Do we really have the freedom of expression in our country?

When SRK makes a statement favoring Pakistani players, the MNS go on a rampage of city-theatres.
A young couple holding hands and walking along the Bandra sea-face, get publicly accused of indecency by the moral police.
A painter as gifted as M. F. Hussain is forced to leave the country because of a painting depicting nude goddesses offending religious sentiments.
Do we really have the freedom to express without fear? Is India really a secular country??
What do you think??






Answer :
I do not approve of the MNS or Shiv Sena's violent tactics...they are nothing more than bunches of hooligans presided over & instigated by nefarious political goons for their selfish gains...

Also I do not approve of moral policing...

I am sure that most true & patriotic Indians will agree with me on the above two points...

However as far as M F Hussain is concerned, he completely deserves the treatment that he has received at the hands of the Indian public...

Freedom of expression does not mean the freedom to violate the religious sentiments of a particular religion or caste...you should know that along with any kind of freedom comes responsibilites !!!

For example, you have the freedom to walk on the road as it is public property, but nobody is supposed to spit, throw garbage, defecate or urinate on the road...

M F Hussain has the audacity to depict Hindu goddesses as nude and in various sexual demeanours...on the other hand, he always paints Muslim women as fully clothed & modest...above all this, he has even painted a potrait called Rape of India, which depicts our country as being brutally raped by animals & men !!!

This kind of attitude cannot be accepted...it borders on treachery and M F Hussain has spit on the face of very country in which he was born and where he found success...

If you say that he is expressing his creativity by painting Hindu Goddesses in the nude, why doesn't he do the same with Islamic Prophets??? Why hasn't he ever painted Prophet Muhamed in the nude???

M F Hussain is nothing but a sick, sexually depraved old man with a dirty mind who lusts after voluptuous Bollywood actresses such as Madhuri Dixit...Most Indians (especially Hindus) hate M F Hussain with a vengeance precisely because of his actions...

It is only a few so-called pseudo intellectuals, broad-minded individuals & wannabe artists who support M F Hussain and say that there is nothing wrong with what he has done!!! If you ask most Indians about their opinion, they will condemn this lecherous old man in the strongest terms possible...

For a more detailed understanding of M F Hussain's anti-hindu & anti-India paintings visit this website - http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/c…

ClaireB, from your name, I think you are a Christian...I wonder if you would have been so generous in your outlook, if M F Hussain had painted Mother Mary & Jesus Christ in nude, sexual positions !!!

When movies like "The last temptation of Christ", "The Davinci Code" etc were made (which only hinted at Jesus Christ as a normal human marrying, indulging in sex & having a family), millions of Christians rose in protest all over the world...

Hinduism is one of the most peaceful & tolerant religion in the world, but that does not mean that anybody can deliberately abuse it...

Let me ask you a question - Just because you have the freedom to express yourself, does that mean that you hurl abuses at your mother, father or neighbours???

India is a secular country in that the Indian Government never asked M F Hussain to leave the country & go into hiding...M F Hussain voluntarily left India as he was fed up of the lawsuits filed against him by several organisations & Individuals...he left as he did not have faith in the legal system of India & because he was unwilling to face the music...

Now that M F Hussain is a bona fide citizen of Qatar, will he dare to paint Islamic Prophets in the nude??? It is extremely unlikely that he will do so, but still assuming that he does - the best that will happen to him is that the Government of Qatar will kick him out of their country and no Islamic Nation will accept him...the worst thing that will happen to him is that immediately a Fatwa will be issued against him and he will be kidnapped, tortured, mutilated & his torn up body fed to the dogs...

Still India has stated that if he wishes to come back, he will be readily accepted by the Government of India...

What better example do you need that India is a truely secular country, where even scum like M F Hussain are tolerated & welcomed ???







Answer :
Yes we do very much have freedom of expression in our country than many of the developed nations.
Did you forget that the Pope had banned the screening of the movie Da Vinci Code and some Christian organisations had taken a strong objection to the screening of this movie as it showed the Roman Church as a villain and that Jesus Christ was a happily married man having a daughter named Sara.
If you believe in Freedom of expression you must not get scared to **** and leave your country. Please tell me would you have thought M.F.Hussain as gifted had he painted Mary in nude. Why did he not paint the rich widow who married Mohammad Paigambar who was 15 years younger than her in nude. I am sure people of other faith would not have objected to such gifted artists expression of art as it would have depicted a realistic picture of a person from his ówn religion without hurting the sentiments of people of other religion. Or did he think that this lady was never nude even in private or bathing or with Mohammad Paigambar?

The Kashmiri Hindu pandits had to flee their home state Kashmir even after India became independent because the Muslims in that state with open support of Pakistan was butchering them or converting them to Islam usurping their property and the Indian Government always being soft on Muslims took no steps to protect the Kashmiri Pandits. But the funny thing is you never thought of asking question on the genocide of the Kashmiri Hindu pandits and their families in Kashmir. Till date Kashmiri Pandits have not returned to the valley.

When SRK makes a statement favouring Pakistani players why only MNS should oppose, though their means of expressing their opposition are not agreeable to all Indians, are there no patriots in India who could oppose his unwarranted love for Pakistanis in the backdrop of 26/11. Why should he favour any thing that is Pakistani as the Indian government is telling and the media is telling that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism in India and the recent fresh instances of 26/11 are there how can you have so much love for a Rogue Nation's players who have killed lot of innocent people.

Had Pakistani terrorists killed any of your kith and kin would you still have played cricket with them?

India is really a secure secular country that is why many Pakistanis come to India to make a decent living as it is not possible in their country as their country is Pak only in its name.