From: Sandeep
Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM
Subject: If you're on social media, share this widely: M.F. Hussain as the posterboy of desi sec libs
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DESI SECULARISTS FOREVER SIPPING FROM TOXIC GOBLETS
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As the 2104 elections get under way, marking one of the most critical events in the life of our young Republic (also one of the world’s oldest civilisations), it’s time to take stock of how some of our intellectuals (desi secularists) are behaving in the debates that are taking place.
I use the term “intellectuals” in the generic sense, without going into the potential minefield of whether some of these people really deserve that designation. This is because “buddhi jeevi” in Sanskrit has very honourable and ethical connotations. And so, we can use terms like “analysts”, “commentators” et al if “intellectual” seems over the top.
Recently, a few of them have teamed up and issued a ringing declaration about how they perceive the dangers from a BJP-led alliance forming the government at the centre. One of the “threats” from this future administration that these worthies have identified is the curtailment of artistic and cultural freedoms. The former Bombay painter of film-posters, M.F. Husain (hereafter MFH), is the figure our manifesto-wallahs have in mind as the iconic victim of repression and censorship by the Indic civilisation movement. In the worldview of this bunch, MFH is nothing less than a contemporary male version of Joan of Arc.
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When will the Indian SS lot grasp these basic truths ? Or will they continue to sip from their toxic goblets forever?
—JAY BHATTACHARJEE
Sandeep B
sent from samsung galaxy note, so please excuse brevity
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