[F4AG] DEPICTION OF OBAMA AS LORD SHIVA

 

Newsweek Depiction of Obama As Lord Shiva

http://www.foxnews.com/

 

UNITED STATES, November 21, 2010:

 

Newsweek's latest cover has President Obama depicted as Shiva Nataraja, 

with several arms carrying policy issues while balancing on one leg. 

The headline reads: "God of All Things" with a subtitle, "Why the Modern 

Presidency May be too Much for One Person to Handle."

 

While a few Hindus have expressed unhappiness with the depiction, 

the Hindu American Foundation provided a more tolerant view. 

Suhag Shukla, managing director and legal counsel of the Washington-based

 Foundation, told Fox News that her group doesn't think Newsweek was being malicious 

or trying to offend Hindus, but "the cover was in line with the media's comfort 

of utilizing Hindu symbols or Deities to symbolize an issue."

 

On the other hand, Shukla lamented that "Hinduism's sacred images are too 

often appropriated in popular culture without understanding their spiritual 

relevance to Hindus," she said. "For Hindus, the iconography gives insight 

into the divine realm, and each aspect of representation is replete 

with profound symbolism that is lost."

 

The cover can be seen here.

 

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