In its latest issue, Matters of Art has an article by Sohail Hashmi on Sahmat’s celebration of M.F. Husain’s birthday last year
Hundreds of people, young and not so young, including artists, writers, musicians, dancers, film makers and actors were joined by students, cultural activists, professors, lawyers, journalists and others on the lawns of Vithal Bhai Patel House on October 2, 2007. They had come together at the call of Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, to stand as one as a expression of solidarity with M.F. Husain, the most well known and popular Indian artist, who is compelled to live in exile because the law and order machinery of the largest democracy in the world is not prepared to guarantee his security.
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Cool.