Posts Tagged ‘Maqbool Fida Husain’

India’s morality patrol

February 2nd, 2011

Obscenity laws, religion and self-censorship continue to blight India’s cultural scene. Leo Mirani reports
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India’s culture of grievance

February 16th, 2009

india_newspapersThe legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi
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MF Husain cleared of ‘obscenity’

September 10th, 2008

Indian artist MF Husain hes been cleared of obscenity charges over his painting ‘Mother India’. Hindu groups had claimed that the painting, featuring a nude posed in the shape of a map of India, was sacrilegious. Read more here

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