Contemporary painting and Indian politics

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I fail to see any 'transition of art' form from Ravi Verma to MF Hussain, the way words knows it from Rambrandt to Picasso/Van Gogh. While Ravi Verma does stand out to be compared with Rambradt - can the same be said about Hussain in comparision to Picasso/Vincent Van Gogh's expressionism?

Also if Hussain stands out, let us say, as the 'modern' artist of India, why is his caricated modernism limited to painting Hindu Godesses in that form? How come Mother Teressa and Daughter of Mohammed - Fatima, not get the same nudist treatment on his canvas?

Fatima:
<img src='http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/paintings/fatima.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Teressa:
<img src='http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/paintings/mother_teresa.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

And see the comparision of Sultan and Brahmin:

<img src='http://www.hindujagruti.org/activities/campaigns/national/mfhussain-campaign/paintings/king_brahmin.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

modernism means selective insult?