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Complex Cultural Politics of Indian, now Qatari, Painter M. F. Husain

  • by Hrag Vartanian on March 31, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on March 31, 2010

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Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain has accept Qatari citizenship but the issues around his story are complex. Often depicted as a straight-forward case of censorship, reporters often gloss over the fact that the painter, often called the “Picasso of India,” has chosen to live in a nation that censors far more than India.

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