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Function to honour M.F. Husain cancelled

DUBAI: A function to honour eminent painter M.F. Husain by 18 visiting artists from India has been abruptly cancelled, apparently on account of pressure from the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, a right wing organisation.

Mr. Husain was to have been felicitated at a prominent hotel here at 6 p.m. local time (7.30 p.m. IST) on Saturday.

However, a notice at the venue said the function had been cancelled. Neither the representatives of the Bhoruka Charitable Trust who had organised the event nor Mr. Husain himself were available for comment.

Meanwhile, the website of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti posted a fax message which it received from Amitava Banerjee, Executive Director of the Bhoruka trust. The fax informed the Samiti that the programme of felicitating Mr. Husain had been scrapped.

The Samiti ran an intensive campaign seeking the cancellation of the function ever since a Dubai daily reported the hosting of the event.

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