Our grief, our shame - MF Hussain (a noble Indian Artist) passes away in London

MF Husain, India's best known contemporary painter, has died in London. India should grieve for two reasons. At 95, he was active and had lots of painting left in him. And he died in exile, unhappy with the way his home country had treated him.

Husain had been in exile since 2006, when he was attacked by rightist groups angry with his portrayal of Hindu deities. Last year, he was offered Qatari citizenship. But his heart remained in India, and in interviews, spoke fondly of what this country meant to him.

Arun Vadhera, a friend who visited him at Royal Brompton Hospital yesterday, said he had been cheerful, talking about eating out at a restaurant soon after his discharge. "He really really missed India a lot," he told a TV channel.

I never met M.F. Husain. And I am not among those lucky ones, of whom there are quite a few, who received as a priceless gift from him a sketch or a drawing to hang with pride on their walls.

But I grieve his death as I would almost no other. For it is not that he has passed away; after all he was all of 95. What breaks my heart is that he had to breathe his last in distant London, where this country, which he loved so much, had driven him in the last decade of his life.

And driven out this genius for what? For the crime of being an artist, who gave rein to his imagination in the most glorious traditions of Indian art as inscribed on every temple wall and every mural painting.

It was that mindset, a belief that M.F. Husain’s quarrel was a private quarrel, one moreover that was of his own making, and therefore no business of the state, that where he lived or whom he fled from was his affair, and that those provoked by his paintings should not be further provoked by action against them, that rendered the great M.F. Husain a refugee from his own land. If I were the Prime Minister (which is why I probably never will be) I would immediately fly out to be at his grave as his body is lowered for ever into the earth he loved so dearly. That would be true prayaschit.

The Original Sin - This Time it's Mine

Whenever a mistake is done and a sin gets committed.
What a soul should do whenever such a situation arises?

Having hurt someone and feeling guilty about it. This is crazy. One doesn't know what to do. I also don't know. Making eye contacts have become difficult. A string of trust has been broken. Mending it is very difficult but I know, I do have a feel that it is not impossible.

How will you feel if someone tells you that your face is reminding your opponent a guilt which your opponent has not committed but it was only you who is responsible for that sin. It was all waste and unworthy. Feeling like a tree which I nurtured, gave water and sunlight, made it grow. The tree was blooming with Buds and flowers and an error from my end made the tree to demolish and bend.

Have ruined everything and feeling like everything has finished. Destroyed all and now I have pushed myself in the pits. I don't know how to come out of it. Just trying to figure it out was all this was ever necessary. No it was not. It was unintentional or rather it was just being human but it was an inhuman act. Being human is the biggest mistake I have done. Now I repent.


Today I discovered in myself that one of the biggest loser in this word is no one but it's me. Oh! Sorry. Not just a loser. I'm double the loser as I have been told by someone. This is true. one doesn't know how to overcome from such a painful situation. I mean this. This is really painful. How would you feel when you are wrong, you are guilty and you want to correct yourself or you are trying to mend things but you are lacking in terms of opportunities. Or rather, you are not getting any opportunity from the end of your opponent. Getting reminded of all those glorious past events which were the golden moments of one's life. Don't know how those moments will come back.

Hoping for the best is the only option for me. Rest it depends upon one's fate. Committing a sin could be so painful, now I realize that. Maybe, this is called life. Trying hard to fix all these nuisance. Hopefully I'll be successful one day whatever it was, it was bad and now I wish it should not have been so.

Why Hugs are special .... ???

How often do you get a hug ... ???

When was the last time you got a hug from someone whom do you felt they are special to you ??
After getting a hug, do u generally ask yourself - "Do I deserve this Hug", "What special I did, so that I got this hug", "What was the reason for this hug", "What relationship I'm sharing with the person who is hugging me, what is the name of this relationship, ...."?????

So many questions .... Is it worth asking so many questions?? Useless .... Right ...??? maybe for some people ...

But not for some ....

I don't think anyone thinks like this ... Some may do, but today why the hell I'm writing all these things. Does it really make sense. I don't know. That's right, I really don't know. Maybe I'm getting a bit philosophical but why this topic. There are so many good things to share but today I just thought that this topic needs to be discussed because there are reasons for anything different you are trying to do in this mortal life. Something strikes and then things pop-up into your mind.

"Hug" is what. Nothing or everything. It's a physical intimacy. You clung yourself into someone else. You close your arms into some other person's neck, chest or waist. It is done not only between two people but also group of people. Definition of hug can no one define. It depends on that particular situation. Generally, a hug indicates love, affection, friendship, familiarity, sometimes non- familiarity, etc. A hug can indicate many things. It maybe an indication of support, emotion-sharing, comfort, consolation, cheering up, happiness, joy, love, and there are so many reasons. It never ends.

A hug can be practiced privately or publicly. It's a great thing. It makes you how familiar you are to the person who is hugging you. Not only that it makes you feel special. At least the moment becomes special. It'd be cherished in future. Not many people have the luck of getting a hug. Some deserves, some get hug without deserving, some embrace hug without getting a positive remark from it's opponent.

"Hugging has been proven to have health benefits. One study has shown that hugs increase levels of oxytocin and reduce blood pressure." Well this line has been taken from the internet. Wanted to extend the benefits of hug.


But something I have to say. When you get hugged by someone, it really makes a great difference. You should feel how special you are or how the person who is hugging is special to you. On such occasion, like when you are getting hugged from whom you have expected the most in your life, you feel you have got hold of the whole world. The moment becomes so special. You feel like stopping the time. You feel like 'this should be the end of life' or 'is this a new beginning.' You don't feel like the moment to stop ever and forever. You feel like you have got everything in your life.

"Oh God! How lucky I'm! I'm so very much alive to experience such a moment which I'm gonna cherish my entire life." This kind of thoughts or a bit sort of, things should have been popped up if you ever have undergone such a wonderful experience. It's a great feeling. If you have experienced it, you should be unable to express it by words or by any other media.

There are so many things to tell and share but as I mentioned earlier, these things cannot be elaborated so much or rather it should not be. Everyone should experience it. Hug people.It affects more in a positive way.

Valentine's Day - Just a thought on this Special Day

What is Love ??? Does anyone know it ??? if anyone knows it, can they explain it?? If someone explains it, will the opponent understand it.....??? Useless questions with no defining answers ......

Anyways ..... My thought for love ..... out aloud for all of you out there .... I'm dedicating this on this special day ......

Love is to be happy .... not by making yourself happy but by seeing that the one you love is happy .... Love is to sacrifice .... not to be selfish .... Love is to give more and take less ..... there should be no demand and no complains ..... Some expectations arises ... after all we're all humans .... but humanity level can be reached after we keep our promises .... so make promises to your love .... not only make them .... you must keep them .... Just take care of this awesome relationship ... because it is very fragile ... fragile things are always beautiful .... if you are not looking , it may break ..... once broken, you are doomed .... Never hurt your love .... if you do that then it'd be a mistake and never intentional .... always go back to your love and ask for forgiveness ... even if you think you're not at fault ... sometimes things maybe difficult to accept but you can do that .... at least give a try ... Love is by taking pain on your end and by providing comfort to your love ... and lastly, love is to wait .... not till the time you have beats in your heart .... but till the time has got ticks in its clock ....

Love is silent ... love is pure ... you buy time on this ... you gain it more ....

Just a thought ... you can apply it.... maybe it can make some difference ...

"Happy Valentine's Day"

Enjoy and have fun ...... Take Care ....

"Happy New Year" ...... 2011. ...........

Wish You all Guyzzzz out der....a very happy & propserous year 2011.....

Seasons Greetings & Warm wishes .... to all u guyzzzz.....

Sorry Guyzzzz, ...... 4 d belated wishes ... bt d faq is that nwadayz i rarely go onl9 ....

nwayz .... hav a gr8 yr ahead ....

Happy Winter Season Guyzzzz ...... Iz really very cold in New Delhi .... I'm simply enjoying the weather over here ...... iz very chilly ..... Lyf is also goin cool ..... everything is goin well .... lez c wat happens in near future ...

arijit nandi