Top painter’s nude "Mother India" loses him a home

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	Top painter’s nude "Mother India" loses him a home

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5-10-2007 5:31 PM

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india, painting, goddess, hindu, religion, woman, nude, art

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5-15-2007 1:19 AM

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This in the land that gave birth to the Kama Sutra?

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