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[8 Mar 2008 | 24 Comments | 327 views]

Some of you may have already read this. 
Francois Gautier’s exhibition on Aurangzeb, based on historical documents and paintings, has been forcibly shut down by authorities in Chennai (after successfully exhibiting in Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru).
“…An art show at the prestigious Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) here curated by journalist Francois Gautier was at the receiving end of moral policing when an exhibition on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was shut down.Stating that it had received three complaints that the show would disturb communal harmony, police Thursday night burst into the exhibition, shut it down …