If u wanted to judge myself, u should have sent me the pictures only and not the texts to read. Should I judge this form artist point of view or as a Hindu?
I don't know anything of art or anybody whom I can forward this mail. Anyways I haven't heard of any painter/artist who has criticized these paintings.
Again these paintings are of 70s. How it became so offensive 25 years later?
As a Hindu, if I want to be offensive then should I destroy Khajurao and Konark Sun temple for having nude sculptures? What abt Kamakhya temple, Guwahati where "Yoni" of Sati/Parvathi is worshiped? Should we destroy all Shiva temples for having "Ling" inside them?
When does Hindu religion have problem with nudity/sex? All the temples built in India before muslim era have nude/topless sculptures. Some of the oldest/finest art can still be seen in Ajanta/Ellora. Hindu religion is far more liberal when it comes to nudity or sex. We are not like Christianity or Islam where Sex is not considered pure and is a taboo for Gods. Their goddess has to be virgin to give birth to a God. Women were considered born from Men and are never equal to them.
Whereas most Hindu ancient texts and epics like Purana, Ramayana and Mahabharata consists of vivid description of sex and sexual description among Gods e.g. Shiva:Parvati, Rama:Sita, Krishna:only-He-knows-how-many. You want me to be up-in-arms against this.
May be this guy (M.F.Husain) who used to paint pictures of Ramayana and Mahabharata in temples for living, knows more about our religion than us and is depicting our religion in most true and pure form
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