Marshall, I am glad you agree that there is a vote bank politics played in
cases such
as the Shah Bano affair and the Tasleema affair. I find it very glaring that
while everyone
rushes to Hussein's defense, not one of the so-called secular fighters came in
defense
of Tasleema when she was
Accusing an artist of hypocrisy for creating something based on his/her own
likes and dislikes is pointless and silly. The essence of any art is artistic
freedom. An artist is free to create anything he fancies or fantasizes about.
Nobody can tell him what to create and what not to create. All
