[Reader-list] Husain Exhibition Attacked in Delhi

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear all,

Once again, with depressing, monotonous and disgusting  
predictability, a group of hooligans affiliated to the Hindutva  
(Hindu Fundamentalist) agenda who call themselves the 'Shri Ram Sena'  
have attacked and ransacked a small exhibition in Delhi of images by  
and about the nonegarian painter M. F. Husain, The exhibition was  
held on the premises of the office of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial  
Trust (SAHMAT) in Delhi, to protest against the decision by the  
orgnaizers of an Art Summit in Delhi to exclude work by Husain citing  
reasons of security. This incident demonstrates, yet again, how  
inimical the forces of Hindutva are to an open society and to the  
freedom of expression.

See -  http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Husain-photo- 
exhibition-vandalised-yet-again/352835/ for a report in the Indian  
Express that carries details of the incident.

This list has discussed such attacks on freedom of expression before,  
and just as we have had forthright criticism of Muslim  
fundamentalists attacking Taslima Nasrin, and the CPI (M) led West  
Bengal government making it impossible for her to stay in Kolkata, so  
too, we must take into account this latest assault on cultural  
liberty.  I appeal to all to condemn this attack on the freedom of  
expression.

regards

Shuddha