new delhi it was supposed to be an art show but the only thing that was exhibited on sunday afternoon was a naked display of aggression chairs were upturned artworks smashed and handwritten pamphlets were strewn around a tent on rafi marg the venue for the husain art summit organized by safdar hashmi memorial trust sahmat watchi came by to see husains work on display but what i saw instead was shocking says artist arpana caur who walked in at almost the same time as the vandals husain is 92 and already in exile moreover the works displayed featured gandhi nehru buddha tagore and mother teresa what is objectionable about any of these she asked ironically the council of scientific industrial research csir building a stones throw away from the site of damage has a supersize mural of jawaharlal nehru made by the master himself will they bomb the building now asked photographer ram rahmanthe husain art summit was organized by sahmat to protest the exclusion of husains art works from the art summit being held at pragati maidan husain has been singlehandedly responsible for putting indian art on the world map and equally responsible for creating the world market boom in indian art without which the summit would not have been possible said rahmanhusains works were on display in a simple shamiana for three days while the first two days passed peacefully the final day saw activists from the shri ram sena running riot vandalized exhibition to be extended for a day the organisers have decided to extend the exhibition organized by safdar hashmi memorial trust for one more day exactly in this same vandalized statewe have decided to extend our exhibition for one more day exactly in this same vandalized state we have also invited the shri ram sena to come back with courage and repeat what they did not run away in such a cowardly fashion said an angry ram rahman collector arun vadehra husains friend of many years is astounded at the insensitivity of people this is just not done how can art and culture ever reach greater heights in india when there are people whore hellbent on tearing down its foundationhusain on his part was so perturbed that he did not pick up the phone despite repeated calls maybe thats just his way of asking india to leave a 92yearold man alone