When, in March 2001, Taliban forces in Afghanistan struck at the famed Buddha statues at Bamiyan, they destroyed two wonderful pieces of art and the world was, naturally, shocked. In India, we condemned the attack, expressed our feelings of outrage, and made loud protests since the Taliban are Islamic fundamentalists perceived as a threat against all liberal, non-Islamic societies and cultures.
But when Mumbai’s Jahangir Art Gallery last March forced an artist to withdraw certain paintings that…
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Posted on June 8, 2009 at 11:17am —