The extent to which the communal passions are being raised by the painter Hussain is coming to light with more and more people offering rewards to do physical harm to him.That one of the offers is from a Congress functionary and that too from the minority community speaks for itself.All the 'intellectuals' who defended him on the earlier occasion when the Shiva Sena vented its anger against the perverted painter,are not seen anywhere.They would have understood the damage the licentious expression indulged in by their infamous friend. It needed a Danish cartoon and its aftermath to get people to understand the legitimate feelings of the Shiv Sainiks While Hussain's action is to be condemned by one and all and also calls for the kind of action recommended by the M.P.Congress Minority cell member ie withdrawal of all recognition given by the Govt.,the suggestion of some for violent reprisal should be discouraged S.Ramaswamy
