Sunday, June 12, 2011
Khaleequr Rahman: M.F.Hussain, a Legend
Khaleequr Rahman: M.F.Hussain, a Legend: "M.F.Hussain with his paintings Maqbool Fida Hussain, the most renowned and a patriotic artist had to leave his motherland to come out of In..."
M.F.Hussain, a Legend
M.F.Hussain with his paintings
Maqbool Fida Hussain, the most renowned and a patriotic artist had to leave his motherland to come out of India, died in London on Thursday. The Padma Shri award winner, whose work was often criticized in India by saffronists and the murderers of Mahatma, had been residing overseas for several years in self-imposed exile. Indian newspapers paid their tribute to the modernist painter on Friday by commemorating the artist’s extraordinary life and by reflecting on the intolerance of the country towards his art. During my three hour meeting with him in Dubai in 2009 at a restaurant in the mall of Emirates over lunch, he was literally in tears missing his mother land. I still remember vividly that he said “Khaleeq saheb, hame to lagta hain ke hamari maut bhi hamare watan se baher hi hojayegi aur hamari laash ko bhi watan aane ki ijazat nahi milegi” This shows the attachment he had with his motherland that everyday he was dying one death remembering his country. He asked me is it possible that the tea from the garden hotel of secunderabad can be shipped to Dubai because he misses so much. It is a shame for us that the Icon who brought laurels to our country had to die in exile and had faced life threats during his life that he had to spend his last few years of his life in the self imposed exile. Here is a selection of commentary on Mr. Husain from Indian newspapers.
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M.F Husain died at a hospital in London Thursday. Above, the artist in front of one of his paintings in London.The Indian Express, in an editorial, referred to M.F Husain as India’s “most colorful modernist” and observed that the artist was not a reclusive sort, but a very public figure.
“It was not just the images he created on canvases, but the image that he constructed of himself the barefoot painter who walked down Bombay’s streets, who drew on paper napkins and cafeteria walls in return for a coffee or a biryani, the performance artist who painted canvases in minutes before a gathering, gawping crowd,” said the paper. “Sometimes he towered so much over his canvases that he gained criticism for being more gimmicky than genius. But he continually engaged with public spaces and personalities and sporadically with that most engaging medium of the 20th century — the cinema.”
The editorial then moved on to the artist’s reaction to the criticism of his work, which drew the ire of some Hindu groups for his use of nude imagery, and said, “Husain’s leaving was his final act of defiance, and it stood, as every brushstroke of his did, for his art.”
In its editorial, The Asian Age criticized the intolerance that Mr. Husain faced in India and asked, “Is there greater artistic freedom or the freedom to express oneself in Qatar than in the liberal and democratic India we think exists?”
The paper also noted the irony in some remarks made by the leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a regional nationalist group : “It is interesting that Raj Thackeray, a Maharashtrian chauvinist and Hindutva-oriented leader, has asked that Husain be buried in Maharashtra. If the same solicitousness had been extended to the artist when he was alive, he is unlikely to have contemplated departing Indian shores.”
Art critic Sadanand Menon, in his editorial for The Hindu, reflected on the many achievements of the artist as a painter and as a filmmaker, and concluded that M.F Husain, along with other artists of his time, had “displayed an artistic daring which helped release the content of old iconography and symbols to be enriched with a new poetry, a new disturbance.”
Mr. Menon also called the Indian artistic community “spineless” for not standing up more for Mr. Husain. “It blanched from inviting Husain back and daring the loony fringes, the newly crowned ‘art critics’ of the nation, to do their worst,” he said.
Freelance arts journalist and curator Sahar Zaman in a column in the Hindustan Times, fondly remembered the artist as someone who never rested on his past laurels: “He was always busy with his next big project.”
As a person, Mr. Husain was “never intimidating. Instead, he was always approachable and childlike in his curiosity; eager to know more about you than talk about himself,” said Mr. Zaman.
The writer went on to describe the importance of Mr. Husain’s work to the country and said, “As his brush made brilliant strokes on canvas, his mind worked as brilliantly on establishing Indian art as a valid entity.”
The Times of India, in a brief editorial, described Mr. Husain as an artist who painted “freely and frankly,” and who reflected a range of influences from around the world from Pablo Picasso to eastern European architecture to African poetry. The paper concluded by saying what many have said since the painter’s death, “It’s to India’s shame that one of its greatest contemporary artists had to die in exile.”
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Khaleequr Rahman: Contributions of Late Janab Khaleelur Rahman saheb...
Khaleequr Rahman: Contributions of Late Janab Khaleelur Rahman saheb...: "Janab Mohd.Khaleelur Rahman - M.P. (1936-2011) Late Janab Mohd.Khaleelur Rahman saheb s/o Late Mohd Abdul Lateef was born on January 4,..."
Contributions of Late Janab Khaleelur Rahman saheb M.P. towards community and the Nation
Janab Mohd.Khaleelur Rahman - M.P.
(1936-2011)
Late Janab Mohd.Khaleelur Rahman saheb S/o Late Mohd Abdul Lateef was born on January 4, 1936 in Kodangal, Mahbubnagar Dist, of Andhra Pradesh. He did his M.A.LL.B.,D.P.A.(Public Administration) from Osmania University and was an Advocate by Professsion and agriculturist. He held many important and influential positions in Indian politics in his political career spanning more than five decades. He represented the state of Andhra Pradesh for two terms in the Upper House of Parliament that is Rajya Sabha. He was a very respected Muslim Leader from the state of Andhra Pradesh who enjoyed the love, affection and support of intellectuals, organizations and people of AP and was always seen as a fair and firm voice of the Voiceless in the country. He was the senior parliamentarian from Andhra Pradesh. He was the firebrand speaker and has always received applaud for his speeches in Parliament. He was given the well behaved and always smiling parliamentarian award by the President of India. He started his political career with Janata Party in 1978 under the leadership of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan ji and contested the election to the State Assembly in 1978. When N.T.Rama Rao decided to float a political party, he consulted Janab Khaleelur Rahman saheb and the other senior colleagues such as Shri Nadendla Bhasker Rao garu, Shri N.Srinivaslulu Reddy, Shri P.Upendra and others. It is then the Telugu Desam came into existence in 1982 and Janab Khaleelur Rahman Saheb was the founding member of the Telugu Desam Party and he was the signatory to the constitution of the TDP party. He was known throughout the country in the political circles as the most honest and the principled politician and statesman. He never ran after the posts but due to his hard work, dedication and service to the poor and down trodden, the success touched his feet and he never let that success travel to his head. When Chandra Babu Naidu aligned with the NDA government in 1999, he protested against that and resigned from the TDP and later in 2000 he joined the Congress Party under the leadership of Smt.Sonia Gandhi. He worked tirelessly to bring the muslims close to the Congress party and as a result of that the Congress came back to power in 2004 in Andhra Pradesh. As a member of the Congress Party Manifesto Committee, he suggested and prevailed upon the Congress party to include 5 perv=cent Reservations for the Economically backward muslims in Andhra Pradesh. He was an authority on the wakf matters and played a key role in the Wakf Act 1995. He was an institution in himself. On his demise, the Hyderabad was converted into the sea of humanity and people irrespective of caste and creed participated in his last journey. The UPA Chairperson, Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and the Opposition leaders have sent their condolences to the bereaved family members and spoke to his son Khaleequr Rahman.
Janab Khaleelur Rahman saheb with Shri NT Rama Rao Garu and then President of India
HE R.Venkatraman
Being received at one of the officials tours as the Chairman of the Civil Aviation
Parliamentary Committee
POLITICAL CAREER
Positions in the Congress Party:
1. Incharge , Minorities Department, A.P.C.C. from 2004 to 2006.
2. Member, A.I.C.C. from 2000-2005.
3. Member, A.P.C.C. Membership Drive
Committee.
Committee.
4. Member, A.P.C.C. Ethics Committee.
5. Member, A.P.C.C. Delimitation Committee
6. Member, A.P.C.C. Taxation Committee.
7. Member, Committee constituted by APCC for protection and safeguard of Wakf Properties.
8. Member, Manifesto Committee constituted by APCC to study the issues relating to Minorities for incorporation in Congress Manifesto.
9. Observer of Party for the Election of Chairman, Standing Committee, Muncipal Corporation of Hyderabad
10. Observer of the Party for Nalgonda District in Municipal Elections in 2005.
11. Observer of the Party for Nalgonda Dist. Panchayat Raj Elections in 2005.
Positions Held:
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for two terms from 1984-1996.
- Chairman, A.P.State Wakf Board, Andhra Pradesh from 1989-92
- Secretary Director,
A.P.Urdu Academy - Director –
Andhra Pradesh State Member-Andhra Pradesh State - Member of
Court-Aligarh Muslim University - Member-Committee on Official language(Raj Bhasha) Govt.of
India - Member- Joint Parliamentary Wakf Committee, Govt. of India
Member of the Parliamentary committee of the following Ministries:
-Civil Aviation Ministry.
-Power, Energy and Coal Ministry
-Surface and Water Transport Ministry.
Major Achievments:
- On his successful representation, the Govt. of India has declared the National Holiday on Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi saw.
- The Hyderabad Airport has attained international airport status during his tenure as the Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Civil Aviation in 1992 through his single handed efforts with the introduction of Hyderabad Sharjah Flight.
- On his successful representation, the Moulana Azad Urdu National University was founded in Hyderabad.
- On his successful representation, the then Chief Minister Shri Vijaya Bhasker Reddy has established the Minority Welfare Department with an initial grant of Rs.1.00 Crore.
- He also represented successfully and got the exemption from the payment of the Airport tax of Rs.750/- per Haji by the Haj Pilgrims from the Govt. of India.
- On his successful representation in Parliament, the Minority Commissions and the Minority Finance Corporations were established in other states besides A.P.
- When he was the Member of the APCC Election manifesto committee, he proposed the 5% reservation for muslim minorities and got it included in the election manifesto of 2004 by representing strongly to Shri Y.S.Raja Shekar Reddy.
Social & Extra Curricular Activities:
1. Member – State Executive, Anjuman Tarraqui Urdu, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
2. Vice-Chairman, South Inida Urdu Academy Hyderabad
3. Patron Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad Memorial Society, Hyderabad
4. Member-Executive Committee, Toor Baitul Mal, Hyderabad
5. Past President-Lions Club of Hyderabad
6. Associated with the functioning and the activities of various local organizations working for the cause of promotion of Urdu and Upliftment of Minorities in Andhra Pradesh.
7. Participated in Various T.V. and Radio Focus Programmes and Discussions over Doordarshan and All India Radio Hyderabad and in various state and national level seminars/symposiums/conferences held in Hyderabad Delhi Madras Bombay
8. President- Jubilee Hills Mosque and Islamic Centre
Janab Mohd.Khaleelur Rahman Saheb was the founding member of the Telugu Desam Party. He resigned from the TDP protesting against TDP supporting the NDA(BJP) government at centre in 1998. He joined Congress party in 2000 and worked tirelessly for the cause of minorities and bringing minorities close to the congress Party. He was also the member of the AICC from 2000-2005. His secular credentials had made him the most acceptable and the non-controversial leader in the state. He has never shown any fear or hesitation in standing for the cause of secularism and raising voices for the oppressed and the suppressed. He always believed in inclusive growth and unity of all people of the India. He was considered as an Ambassador of Ganga Jamuni Thezeeb of Hyerabad.
He was loved and respected across party lines by all his colleagues in Parliament and in Political parties, and in public.
He will always be remembered and respected by the people of Andhra Pradesh and the country for his services for the cause of secularism and urdu in the country and for his love and Earnest support and work for his community and people.
May Allah swt reward him for his good work and give him high rewards in life he has migrated in, the life which will be forever and I pray for him to be raised on the day of judgment, among the Saleheen and Shuhadaa. Amin.
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