Sakshi Mehra is a Trainee Journalist at ThePrint. She writes on the intersection of art, culture, crime, society, and policy. She joined ThePrint in 2024. Sakshi can be reached at sakshi.mehra@theprint.in
The article, quite ironically, captures Hussain’s attitude towards Hinduism. He chose to portray Sikhism through an earthy warrior on a horse representing the ideals of the faith. Similarly positive was his representation of Christianity and his own faith Islam. But for Hinduism, he chose naked goddesses as if that’s the essence of the religion. Speaks volumes about his understanding of Hinduism.
In the world of art, it’s easy to get away with such denigration of a faith. Because anyone criticising the artist gets labelled as a fanatic.
Charity starts at home. Hussain should have imagined Islam’s cherished mother figures naked first before moving on to mock or ridicule people of other faiths.
Ms. Sakshi Mehra’s disingenuous attempt at justifying Hussain’s bigotry towards Hindus boomerangs.
To understand Hinduism, one has to study the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Naked goddesses are no more a representative of Hinduism than scheming Shylock is of Judaism.
The article, quite ironically, captures Hussain’s attitude towards Hinduism. He chose to portray Sikhism through an earthy warrior on a horse representing the ideals of the faith. Similarly positive was his representation of Christianity and his own faith Islam. But for Hinduism, he chose naked goddesses as if that’s the essence of the religion. Speaks volumes about his understanding of Hinduism.
In the world of art, it’s easy to get away with such denigration of a faith. Because anyone criticising the artist gets labelled as a fanatic.
Charity starts at home. Hussain should have imagined Islam’s cherished mother figures naked first before moving on to mock or ridicule people of other faiths.
Ms. Sakshi Mehra’s disingenuous attempt at justifying Hussain’s bigotry towards Hindus boomerangs.
To understand Hinduism, one has to study the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Naked goddesses are no more a representative of Hinduism than scheming Shylock is of Judaism.