Author: B Shantanu

Excerpts from “The Dangers of Monotheism…”

In a recently written piece on “The Dangers of Monotheism in the Age of Globalization“, Jean-Pierre Lehmann suggests that India (and our Hindu tradition) can be the new ethical and spiritual role model for...

Excerpts from “Can Islam Reform Itself?”

Below are some excerpts from a lengthy but highly readable debate between Andrew McCarthy and Mansoor Ijaz originally published online at http://www.opinionduel.com/debate/?q=NDk Andrew is a former chief assistant U.S. attorney who led the 1995...

More on Husain…

I wrote this piece in Feb ’06 but because of work and travel, never got around to finalising it. **************** On BBC World Service this morning (9th Feb ’06), an interview with the 12...

MF Husain, “Artistic Freedom” and a sense of deja vu

Earlier this month (May ’06), the Indian High Commissioner to UK, H.E. Kamalesh Sharma inaugurated an exhibition of paintings by MF Husain in London and remarked that the painter was the greatest modern Indian...