An exhibition of paintings in Bhopal in September invited was deemed obscene by netas and babus.
It is unfortunate that politicians and bureaucrats in Madhya Pradesh are the ones deciding what should constitute art. [Link]
The bone of contention was a painting put up at 'Young Call', an exhibition of paintings by artists of the Indira Gandhi Art and Music University, Khairagarh, at Bhopal's Bharat Bhawan.
The state's culture minister found a painting obscene. Bharat Bhawan Secretary Rameshwar Mishr Pankaj obliged the minister and had the painting removed. All other artists withdrew their paintings in solidarity with the painter, Anup Pandey.
''I cannot lie to the mirror. I am inspired by my some parts of my body and the environment. I depict what I see around me," was what the painter had to say.
But then, do netas and babus give a damn?
