Nawab warns scribe against 'false' statement on exhibition
Chennai, Mar 12 (UNI) Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali today warned French journalist Francois Gauiter allegeing that he had given a false statement to the media on the controversy over the exhibition on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at the Lalitkala Academy here earlier this month.
The exhibition, which hit a controversy over the depiction of two temples being vandalised, was closed on March seven following protests.
In a statement here, he said, ''These statements have the effect of making shocking innuendos that I have influenced the higher authorities to get the exhibition closed.'' ''It's true that I visited the 'art exhibition', with hopes and expectations of learning something about the monarch and his times.
But my hopes were shattered,'' he said.
The
Nawab
said,
''I
found
the
exhibition
a
complete
diatribe
against
Aurangzeb,
biased
and
one-sided.
It
would
have
aroused
feelings
of
ill-will
and
animosity
towards
the
minority
community
for
the
alleged
acts
and
omissions
of
rulers,
who
lived
centuries
ago.''
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