Maqbool Fida Husain was one of India’s most celebrated painters—so iconic that his work brought him into rooms with Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit. But despite shaping modern Indian art, he spent the final years of his life in exile, driven out after relentless harassment by the Hindu right wing. This is a brief look at his life—but his art deserves much more time. Especially his works on colonization and the British Raj! #pakistani #india #urdu #muslim #history