking Shiv sena and bajrangis to correct their standards but i am asking your very own forum Indian members to look into their double standards

well for once I am with you on some topic, it may be prudent to note that whatever show "Jim Carrey" was in, that news never reached the majority of Hindus in India. Also, Mr Hussain has painted Hindu Gods naked more than once. Not giving Jim a free ticket here just reminding us that things would have been certainly different if the news got India specific attention! So I wouldn't co relate the two in the same way.

 

[Roybot]

You should try and differentiate between the Indians you find on this forum and the Bajrangis and Shiv Sainiks.

I personally don't have any issues with people painting or making fun or whatever. Specially with the westerners, because they make fun of their own religion and culture more than say Hinduism. Its not the case with Hussein. Would he draw a photo of Prophet Mohammed? He wouldn't right?

Having said all that, no one would have said anything to him if he had just apologized to the people he had offended by his paintings. But that was too much to ask. So now he we have this pickle.

Sorry if i offended anyone

1. We (i) consider anything that is hurting sentiments of any religion as condemnable

2. Again you came up with an excuse for westerners and dragged Hussain just because he is a Muslim though Indian but since you guys have an issue with Islam only so you can just brush the insult inflicted by goras on your gods, under the carpet on pretext that since they make fun of their own religion so its ok.


3. the lowest neutrality will be to atleast you have the courage to condemn their actions as much as you will condemn a similar action by a Muslim Indian.

1. Miss, I consider religion is beyond any human being to mock or disrespect. If a religion has hundreds of millions of followers, what harm could a couple of insults do?

2. As i highlighted i have no issues whatsoever with his paintings. I don't have any issues with Islam. Its the worlds largest religion who am i to question or have issues with it?

3. I do condemn the action, but then again it wasn't me who Hussien offended by his paintings.

All i was trying to say was Hussain could have just apologized and finished the controversy, everyone would be happy. He's an artist he should know a thing or two about conflict resolution

and oh i forgot that i am not asking Shiv sena and bajrangis to correct their standards but i am asking your very own forum Indian members to look into their double standards

Everyone's entitled to have their own opinion right? Not everyone from one particular country need to have the same stance on every issue. Difference of opinion is a very healthy thing.

 

[Wounded-Monk]

A very interesting observation is that they even come under the axe even if the news is about Pakistan.

An honour killing incident involving hindus is carefully avoided by your readers for comments while if its a Muslim involved in India it is immediately used for bashing them and their faith by fellow Hindu Indians.


You take it seriously or not but some educated Muslim Indians are indeed getting carried away by these comments and this attitude

1) Unfortunate....but yeah Pakistan is an enemy country.....and many pakistanis also come trolling here.....

2) Muslims are being targetted all over the world though......seems a sad and wrong trend has set up....

3) I dont think educated muslims get into those debates too much......and those who do are the kids of same age group........

 

[KS]

I personally think prosecuting MF Hussein is wrong. He did not insult the God . He just illustrated her nude like in so many temple sculptures. These Hindu fanatics targeted him only coz he was a muslim.

This a very lame argument given by those defending that old hag -No Hindu temple potrays any Goddess in a nude position. Those potrayed in a semi-nude position are the Apsaras and the devatas.

So get over that. And what kind of a perverted,sick mind can paint Godess Sita in a 'compromised' position with Lord Hanuman.If somebody protesting this is called fundamentalist, then I am one.

Did that old man's imagination run wild on Prophet or his wife ?? I guess not because the next day his hand would have been chopped off clean by the concerned religion as happened in Kerala.

And what did the 'fanatics' do ?? Did they do any body harm on that senile man ?? Not one of his hair was touched..They filed FIRs against him all over the country in a democratic,constitutional manner.Hardly the defintion of 'fanatics'.But the law abiding man that Hussein is fled his homeland to avoid facing court trials.

Bloody shyt I say - If he was so convinced of his artistic ideals why not face the case and convince the judges also ? Why run and hide like a craven woman in Qatar ?

But MF. Hussein is also a super sensitive guy. He would do something controversial but won't allow people to criticize . He directed a movie named Meenaxi. One song of the movie has lyrics from Koran. When people objected it, we withdrew the movie from theatres and just disappeared. He is a weirdo.

Even conceding your argument of freedom of expression what happened to Meenaxi when the Muslim groups protested.

Did he not relent,delete those scened, and issue an apology to those ?? Why only in their case - because he knew that his artistic freedom wont cut ice with them.

 

[Spring Onion]

well for once I am with you on some topic, it may be prudent to note that whatever show "Jim Carrey" was in, that news never reached the majority of Hindus in India. Also, Mr Hussain has painted Hindu Gods naked more than once. Not giving Jim a free ticket here just reminding us that things would have been certainly different if the news got India specific attention! So I wouldn't co relate the two in the same way.

Trisonics who is talking about ordinary majority Hindus in here in the first place?


Lets first correct the double standards of your members here on this forum. And there is no doubt almost every active user of your country did come to know about Jimm's insulting Hindu god. But interestingly they were hell bent upon supporting his right to insult the ganesh tooth and nail whereas the same Indian members here are coming up with harsh condemning Hussain just because he is an Indian Muslim while Jimm is a gora you are afraid to be seen by goras as hardliner.

Insult to seeta and ganesh are two different things for you guys????????//

 

[Spring Onion]

1) Unfortunate....but yeah Pakistan is an enemy country.....and many pakistanis also come trolling here.....

2) Muslims are being targetted all over the world though......seems a sad and wrong trend has set up....

3) I dont think educated muslims get into those debates too much......and those who do are the kids of same age group........

1. yara if Pakistan is an enemy then bash Pakistan why your Indians start bashing your own Indian Muslims in their comments even if its for a news about Pakistan in ToI, HT, Rediff and other orange media outlets


2. well if they are targeted in a foreign land that is one thing and you widening gap between your own Indian communities by such behviour are two different things.

3. Indeed Educated Indian Muslims dont get into debates on your media comments sections much its your Hindu mahan countrymen who start posting bellow the belt language and that is what indeed hurting your Muslim Indian readers

 

[Wounded-Monk]

Trisonics who is talking about ordinary majority Hindus in here in the first place?


Lets first correct the double standards of your members here on this forum. And there is no doubt almost every active user of your country did come to know about Jimm's insulting Hindu god. But interestingly they were hell bent upon supporting his right to insult the ganesh tooth and nail whereas the same Indian members here are coming up with harsh condemning Hussain just because he is an Indian Muslim while Jimm is a gora you are afraid to be seen by goras as hardliner.

Insult to seeta and ganesh are two different things for you guys????????//

For me gora is an @sshole.......but muslims here should be more sensible for others' religious sentiments......

Am I a double standard bigot.......

 

[Wounded-Monk]

1. yara if Pakistan is an enemy then bash Pakistan why your Indians start bashing your own Indian Muslims in their comments even if its for a news about Pakistan in ToI, HT, Rediff and other orange media outlets


2. well if they are targeted in a foreign land that is one thing and you widening gap between your own Indian communities by such behviour are two different things.

3. Indeed Educated Indian Muslims dont get into debates on your media comments sections much its your Hindu mahan countrymen who start posting bellow the belt language and that is what indeed hurting your Muslim Indian readers

1) Sad but true......but Actually I think most are kids with new laptops ...

2) On the contrary I see communities coming closer......at least for new generation I may say......

3) I completely agree with you...lol ....

EDIT: Oh wait I am not a muslim.......an atheist now (it keeps changing lol)

 

[Avatar]

The title is wrong, because Hussain is no longer an Indian citizen he is no longer an Indian painter. He's in Qatar and he can paint there happily ever after.

 

[KS]

The title is wrong, because Hussain is no longer an Indian citizen he is no longer an Indian painter. He's in Qatar and he can paint there happily ever after.

Quoted for the truth.

The moment he left the land he was born into for the fear of facing cases and went to Qatar on the utterly ridiculous pretext that it offered him more freedom he ceased to be a Indian citizen and an Indian and no need to fret over that.

He is now a Qatari and the title should have been Qatari Painter Hussein's drawings not to be displayed.

 

[gubbi]

Ok. A simple question. How many of you people who are raising objections to MF Hussain's work about Hindu Goddesses have actually seen the offending art?

I shall leave it to the Mods to delete this post if they find it offensive or if against the forum rules, I will post the pictures of M F Hussains work. Contrast that work with a painting of Goddess Saraswati by a Hindu painter at the very bottom.

Read this quote by a famous artist, which I believe many here would gladly worship or hold in high esteem
"Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art." — Pablo Picasso

Also read this blog get a perspective:
The Argumentative Indian

And now the images: Feel free to report if you find it offensive.

India:


Sita and Hanuman - the painting which actually started all the uproar!!

Goddess Parvati

Goddess Saraswati

Goddess Lakshmi

Goddess Durga

now contrast these images with this painting by a Hindu artist.
Goddess Saraswati
Painting by Rudrakumar Jha

Do I hear an uproar?

 

[SpArK]

Quoted for the truth.

The moment he left the land he was born into for the fear of facing cases and went to Qatar on the utterly ridiculous pretext that it offered him more freedom he ceased to be a Indian citizen and an Indian and no need to fret over that.

He is now a Qatari and the title should have been Qatari Painter Hussein's drawings not to be displayed.

But he cant live without the charm of bollywood , which he is addicted to.. just last week there was news that his latest vibe is fo anushka sharma after the episode with madhuri dixit..

Here is a "satisfiable" source.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

The guy watched one of her films 8 times.. Is he alright???

 

[KS]

Ok. A simple question. How many of you people who are raising objections to MF Hussain's work about Hindu Goddesses have actually seen the offending art?

I shall leave it to the Mods to delete this post if they find it offensive or if against the forum rules, I will post the pictures of M F Hussains work. Contrast that work with a painting of Goddess Saraswati by a Hindu painter at the very bottom.

Read this quote by a famous artist, which I believe many here would gladly worship or hold in high esteem
"Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art." — Pablo Picasso

Also read this blog get a perspective:
The Argumentative Indian

And now the images: Feel free to report if you find it offensive.

India:

Sita and Hanuman - the painting which actually started all the uproar!!

Goddess Parvati

Goddess Saraswati

Goddess Lakshmi

Goddess Durga

now contrast these images with this painting by a Hindu artist.
Goddess Saraswati
Painting by Rudrakumar Jha

Do I hear an uproar?

And yes the same Artist who had the artistic license to paint the Hindu Gods did not have the balls to stand by the same artistic license in Meenaxi and apologised like a timorous old man.


Do I sense a double standard here ??

And if his artisitic freedom is so sincere why not stay in India and fight his case like a man instead being a loser and running to Qatar ?

And I dont know why people go to so extreme lenghts to 'force' people not to get offended at the explicit slight on their gods.

I mean I consider it extremely offensive to see Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh in that position and similar is the case of Goddess Sita.Not to mention the obviously compromised position of Goddess Durga and her simha.

Hussein had the artistic freedom to paint whatever came to his senile mind without thinking whether or not this would be offensive to Hindus but the Hindus who protested against that and filed FIRs against him in a constitutional manner should forego that particular fundamental right. Cmon !

Just be proud that the Hindus being so tolerant as they are did not cause any body harm to this man.If this had been any other religion, he would not be there living and breathing somewhere.

 

[KS]

But he cant live without the charm of bollywood , which he is addicted to.. just last week there was news that his latest vibe is fo anushka sharma after the episode with madhuri dixit..

Here is a "satisfiable" source.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

The guy watched one of her films 8 times.. Is he alright???

I will not comment on his personal habits as I am no one to intrude in his personal life as long as he keeps clear of his 'artistic' pursuits.