NDTV award to MF Hussain

jan 13th, 2009

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From: निरवधि सीमा

Hi,
I would like to register my protest with you (NDTV) for deciding to confer an award 'Man of the Year' to MF Hussain. I wonder what is NDTV trying to prove by felicitating an Anti-Hindu bigot like Hussain who has hurt my religious sentiments and of millions of other Hindus/Indians around the world. A mere look at his so-called painting (Source: http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/) makes his prejudice and perversion clear. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see through his bias against Hindu Gods and Goddesses only. He draws naked paintings of only Hindu Gods and Goddesses and not of Muslim or Christian men and women whom he depicts in full clothing. Which clearly shows his prejudice. He associates by painting holy Hindu symbols like Satya or Swastik along with mass murderer Hitler (shown naked by him) despite knowing that Hitler misrepresented the true meaning of this symbol, which is peace and prosperity. It is a symbol of God. As per his painting he depicts Hitler as evil and hence draws him naked along with Satya or Swastik. And he also draws ONLY Hindu Gods and Goddesses as naked. So by that logic, it seems he believes Hindu Gods and Goddesses are evil. Whatever Evil means as per Abrahamic religions.

So, if as per you this cheap Anti-Hindu filth, which hurts the sentiments of Millions of Hindus, is justified as freedom of expression then so are the cartoons of Mohamed by the Danish cartoonist and the Da-Vinci-Code. How can one be called freedom while the other as blasphemy? Why this bias?

Anyways, I don't need to explain to you and make you understand because if you did then I wouldn't have had to write this protest email. I can understand that monetary benefits may compel him/her to do  otherwise but if the Editor-in-Chief of NDTV has even a little bit of respect for the Religious sentiments and rights of Hindus, such a ridiculous decision of commending a bigot like Hussain will not be gone forward with. Here is some food of thought for your conscience. Please watch a discussion on World Peace by Mr. Rajiv Malhotra and Dr. Subramanian Swamy. May be you will learn to have some mutual respect for others.

Regards,
Seema

Dallas, TX