Student Artist Arrested for "Obscene" Art

A couple of weeks ago a Master of Visual Arts student, Chandra Mohan, at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda, India was assaulted and then arrested because his artwork was deemed "obscene". According to Sayajiganj police "he has been accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Christians and Hindus in the district." The dean of Fine Arts, Professor Shivaji Panikker, was also suspended.

I have been watching this story with concern. This type of censorship of artistic freedoms is disturbing to see in the world's largest democracy. This blog has a good selection of links for more information.