Tag Archives : controversy

Artist Pablo Picasso remains in news and as controversial as ever even after decades of his death.  The fresh controversy is about nearly 271 art pieces which are in possession of a retired electrician who had worked for the famous artist.  Pierre Le Guennec, who is 71 year old now, has claimed that those works were gifted to him by Picasso himself.  [...]

Much mystery remains to shroud the assassination of Hamas man Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. al-Mabhouh was a senior Hamas military commander and one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian socio-political organization Hamas. Much controversy surrounds the death. After all, here is an Arab fundamentalist [...]

Daily Mail’s controversial homophobic column by Jan Moir after death of Stephen Gately has met with severe criticism and public outrage. More than 21,000 complaints have been filed about the piece with Press Complaints Commission. This is more than sum total of all the complaints PCC has ever received in last five years. PCC cannot ignore the matter [...]

This is clearly a case of policing the artwork and it is unbelievable that in happened in London. London’s Metropolitan Police went on its own accord (not acted on any complaint) and sealed the room where Richard Prince’s artwork depicting 10 year old Brook Shields in nude was exhibited. Tate Modern consulted Scotland Yard and finally decided to [...]

There has been much controversy about Barack Obama being awarded Nobel peace Prize for 2009. It is indeed intriguing that President of United States of America who is sending more troops and is engaging in a war in Afghanistan should be declared as an ambassador of global peace. Interestingly Obama even maintained a tactical silence when Israel was [...]

Renowned director Roman Polanski’s sudden arrest in Switzerland for alleged rape of minor way back in 1977 has evoked varied reaction all over the world, with majority condemning the arrest. But the reaction in America has been sharply polarized. Hollywood has openly rallied behind one of the greatest living directors while a section of media columnists [...]

It was UNESCO that took the initiative after the Second World War to organize ‘the world conferences against racism.’ The first two rounds were held in Geneva, with a particular emphasis on ‘apartheid’ in South Africa, and the first conference was held in Durban in 2001. The recently held UN Conference on Racism, dubbed Durban II, was supposed [...]

‘The World-Renowned Nose’ is a satire on the psychology of the masses. The humorous piece talks about how one man who bears a distinct physical uniqueness experiences the peaks of fantastic achievement as well as depths of defeat and despair – all because of society’s view on his unique physical feature. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, a giant of [...]

In the poem “At the Un-national Monument along the Canadian Border,” poet William Stafford describes a place that is so neglected that it is insignificant. Nothing monumental has ever occurred in the place because it has not seen anything drastic or tragic. It has never merited any attention. The place mentioned in this poem is forgotten, even [...]