At variance with what is posted below, I was pleasantly surprised to see that
there was a polite and respectful discussion between the lady representative of
the extremist Hindu organization, Dr. Jose Pereira and the organizers of the
exhibition. The only provocation for confrontation that I saw was from Admin
Noronha.
It is true that there can be multiple interpretations for scriptures, and
literary texts, which add to its cultural value, but unfortunately religious
folk insist on their own unique interpretation. This is true for all religions.
The important question therefore in a secular democracy is how to deal with
this issue.
I for one would vote to protect artistic and academic freedom above everything
else.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> He said that they had in their newspaper, the Marathi,
> Sanatan
> Prabhat, provocatively provided the phone numbers of the
> XCHR and
> suggested that their readers should ring up this number and
> threaten
> them.
>
> The intruders who could be seen to be becoming
> increasingly
> uncomfortable by the gandhigiri displayed by the
> organisers, as well
> as the fact that they were being shown up to be an
> irrational trouble
> fomenting group, then beat a hasty retreat.
>
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