Husain, Hinduism, Hindustan: Testing Tolerance I wonder how Farzana Veresy can trivialize percptions of those calling themselves `Hindus` about the depicting their gods or faith objects, in `nude`. If creating fuss over that was bukwas (which may be), then the huge violence and raving and rantings by Muslims on that Danish cartoon of depicting the Allah was thousands time more bukwas! Same about Christian or Jew sensibilities. But the conventional secularist-modernist seem to be selective in this matter. Like the `community identity` of the Muslims, other communities also can have the same `privilege`. We must not have double standards. At this juncture again you bring out Kama Sutra and Khajuraho temples etc. to justify what Hussain does and to ridicule his opponents. That is a chicanery. Someone may also bring the Arabian Nights, escapades of Mughal or similst feudal era and all that to justify `sacrilege` of Allah and the faith objects of Muslims. We have to have some discipline in arguments. Heere what we can have the general common agrement is to disaprove the physical violence as a means of protest aggainst any work of art. If the artist is given the freedom of expression, can we deny similar freedom of expression ( and only expression and not physical realization of that!) to others who have different opinions than the artist. The artist is not crating something for the `people` or rather aptly for the `market` - so let him follow the rules of that business. Artist cannot claim the best of both the worlds. Nor his supporters.

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Husain, Hinduism, Hindustan: Testing Tolerance I wonder how Farzana Veresy can trivialize percptions of those calling themselves `Hindus` about the depicting their gods or faith objects, in `nude`. If creating fuss over that was bukwas (which may also be), then how we can justify the huge violence and raving and rantings on that Danish cartoon of depicting the Allah? We must not have double sandards. At this juncture again you bring out Kama Sutra and Khajuraho temples etc. That is a chicanery? Someone may also bring the Arabian Nights and all that to justify `sacrilege` of Allah and the faith objects of Muslims. We have to have some discipline in arguments.

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