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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost as if MADONNA can't leave the stage until someone has been offended. Her appearance on the MTV Awards as Shiva, a Hindu god, who then transmogrified into a different, more booty-shaking type of avatar altogether, vexed some Hindus. The World Vaishnava Association said her makeup, reminiscent of Hindu facial markings that indicate purity and devotion, did not go too well with her diaphanous top and suggestive dancing. Luckily, Hindus don't believe in fatwas. And besides, other Hindu groups were more complimentary, saying her pronunciation of chants was improving and she should be commended for her interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 28, 1998 | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

Clearly the images of the Hindu gods in the club are divorced completely from any religious connotation--they are mere commodities meant to add to its exotic flavor. Nothing could more trivialize the faith of Hindus. It is significant to note, perhaps, that the majority owner of the Karma Club is himself a Hindu of Asian Indian origin. My comments are thus directed not only to popular performers like Madonna and Aerosmith, but also to anyone heedlessly seeking to profit off the sentiments of others...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: The Material Girl Goes Spiritual | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

...however, require a bit more maturity and understanding to deal with. Pluralism and multiculturalism become trouble-some issues when we try simply to co-opt another religious tradition into our general popular culture without stopping to examine what that tradition actually means to its believers. That is why many Hindus found Madonna's performance disturbing...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: The Material Girl Goes Spiritual | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

...same reason why many Hindus took offense to the cover of Aerosmith's Nine Lives, released in 1997. According to the on-line magazine India Pulse, "in place of Lord Krishna's face Sony and Columbia artists inserted the head of a cat. They also altered the male chest of Lord Krishna to that of a female with breasts, wearing a woman's blouse." Media executives did not incorporate Hindu symbols out of love for the culture, or with a desire to educate; they simply were looking for something quaint and exotic to market better their product, with little regard...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: The Material Girl Goes Spiritual | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

...number of bottles of liquor. A large statue of a dancing Shiva stands in the midst of the dance floor; a scantily clad man wearing a mask with three heads (apparently representing Lord Brahma) dances erotically on a pedestal. Finally, a statue of Lord Ganesha--the same deity that Hindus install at the entrance of their holy places--beckons people into the club...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: The Material Girl Goes Spiritual | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

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