Kolkata: The Azad Hind dhaba in Kolkata's Ballygunje Circular Road is mostly known for its North Indian cuisine, but the 64-year-old dhaba has a rather arty connection as celebrated artist MF Husain, who died on Thursday, was a regular visitor, when he was in Kolkata. Co-owner of the dhaba Satish Sharma said, "He was very close to my brother Dharamveer and would come to the dhaba first thing after reaching...
01:57 PM, Jun 12, 2011
London: The body of India's most acclaimed painter Maqbool Fida Husain was on Friday laid to rest with full Muslim religious rites at Brookwood cemetery in the UK, honouring his last wishes. Husain was laid to rest at the cemetery, one of the biggest in Europe, at Woking in UK's Surrey. 95-year-old Husain died of lung congestion at the Royal Brompton hospital on Thursday. Earlier, the Namaza-e-janaza was performed at...
09:29 PM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian government has offered celebrated painter Maqbool Fida Husain's family the option of bringing his body back to India for last rituals. It remains to be seen as to where his family decides to bury him. The 95-year-old artist died on Thursday at Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Husain had been living in a self-imposed exile since 2006 after right-wing groups threatened him over his paintings of...
08:34 AM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Friends and admirers of MF Husain were on Thursday at a loss of words at the demise of the painter famously dubbed 'Piccaso of India' and angry at the fact that he had to die in a foreign land. From contemporaries Kishen Khanna and Anjolie Ela Menon to younger artists like Jitish Kallat a sense of shock, disbelief and grief prevailed among the art fraternity which mourned the...
02:20 PM, Jun 09, 2011
An excerpt from CNN-IBN's interview with MF Husain at his house in Dubai two years ago. ...
01:58 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Noted actress Shabana Azmi condoled MF Husain's death saying she was shocked to get the news. ...
01:42 PM, Jun 09, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday condoled noted Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain's death, saying his death is a national loss for India. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni also condoled the noted painter's death and said that he was always an eminent and respectable citizen of Indian. Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan called Husain's death a huge loss to the nation as he represented the resurgence of Indian...
01:17 PM, Jun 09, 2011
The book is simply titled
Maqbool Fida Husain. ...
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