Shiva is the icon of Destruction, a natural phenomenon.. What is wrong with people respecting/ worshipping the three inevitable truths in nature- the creation, maintenance and destruction cycle?
No doubt, this man will on the strength of his degrees and position, try to write something that will provoke somebody and we will have our home grown secularists defending him reminding us all of their actions in support of Husain who has left Indian shores unlamented and settled down cozily in Qatar.
Do not use religion, especially in negative way, to attain fame and money, religion has become more of a business nowadays, a stepping stone to success