Comapring Taslima & Maqbool FIda Hussain !!

When talking about nude painting of Hindu goddess by Maqbool one often hears argument that there are temple carvings depicting same.
This argument about eroticism in Indian art is overblown. A majority of modern middle/upper middle class Hindus have grown up without seeing all this supposed eroticism in Hindu temples. They see images of the divine in different forms- Krishna, Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha etc, and none of them explicitly sexual. So the equation of Hindu temple art with eroticism means nothing. Secondly, there's the whole question of the spirit- not the content- in which the paintings are made. Many Indians feel that Hussain is being irreverant and insulting, rather than respectful or simply artistic. The original creators of those erotic images were cetainly not being provocative or insulting, nor hankering after attention. Erotic images in Hindu temples constitute a small minority of the total number of images, not more than 10%, perhaps as little as 5%. Most of the depictions are non-sexual, or of floral and geometric designs. Ancient Hindu temples are not the sculptural equivalent of "Penthouse" and "Hustler" magazines

There is a huge differenc between taslima & hussain. taslima never hurt the sentiments of muslims. she just pointed out the attrocities commited against the muslim women in the name of islam.

as far as hussain is concerned, this pervert painted something which not only hurts our sentiments but insults our religion too. we do not have any problems of him painting saraswati in the nude. hinduism is far open when it comes to nudity.

problem is with his two other paintings. in one he has shown hanuman having sex with sita & saraswati having sex with ganesha. now this has never happened as far hindu scriptures are concerned. if he would have just painted a monkey & elephant having sex with a lady this would have been fine. but he wanted to make his pervert intentions very clear by putting names under each charactor. this is purely offensive and also accepted by the court.

now he has fled india and hiding in an islamic country. this makes him a fugitive, at par with people like dawood ibrahim. if he thinks that he is innocent, then he should come back to india and face the court. he should explain the motives behind his gruesome paintings.

the "secular" congress govt at the centre can easily give him full security. it is rubbish to say that he is on the run because of the threats from VHP. is VHP bigger than the govt of india?.

fact is, hussain knows that he has commited a crime which will be proved in the court. this is only reason he is hiding in dubai.

lastly, he is facing charges NOT because his painting of saraswati but the two paintings of ganesha having sex with saraswati & hanuman having sex with sita.

all those so called "intellectuals" should allow the release of muhammad cartoons and da vinci code in india if they are really concerned about ar


"Look ate the temple sculpture......"

Temples were built by the believers with devotion and they are for worship and Hussain paintings and others by the secular scoundrals are done with derision and contempt. I do not equate sandolwood paste and shit because they are both yellow in colour

Art critic Gayatri Sinha- "The tradition of painting goddesses in the nude has been part of Indian culture for thousands of years. Many more 'explicit' paintings of Hindu goddesses exist, and they are regarded as holy".

For thousands of years women in India used to roam freely in their birthday suits and nobody minded their lack of dress sense, particularly the men who themselves had no need for even fig leaves. But, today if any woman dares to wear revealing dresses, she runs the risk of getting raped even in crowded trains. Hussain, by all appearances, looks like a cave man of yore, and he should have remained in his cave instead of trying to become a modern artist. The argument by the so called art critic is puerile and is only fit for a school debate