tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post98946342806717763..comments2024-03-19T09:03:49.770+05:30Comments on Shobhaa De: If I were in Husain's shoes....Shobhaa Dehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610708004901279105noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-65923111193715813302011-06-09T16:58:52.927+05:302011-06-09T16:58:52.927+05:30As different as me and Sigourney look is as differ...As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. <a href="http://www.howtocurecandida.com" rel="nofollow">Treatment For Candida</a>Leonardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412320605974732827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-53854020305294821732010-05-03T11:58:56.738+05:302010-05-03T11:58:56.738+05:30Someone here made obnoxious comment about Madhuri ...Someone here made obnoxious comment about Madhuri Dixit. Madhuri was always dignified and kept herself out of any scandal. Despite efforts by media to link her with actors (which they do for all stars). Madhuri always maintained her dignity and politely denied all rumours against her and lived upto her comments by her actions and by her future course of life. No point to bring her here.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841900996409494011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-76606417141581579422010-03-26T14:25:24.833+05:302010-03-26T14:25:24.833+05:30I posted this on another article regarding Husain:...I posted this on another article regarding Husain:<br />A man who consistently and deliberately targets a particular community through his paintings ought to be punished. <br />We are tolerant despite his misdeeds. What more freedom could he have expected here? - All people did here was file cases in courts against him.<br />If he paints religious symbols or women in a derogatory manner in some of the Islamic nations, he probably would be decapitated in public.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224012102695556256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-9748344284266548842010-03-26T14:05:56.942+05:302010-03-26T14:05:56.942+05:30Btw, I wonder why Hussain's (Or even Shobha De...Btw, I wonder why Hussain's (Or even Shobha De's) 'pragmatic' instict doesn't dare to sketch a 'funny' Mohammad or something like bikini-clad Khadija!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-55002571618716251952010-03-25T12:54:38.623+05:302010-03-25T12:54:38.623+05:30also Ms. Shobha De says "Qatar came up with t...also Ms. Shobha De says "Qatar came up with the right package" and you included love, respect, monetary and tax exemptions and stressed on security......and u carefully avoided freedom of expression from this. This shows you are a wonderful writer. Bending opinions in your favour. But it also shows you are biased, akin to hardline religious fanatics, mentioning only what suits you and not painting an entire picture. Also, Qatar might suit him well as it is tolerant towards what he paints today, but that might not remain same if he changes. I hope you know the point i want to make across.sushant joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506941805667952578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-69851864480910010682010-03-25T11:15:24.704+05:302010-03-25T11:15:24.704+05:30i completely agree @Sushant, @Prasad, @Balvinder, ...i completely agree @Sushant, @Prasad, @Balvinder, @Dr. Mahesh...<br />how bout the muslims issuing fatwa to Sania Mirza coz she wears a short skirt for playing tennis? M happy tht MFH is gone.....if he was not getting enough freedom in India nowhere else can he get it....dis is one of d worst decisions of his life IMO<br /><br />Regards<br />Mahatru<br /><a href="http://www.buzzintown.com/ipl/iplt20_schedule.html" title="IPL 3 Schedule Calendar" rel="nofollow"> IPL 3 Schedule Calendar </a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821665313866816031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-20583108947154644112010-03-24T19:41:54.169+05:302010-03-24T19:41:54.169+05:30I want to tell Ms. Shobha De how tolerant we (Indi...I want to tell Ms. Shobha De how tolerant we (Indians) are. MFH had the guts to paint our gods and goddesses in nude and even went to the extent of painting Bharat mata in the same way (for th so called seculars). We dont want his head but only his apology and an assurance that he wont repeat such acts. We are very different from the people issuing fatwas to the Danish cartoonist. We are not going to weigh his head in gold. Do not consider me of the likes of religious fanatics. I am a right minded and rational individual who just do not want to sit and watch issues turning up. We have to take a stand somewhere. Most of the people commenting here have no affiliation towards any particular hardline religious orgaization. I think you must be surprised to see so many right-minded individuals opposing MFH, if you are liberal enough to do so (better than typecasting people).<br />Also a reply to the people of the likes of Sidhusaaheb, the carvings on Khujraoh temples, some of which are erotic in nature are of humans and not of Hindu deities. The idols inside the premises houses Hindu and Jain deities. Get your facts correct before commenting. This shows how much well informed you are on the topic being discussed.sushant joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506941805667952578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-49254012271183917082010-03-22T11:05:43.431+05:302010-03-22T11:05:43.431+05:30@Vivek,Good One .@Vivek,Good One .Prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04281594999283452652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-75088273025807541522010-03-22T02:26:22.154+05:302010-03-22T02:26:22.154+05:30अगर तुम कहो
की हुसैन है सही
कर दिखाना वही
जो क...अगर तुम कहो <br />की हुसैन है सही <br />कर दिखाना वही <br />जो किया उसने<br /> <br />उठाओ अपना कलम <br />और खोलो अपना दिल <br />लिखो किसी धर्म के खिलाफ<br />जगा कर कलाकार<br /> <br />रहेकर यंह नब्बे साल<br />नहीं सिखा भारत का मान <br />काफी नहीं कलाकारी<br />शोभा डे गी सिर्फ कटारी <br /> <br />नहीं करना उपदेश <br />ये है भारत देश <br />नहीं करता किसकी छेड़<br />रहते यहाँ बिना भेद<br /><br />Vivek Mathker,<br />Milan, Italy. <br />Mathker.blogspot.comVivek Mathkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457843703944734074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-85634548603627221812010-03-15T18:54:30.541+05:302010-03-15T18:54:30.541+05:30Interesting. I've read the most interesting po...Interesting. I've read the most interesting posts on this blog & yes we do have a kind of unity here. It's nice to know a community of people having same thoughts in this psuedo intellectual world.<br />@Numerunity - I really appreciate your take on various subjects. I thought you are a chamcha of Shobhaa De. But now I see you have a mind of your own. I've always seen that community issues bring the best in people & they flock together.<br />@Anil Kumar Well said Anil. When I hear Shabana Azmi & Sharmila Tagore holding a flag for Hussain, I feel that they don't really care a damn for us...we who made them what they are ! I've started liking the Shiv Sena after listening to these communal actresses. And I'd love to see the Danish cartoons !Lathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391580973252067189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-90610388300207192072010-03-15T08:15:14.328+05:302010-03-15T08:15:14.328+05:30@ SidhuSahab
Nude dieties from Khajuraho are our ...@ SidhuSahab<br /><br />Nude dieties from Khajuraho are our ancient past. That's how your ancestors and everyone else ancestors used to live. Don't compare apples with oranges. <br /><br />If you are indeed Sidhu (Sikh) just try to paint GuruNanak ji into nude holding his baton with both hands<br /><br />If you are a disguised muslim with the name as 'Sidhu' then try to paint prophet Mohammad in nude chasing a goat.<br /><br />Just send these paintings by post to Ms. Shobha de, Barkha Dutt and other gatekeepers of freedom of expression in media. <br /><br />If these money hungry, desperate idiots have got GXXXX mein dum...(in other way guts) then tell them to put ENLARGED copy of these paintings of GuruNanak and Prophet outside their home and offices for a month and send one copy to Shiromani Gurdwara prabandhak committe head and Imam of Jama Masjid.<br /><br />THEN I WILL CONSIDER THESE JOKERS TRUE GATEKEEPERS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONS. <br /><br />Hope this will give the necessary boost to create a truely tolerant and peace loving community in our own backyard.Anil Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185075142594811893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-86084054348533120782010-03-14T23:10:30.052+05:302010-03-14T23:10:30.052+05:30Sad that Ms De, u think its India' Loss and MF...Sad that Ms De, u think its India' Loss and MF Hussain was just using an artistic expression! <br /><br />I was even more disappointed by some of the ppl who think just cause India ka official language Hindi nahi hai ya hindusim is not official, it is convenient to make fun of it in the name of art.<br /><br />Art does not means exploitation. It is more of exploration. I saw those paintings n cud not find much to adore rather than an effort to create titilation which is neither beautiful nor meaningful.<br /><br />There are lot to be said but I wish not to. Its after all our personal belief and no one else can mould it.<br /><br />BTW: this post has inspired me to blog again- I was away from blogging from last 2 months but cud not resist write this piece-<br /><br />Art or porn? Freedom of expression or cultural insensitiveness? Loss or indifference? http://ektakhetan.blogspot.com.ekta khetanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253258697971928171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-58664061960485772512010-03-13T13:18:43.796+05:302010-03-13T13:18:43.796+05:30Din0410 said...
Its very easy become famous in In...Din0410 said... <br />Its very easy become famous in India!! <br />How? Not by hard work, intelligence, Just write some thing controversial on twitter, defame Hindu goddess, sketch dirty paintings ( and then sell for million dollars ) , support nations who are our enemy. You will become very popular... this is the way we preserve our democracy...<br /><br />Jai Ho…..Din0410https://www.blogger.com/profile/18177619286310105965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-38013637899061113952010-03-13T03:38:54.222+05:302010-03-13T03:38:54.222+05:30Here are some photographs of Khajuraho for the vie...Here are some photographs of Khajuraho for the viewing pleasure of those who've posted hateful comments about Hussain:<br /><br />http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/NorthIndia/Khajuraho/Khajuraho.htm<br /><br />Please click to view enlarged images.Sidhusaahebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428201823375343016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-36150111922570180102010-03-13T03:32:27.855+05:302010-03-13T03:32:27.855+05:30Hussain-haters don't seem to mind 'nude de...Hussain-haters don't seem to mind 'nude deities' from Khajuraho, strangely enough, or from Mohenjodaro and Harappa.Sidhusaahebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428201823375343016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-91409625897657357092010-03-12T17:49:48.443+05:302010-03-12T17:49:48.443+05:30Happy that he is gone forever. Lucky India.
Can h...Happy that he is gone forever. Lucky India.<br /><br />Can he try the same 'Freedom of Expression' in Qatar?Common Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640650989273980154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-18448201222651071312010-03-12T08:02:54.556+05:302010-03-12T08:02:54.556+05:30Can we please stop the non-sensing debate on this ...Can we please stop the non-sensing debate on this topic?<br /><br />Shobha, why on earth you need to write an article which has been chewed countless times. Is it just to increase number of hits on your blog?Nileshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998051651432509357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-13844134597732141382010-03-12T07:53:32.879+05:302010-03-12T07:53:32.879+05:30"Our loss, entirely. Lucky Qatar" -
Yes..."Our loss, entirely. Lucky Qatar" -<br /><br />Yes, the kindaa loss which we'll surely cherish atNileshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998051651432509357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-29243707980458839982010-03-11T18:13:55.441+05:302010-03-11T18:13:55.441+05:30Well Ma'am,
This cannot be justified under an...Well Ma'am,<br /><br />This cannot be justified under any circumstances whatsoever! I am not a religious fanatic but when I read such posts from intellects like you I've a terrible sense that something is wrong in this country!<br /><br />Mr. Hussain is a great artist but his paintings are not just offending, but more seriously, humiliating. <br /><br />Coming back to the basics, there is something wrong with people like you. I don't say we need to award him a death penalty but yes we should not show an immuturity of pampering him as a 'pragmatic' either.<br /><br />Hinduism is faith of our majority and somewhere it has to confluence with our nationalism, a fact that is continuously being undermined. World has acknowledged this fact but Indian intellect doesn't is a matter of real shame!<br /><br />Views like yours harm this country far more than paitings of Hussain or any medieval invasions.<br /><br />Also, intellects like you should attempt to slightly 'reform' our Muslim and Christian brothers then comment on pragmatism.<br /><br />Please reply my post. I am available for an open debate on this issue.<br /><br />Warm Regards,<br />Siddhesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-77419208448682990482010-03-11T15:19:03.442+05:302010-03-11T15:19:03.442+05:30Send your good taste to celebration by delivering ...Send your good taste to celebration by delivering our mouthwatering cakes to Coimbatore and exotic flowers to Coimbatore and leave a cherished memory with them. Add zing to the special occasions of your acquaintances in Coimbatore by sending our fantastic flowers and tasty cakes.<br /><br />Please visit:<br />www.gifts2coimbatore.comSunny Vermahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573070797012387748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-3213391730345419232010-03-11T12:04:08.734+05:302010-03-11T12:04:08.734+05:30Bye Bye Husain sahab. We promise , we would not mi...Bye Bye Husain sahab. We promise , we would not misss you ,<br />whats teh guarantee that if you are left with your artistic freedom , you would not choose other hindu gods (remained to be painted out of 33 crores) to unleash your paint brush upon.<br />We have our hands full with controversies over religion, caste, sect....etc.<br />I hope you understand taht as a perceptive artist and a common man who loves to spend time around dhabas and tea stalls and know the pulse of other common men.<br />And all those pseudo religious guys here- Hinduism is very tolerant. if MFH had chosen to paint cartoons , we would not have minded but nudes? NEEEY! not acceptable.kirtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01876343242408813468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-5284671227731378222010-03-10T15:21:24.570+05:302010-03-10T15:21:24.570+05:30I have always admired your artistic skill. This pi...I have always admired your artistic skill. This piece goes on to say there aren’t any peers for you. As for Husain, each has his/her own perceptions. And I am not playing god here to judge someone’s ulterior motives. Anyway, the write-up made an interesting read. Thanks.Daniel. Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406488142502420711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-60002790576900234572010-03-10T09:39:44.555+05:302010-03-10T09:39:44.555+05:30shobha ji,
I am writing just for giving comment to...shobha ji,<br />I am writing just for giving comment to ur TOI artricle. Hope u know Hindi. <br />TOI m apka M.F. hussain k bare mai article pdha.bhut dukh hua ye jankar ki kuch hussain aur aap jaise log khud ko country se bada mante h.bharat mata bharat k 110 karor logo ki mata hai. hussain ne kudki maa ka vaisa photo to nhi bnaya to unki himmat kaise hui desh ki 110 karor logo ki mata Bharat mata aur other godess ki nude photo banane ki. phir art ka nam lekar use shi bhi batate hai. whatever hussain did is definately wrong. hussain ke nange per ghoomne se ya aapko vulgar mail aane se wo sahi nhi ho jayega. he insulted India and whole indian people. u said that quatar mai unko good environment mil rha hai. Himmat hai to wha Ke shekh ka ya unki queen ya unke god ka nude photo banaye phir dekhte Hai kaisa environment hota h quatar mai. Art ke Naam par aap kuch bhi karte rahenge aur log chupchap baithe rhe it is not possible. may be u r a very big woman but not bigger then country and public.Mohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667677288076699076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-45191128021263286002010-03-09T21:01:20.613+05:302010-03-09T21:01:20.613+05:30Hussain is an artist. A "great artist" i...Hussain is an artist. A "great artist" is debatable. That is subjective. I do not think he is a great artist. I consider many others to be better. But that is besides the point.<br /> <br />Is he a master publicist? Yes, he is. He works controversies like a finely tuned violin. He also has great business sense. Given these factors he has made great choices for himself. Good for him.<br /><br />Is he free to create art? yes, but I am also free to critise his art or his depiction of things dear to me. While not being a religious person, his interpretations have offended my cultural leanings. I dont care if he does not draw cartoons of Islamic figures in a controversial way. What he did annoyed me and there are no two ways about it. There I said it!<br /><br />Hussain could have stayed if he wanted to really make his point. No one threw him out. He made the concious decision about self exile. He chose something else, when he realised that his style of security would be prohibhitively expensive for himself and that no government can guarantee him immortality. Quatar should be just as happy as India should be now.<br /><br />Do I think people overreacted to his art? Yeah, on both sides. Both sides are intolerant.<br /><br />The upholders of "liberal" values of freedom and thier insulting-holier-than-thou-we-know-better-than-you-troglodyte-religious-and-political-identity-seekers-curs. <br /><br />And also the "conservative" value walas with thier upholders-of-the-desi-way-of-life-and-violence-fixes-all-frustrations-rantings.<br /><br />Let me go back to fingerpainting with my kindergarten child! So much more satisfying somehow.Another Kiran In NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949641865013106368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-26744379654942628552010-03-09T18:49:33.150+05:302010-03-09T18:49:33.150+05:30i agree with divyai agree with divyasunil golchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16148017121337481642noreply@blogger.com