Even as intellectuals, celebrities and art lovers continue to mourn the death of M.F. Husain, unidentified men here Friday destroyed the sand sculpture created by an Uttar Pradesh artist to pay tribute to the 'Picasso of India'.
R.K. Chitera, 26, a famous sand artist, was not allowed to complete Husain's eight-ft-long sand sculpture along the bank of the Ganga river.
"While a group watched me from a distance, two-three men ran towards me and destroyed the sculpture by their feet. It all took place when I was about to finish the sculpture," Chitera told reporters in Allahabad, some 200 km from Lucknow.
I neither support nor condemn it for, condemnation would give the perpetrators the satisfaction they were looking from in such heinous acts.
Anyway, the passions won't die this fast, as India is a large country with diverse cultures, colours & creeds and there is always a small fraction of a percentage of foolish Radicals in all sections of the Society, who would never forgive and also try to impose their skewed views on others.
In any case, like Deccan Chronicle declares 'he lives in his art', for ever.
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