Husain still unsure about coming back home

M F Husain is 92 & still has 3 cases pending against him despite being exonerated recently by the Delhi HC.

Eminent painter M F Husain, at the centre of controversy over his nudist paintings, refused to say whether he would end his self-imposed exile after a relief from the Delhi High Court but voiced his apprehension over three more cases pending against him.

“Why should I be happy? I am worried about three more cases pending against me,” Husain, 92, who has been living in self-exile in Dubai, London and Qatar since 2006, said while reacting to the High Court ruling quashing criminal proceedings against him for allegedly hurting public sentiments through his “obscene” paintings.

Husain, who fled after his paintings of Bharat Mata as well as of Hindu Gods earned him the ire of right wing groups like VHP and Bajrang Dal, said Qatar that he welcomed the court’s decision but at the same time was apprehensive about the pending cases.

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When asked if the court judgment was enough to persuade him to return back to India, he refused to comment.

Seven cases were registered against Husain in the 1990s. The proceedings against the painter were quashed on Thursday in complaints filed in Panderpur (Maharastra), Rajkot (Gujarat) and Indore and Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) alleging that his paintings were obscene and hurt public sentiments. Three cases are still pending.

“A painter at 90 deserves to be in his home—painting his canvas,” the judge said on Thursday while quashing the proceedings in three cases against Husain.

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