MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN

He first began by hand-painting Bollywood film posters and later joined the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group in the late 1940s after Indian independence from Britain. They tried to create a new art for a new country, combining Indian traditions with modern Western avant-garde styles.

He was not trained anywhere . . . he learnt on his own . . . 

Famous for walking barefoot and carrying a large paintbrush like a riding crop, Husain grew from a struggling commercial painter creating cinema hoardings in the late 1930s to one of India's leading artists.

Born in 1915m he was 32 years old at the time of independence and it was his conscious decision as many to stay back in India and not to go to Pakistan.

Famous for walking barefoot he had written that he left his shoes at the cremation ground of the Hindi poet Muktibodh who had died an un-noticed man in 1964.

He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1973 and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1986. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1991.


He never maintained a studio but he spread his canvases out on the floor of whatever hotel room he happened to be staying in and paying for damages when he checked out.




 The famous nude paintings were created in 1970s, but did not become an issue until 1996, when they were printed in Vichar Mimansa, a Hindi monthly magazine, which published them in an article headlined "M.F. Husain: A Painter or Butcher".




Husain's film Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities was pulled out of cinemas a day after some Muslim organisations raised objections to one of the songs in it. The All-India Ulema Council complained that the Qawwali song Noor-un-Ala-Noor was blasphemous. It argued that the song contained words directly taken from the Quran. The council was supported by Muslim organisations like the Milli Council, All-India Muslim Council, Raza Academy, Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind and Jamat-e-Islami. The film was well received by the critics, however, and went on to win various awards.


Husain left the country stating that "matters are so legally complicated that I have been advised not to return home". Krishan Khanna, one of Husain's contemporaries, stated that "It's not just Husain's but the entire artist community's lives which are at stake. Anybody and everybody can file a case against us now. Anyone can infringe upon our lives".


Satish Gujral went on record to ask Husain whether he will be bold enough to treat icons of Islam in the same manner. However Gujral says he deeply regrets the way Husain was treated and forced into an exile because of what he terms "the mob culture".


Writing in The Pioneer, Chandan Mitra wrote, "As long as such a law exists in the statutes, nobody can be faulted for approaching the courts against Hussain's objectionable paintings, nor can the judiciary be pilloried for ordering action against the artist for his persistent and deliberate refusal to appear before the court.”



In response to the controversy, Husain's admirers petitioned the government to grant Husain the Bharat Ratna, India's highest award.



On his part Husain stated that Hindu leaders have not spoken a word against his paintings, and they should have been the first ones to have raised their voice.



Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said “He only slipped up on the depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses. Otherwise, he was happy and content in his field. If his demise is a loss for modern art, then so be it. May his Allah give him peace!"







But the question is why something raked the society after 26 years of its origin?

MF Husain was a great soul. Starting his life from a modest family he struggled his way to the stardom!

Salutations to him. May Allah give peace to his soul!

Karunanidhi Versus A K Antony

Yesterday's A. K. Antony's statement about present anti-corruption movement is very realistic, very true and very enthusiastic. I am happy and proud that we have some grounded people like Mr. Antony around us. Yes, the present anti-corruption drive should aim at 100% transparency. That's the only way and a panacea against corruption. no other form of law will be ever successful.

In contrary, if you see the role of DMK patriarch Mr. M. Karunanidhi (called as KALAIGNAR - artist) has just auctioned all his credit earned all through his life. In fact if you analyze their moves retrospectively, it gives a clear indication of planned conspiracy against the nation. If you remember, they were the only one who moved out of the BJP - NDA hegemony immediately after the election results were declared. In fact 2004 elections, BJP had not fared worse than 1999 elections but its allies like Akali Dal and JDU did badly and that was the main reason for their inability to reach the magic number. Congress, not willing to ask for support from Mulayam Singh, needed DMK support. Now this party being part of the earlier government, knew the weaknesses and loopholes and was ready to jump to grab the opportunity if any. So, they wanted only few ministries - telecom, heavy industry, road transport . . . and for that they took a written promise from Pranab Mukherjee before giving the letter of support! And when they were not awarded those very ministries, the document signed by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee was shown to the media and withdrawal from the government was threaten! SO, they knew what departments were juicy and they opted for that specifically. They exploited those departments unto the hilt!

. . . And now this 85 year old man wants to preach the bad result of bad friendship! . . . wants to pull out of the government complaining that the government is conspiring against his family! . . . This all despite the fact that two of his kept were left out of the corruption charges by the corrupt CBI officials.

I strongly feel, some one should file a case and this gentleman should be tried for sedition. He had opted for the selected ministries in the central government with a plan of corruption in his mind . . . . conspiracy of corruption . . . And never forget, it was BJP - NDA government which allowed them to go ahead with the idiotic "first come first serve" rule which had favoritism in its root.

मेरे अपने रूठ गए हैं

मेरे अपने रूठ गए हैं

नाते रिश्ते टूट गए हैं

जिस कण कण से है प्यार मुझे

मैं दूर हुआ उस धरती से

अब धरती मुझे कठोर लगे

मेरे पांव छिल गए हैं

मेरे अपने रूठ गए हैं

नाते रिश्ते टूट गए हैं

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानव गौरव संस्था

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानव गौरव संस्था

International Human Pride Organisation

Aims and Purposes of the organization

EDUCATION (SKILL), HEALTH AND HEALTHY LIVING and

SOCIAL,  NATIONAL and HUMAN RESPONSIBILITIES (PATRIOTISM AND )

उद्देश्य – शिक्षा (हुनर), स्वास्थ्य तथा सामाजिक और राष्ट्रिय दायित्व का विकास

Activities क्रियाकलाप –

1.      To popularize and provide education and training regarding skill of life saving importance like basic life support maneuvers (like cardiopulmonary resuscitation, swimming), first aid techniques during accidents, trauma (head injury, spinal injury, multiple injuries), sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack and natural or manmade calamities like earth quake, mass casualties.

2.      To popularize and provide education and training regarding skill of life saving importance like handling the technical instruments during emergencies.

3.      To organize free/ partly paid but reasonably cheap medical camps in rural areas or even in urban areas related to the services which are not available in the area.

4.      To organize educational programs to help the physically challenged people, old age people and orphans.

5.      To organize educational programs aimed at spreading patriotism, environmental awareness, development of the lower sections of the society and women development.

6.      To organize educational programs in tribal areas which are not yet in the mainstream of the society and the country.

7.      To establish, manage, maintain and run technical and non technical educational institutions, reading rooms, common rooms, libraries, and hostel for boys and girls, Residential Public School, minority school especially in the remote areas.

8.      To spread education in our country especially in the remote areas.

9.      To spread the information regarding common infectious and non infectious diseases like AIDS, CANCER, diabetes, coronary artery diseases, KALAZAR, T.B, LEPROSY and run counseling program and awareness program in the society.

10.  To organize de-addiction clinics and facilities for people addicted to alcoholism, smoking, or other drugs.

11.  To provide books and other articles needed for education.

12.  To run development program for child labor and manage the child labor schools.

13.  To provide economic help to orphans of the community so that they can stand on their own and become a good citizen of the nation.

14.  To promote renewable energy sources like solar energy system, bio gas energy system and others in rural and urban areas by providing information and expertise in the related areas.

15.  To print, publish and distribute reports and studies or brochures related with science and technology and other issues related to the aims of our society wholly or partially.

16.  To gain relief to /for the people affected by war earth quake communal violence fire famine and other natural or manmade calamities.

17.  To take survey and assess the air, water, and other pollution, arouse mass awareness regarding environmental pollution and to encourage forestation.

18.  The society will strive for preservation of our native medicine, art, science and culture by awareness, literature and legislature.

19.  The society will help people/ organization to find the scientific basis according to the modern science for our native medicine, art and customs by providing information, legal support regarding intellectual rights and financial support.

20.  The organization will work for development of rural, urban and tribal area people of all communities without cast, creed or sex in the field of the education, health awareness, sanitation, cultural development, socio economic development and problem of unemployment.

(१)    शिक्षा के प्रति जागरूकता और शिक्षा की सुविधा और उसके मौके को बढाने, उपलब्ध मौके कि जानकारी तथा सुगम बनाने कि कोशिश. –

(अ)  

(२)    स्फ्घ्स  व्ग्फ़ वघ

Poverty in India

Earlier or even now for most of those who are poor, poverty had been mostly accepted as their fate or inevitable; the most important reason of poverty being the insufficiency of the traditional modes of production to give an entire population a comfortable standard of living. After the industrial revolution, mass production in factories made wealth increasingly more inexpensive and accessible. Of more importance was the modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, in order to provide enough yields to feed the population. Also improvement in agriculture remains the core method to eliminate poverty, more so because three quarters of the world’s poor today are farmers.

The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than US $1.25 per day, and moderate poverty as less than $2 a day. According to Indian Planning Commission a daily expenditure of Rs. 20 on essential requirements for those living in urban areas and Rs.15 for those in the rural India was enough to keep them out of poverty. As per planning commission allocation of expenditure to different category are, a monthly expenditure of Rs. 31 on rent and conveyance, Rs.18 on education, Rs. 25 on medicines and Rs. 36.50 on vegetables! A minimum intake of 2,400 calories daily is essential for a physically active person to sustain life. This required an expenditure of at least Rs. 44 per day (at the rate around few years ago) — excluding expenditure on shelter, clothing, education, and transportation. Another big aspect which is essential for healthy living and specially population control is entertainment which is remarkably absent!

After going through this data, If I consider the health aspect, I dont wonder the way people feel troubled when they come across the medical expenditure. If I presume that the person has only one episode of most trivial medical attention every year, he has just Rs 300. The cheapest antibiotics Co – trimoxazole costs 2.56 Rs per tab of which 14 tablets means 35.84 Rs, other supportive medications included (I wonder who uses co - trimoxazole now a days) I will be surprised if any medical bill is less than 300 Rs! If it’s a family of 5, it comes annually just 1,500 Rs annually! Even if its a single episode of diarrhea with dehydration for one out of 5 members of the family every year, its inadequate! If we take average life expectancy of 60 years and life time chance of tuberculosis as 40% at least two out of five will have tuberculosis so (as per WHO India has highest TB prevalence in the world), for five people, life time health expenditure as per our planning commission is 5 X 60 X 300 = 90, 000 Rs! So, just 45, 000 Rs per patient! Is it sufficient for treating Tuberculosis even if that’s the only ailment for whole of life of the five people (no pregnancy, no trauma and no dehydration episode - a highly imaginary and synthetic situation!).

I leave the cost of medical bill for the people to decide. But I clearly remember one of my colleagues a fourth grade employee (earning four thousand per month and he was not the only earning member of the family) coming back to me with the prescription for antibiotic as the medicine was costing him 800 Rs!

There are so many aspects of health care in our country which need attention like facilities available at the government hospitals, spurious medicines, availability of doctors, inadequate vaccination and other preventive measures, inadequacy/ failure of different disease control programmes, but when I looked at the definition of the poor by the planning commission specially the allocation of fund in a family budget for health, I was pained. The pain was so severe that if I don’t laugh to forget it, to come out of thinking, I will become inhuman!