Artists Alert: Public meeting re Baroda arrest of arts student

Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:03:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: ram rahman
Subject: Artists Alert: Public meeting, Rabindra Bhavan, Delhi, Mon, May 14, 6 pm

Dear Friends,

While we were holding a press conference in solidarity with MF Husain at the Press Club in Delhi last Tuesday, the assault on the Faculty of Fine Arts and the arrest of Chandramohan took place in Baroda. Events now seem to be moving faster than we ever imagined and with Chandramohan having not been granted bail as yet, and the closure of the exhibit of reproductions of classical Indian Art by the University authorities in Baroda today, May 11th, we are holding a large protest meeting in the lawns of Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House New Delhi.

We urge all members of the arts community as well as other concerned citizens to join us to raise our voice against this rapidly widening censorship taking place through violence or threats of violence. The governments, both state and central remain mute spectators, and in almost every case, the perpetrators go scot free while their targets are enmeshed in legal cases for years.
Ram Rahman, Vivan Sundaram
for SAHMAT