The Legendary Artist M F Hussain, who is on self-imposed exile, due to threats to his life from Hindu fundamentalists, has always yearned to be back to his homesoil.
He had hurt the national and religious sentiments of multitude of Indians and Hindus by depicting Bharat Mata and Hindu Deities in the nude, and was booked under ‘Prevention of Insults to National Honour ‘Act for his offences.
Although he had withdrawn those paintings from the auction after apologizing, yet the fury and the hostility of the fundamentalists, who attacked his house and vandalized his paintings, forced him to flee. Since then he has been staying in London and Dubai. At present he is at New York.
But now the Indian government has decided to quash off all the cases against M F Hussain. With his chances of homecoming becoming bright, he is aspiring to be back at his earliest.
On conversing with PTI he said, “If right now I get a call from Mr. Chidambaram (Union Home Minister), I will take the first flight to India and congratulate him that the government has done really good.”
He is currently working on his book, ‘Voyage of Discovery’ which is a reflection of his experiences spread over a span of 60 to 70 years.