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Subject: [Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Nudity, art,protests and Dr Jose Pereira\'s work (comment by Damodar Mauzo)
> CONTROVERSY: Nudity, art, protests and Dr Jose Pereira\'s work
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> By Damodar Mauzo
> dymauzo910@bsnl.in
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> The objection to the paintings of Dr. Jose Pereira raised by
> the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti is highly deplorable.
>
> In the first place the organization does not represent the
> Hindu community as such has no right to talk on behalf of the
> Hindus. A professor of theology, Dr. Jose Pereira is a
> scholar, musicologist, researcher, polyglot besides a great
> painter.
>
> He is a Sanskrit pundit who can speak chaste Sanskrit
> endlessly thus putting many a Sanskrit scholars to shame. He
> is a philosopher who has digested the essence of several
> world religions.
>
> Though he lives in the States, he has Goa and India at heart.
> This is evident from his writings which center around Goa,
> Konkani and Goan traditions.
>
> Dr. Pereira is an icon for us whose artistic genius
> is beyond question. An intellectual of his caliber
> can never portray any thing that will turn out to
> be condescending. His recent paintings, Epiphanies
> of the Hindu Gods, is an outcome of a creative
> mind that has resulted out of deep study of the
> Hindu Gods and faith.
>
> It is a pity that the self styled leaders of the so-called
> Hindu Janajagruti Samiti have no intellectual depth to assess
> or evaluate the beautiful depiction of the deities by this
> great son of the soil, Dr. Jose Pereira.
>
> If at all the HJS members have objection to nudity in art
> then they should first go to Khajuraho and shut down the
> temples where nudity is the focus of the art. Also delete
> Raas-krida or Raas-leela from all the Hindu religious
> scriptures before they turn to the others.
>
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COMMENTS.
Well said that, Mr. Damodar Mauzo, Sir.
Goa needs more liberal Hindus to come out and speak against this despicable HJS religious policing, that too being rank outsiders. Goan Christians have their roots in Hinduism as the ancestors of present Goan Christians were Hindus, having opted for Christianity either by force or choice. Therefore they do not need rank outsiders to teach them lessons in Hinduism. As we have said earlier, EMPTY VESSELS MAKE MORE NOISE. We Goans, either Hindus or Christians do not need these outsiders to give us refresher courses in Hinduism. You want to police religion, go back to where you come from and do it there, not in our GOA.
goasuraj
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