The Art of War

Chandramohan Srimantula, also known as Chandra Mohan, was a final year student at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Baroda, when his paintings in a student exhibition were targeted by the Vadodara-based Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Niraj Jain as being obscene. Jain argued with the Dean of Faculty of MSU Shivaji Panikkar, who was subsequently suspended by the MSU’s vice chancellor Manoj Soni for failing to follow his orders to close Mohan’s exhibition. Mohan was later arrested for hurting religious sentiment. The incident led to anti-censorship and artistic freedom demonstrations across India.

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Chandramohan SRIMANTULA

author

Uday MAHURKAR

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India Today (Noida, India)

Location code

CLP.07.05.28

Language

English

Keywords

censorship

Publication/Creation date

28 May 2007

Source of publication

India Today, 28 May 2007, pp. 83–84

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