MF Husain....a misunderstood artist?
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MF Husain has always been in the news for a few right and mostly all the wrong reasons. His paintings create a stir, offend religious sentiments and blood-thirsty extremist groups have open rewards for anybody who can gouge his eyes, chop his hands or worst still bring his head. The 91-years-old artist slapped with fatwas finally resorts to live in exile. And he is not the first one to face this kind of bashing. Ismat Chughtai-wrote Lihaf, lifting veil off the gays and lesbians relationships breeding in a conservative Muslim society. She too faced a fatwa, was charged with obscenity and was acquitted after her lawyer successfully argued that the story could not be a corrupting influence. But what is Husain's problem really? He has been called a repetitive offender—paints nude paintings of Hindu goddesses and is touted as the 'Muslim artist' who is out....
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