Denounces the %u201Cculture of intolerance%u201D which has become a global phenomenon
DUBAI: Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has denounced the %u201Cculture of intolerance%u201D affecting India, and hoped for the speedy return home from Dubai of artist M.F. Husain.
%u201CIt is sad the way M.F. Husain, a member of the artistic community, is being treated. I hope he is accepted back. After all, he has achieved so much and brought so much fame to India,%u201D he said during a meeting with journalists.
Mr. Husain has been living in Dubai and London after right-wing groups in India threatened him over the portrayal of Hindu gods in some of his works.
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was here for a concert hosted by the Indian Consulate General to mark the 60th anniversary of India%u2019s Independence. He was accompanied on stage by his sons, Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan.
He was worried that %u201Cintolerance had become a global phenomenon, and India had not been immune to this trend.%u201D He said bigotry and sectarianism were %u201Ca threat which needed to be addressed at its roots %u2014 within the family and at school.%u201D ---------------------------------------------- Why not voice for Taslima also. She is also from creative community. She is also threatened of artistic freedom. She has also brought fame to womanhood, bengal, india and bangladesh.
Why not Ustad Voice for her also....why not THE HINDU publish that in front page too ?????
RE:Ustad ....Voice for Taslima
by Chola King on Jan 23, 2008 10:34 PM Permalink
Perhaps this is the only language these anti-national media channels and papers understand. NDTV has shown many times its strong anti-hindu pro-muslim face and one has to doubt whether Davood Ibrahim and other jehadis are controlling such channels or newspapers. Jehdi painter MF Hussien must be tahnkful to God that he is still alive afer committing blasphemous paitnings and for hurting millions of hindus very deeply. BJP,RSS, Shiv Sena and VHP must not allow this mad painter or his supporters to get with away such serious crimes.
