Indian opposition leaders and others have criticised the lions in the new sculpture, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 11. - AFP
NEW DELHI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): It ought to have been a moment of unifying pride - the unveiling of a towering sculpture of India's national emblem featuring lions, atop the new Parliament building. Instead, it has set off a roaring controversy.
Opposition leaders and others have criticised the lions in the new sculpture, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, as brandishing an aggressive and menacing look, in contrast to the appearance of "controlled regality" that the animals in the original Lion Capital of Ashoka have come to represent.
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