Newsweek Depiction of Obama As Lord Shiva
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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