ICCR postpones exhibition of Bangladeshi artist Rokeya Sultana’s artworks in India

Amid outrageous violence towards the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has postponed an exhibition of the paintings of Bangladeshi artist Rokeya Sultana which was set to start out from October 23 on the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi.
The exhibition was to characteristic over 100 artworks, 35-40 images, animation movies, movie and sculptures of this Bangladeshi artist. The exhibition aimed to seize 40 years of the journey of Rokeya Sultana.
Sultana had labored in Santiniketan underneath ICCR’s scholarship as a scholar underneath the steerage of Somnath Hore, Sanat Kar and Lalu Prasad Shaw. Safiuddin Ahmed and Mohammad Kibria remained her mentors in Bangladesh.
The exhibition was collectively organized by the Bengal Foundation of Bangladesh and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. The exhibition was deliberate to have fun 50 years of India-Bangladesh diplomatic relations in addition to Bangladesh ‘Mujibborsho’. ICCR had introduced varied cultural actions in India and Bangladesh.
Senior BJP MP and ICCR president, Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe nevertheless didn’t disclose any motive for the postponement of the exhibition on the eleventh hour. He stated {that a} new date will probably be introduced in a while.
But within the wake of killings of harmless Hindus, destruction of temples and brazen suppression of spiritual freedom Hindu minorities in Bangladesh by Islamic fundamentalists throughout Durga Puja the authorities in India in all probability thought such exhibitions and cultural change could set off controversies.
This exhibition was to be adopted by reveals in Kolkata and different cities. It was to be showcased at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata, from December 11 to January 2, adopted by Bengal Shilpalay in Dhaka from January 21 to March 9.
Luva Nahid Choudhury, Director General, Bengal Foundation stated that such issues occur generally and they’re “waiting for a new date and are absolutely looking forward to this exhibition.”
Inauguration of a monograph of works of Rokeya Sultana. Picture supply DD News In reality, the curtain-raiser of the programme geared toward Rokeya Sultana was launched on the Indian Cultural Centre, Gulshan in Dhaka. On this event, a monograph on Rokeya Sultana’s works was additionally launched.