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Mon, 08/18/2008 - 10:40
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Controversial writer Taslima's visa extended
understood to have extended the visa of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who returned earlier this month after she was bundled out from West Bengal in Novemberlast year.
The papers for extending her visa, which was expiring Sunday, were moved and the nod for the extension was given bythe government, sources said.
However, it was not immediately clear whether the extension was for three or six months, they said adding thatdetails regarding these have been kept under wraps.
The 45-year-old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, returned to India early this month from Sweden and was whisked away by security agencies to an undisclosed destination in the nationalcapital.
The future plans of the doctor-turned writer, who shot to fame with her controversial book "Lajja", were notimmediately known.
The controversial writer has been requesting for a permanent residency in the country but the Government hasnot taken any decision on the issue.
Taslima had left India on March 18 for Sweden after she was kept in a safe house in New Delhi for more than four months. Taslima, who had not been allowed to see any visitors during the period, had described her confinement aslike living in "a chamber of death".
The author has not been pressing for visiting her residence in Kolkata this time as she was skeptical of Leftparties' response to her arrival, they said.
Taslima has lived in exile in many countries including France, Sweden and India since 1994. During her stay in India in the last five years, she has periodically travelled abroad with the last trip being in November when she was bundled outof West Bengal.
Recipient of various awards, Taslima was shifted from her Kolkata residence after violent protests marred parts of the metropolis over her controversial book "Dwihondito"(divided into two).
Certain references in the book had stirred a storm with some Muslim organisations demanding that she be asked to leavethe state.
Taslima was packed off from Kolkata and shifted to Jaipur. The Rajasthan government decided to shift her to Delhi after some Muslim organisations threatened state-wide protestsagainst her stay there.
Despite the writer's wish to return to Kolkata, the Left Front government in West Bengal did not pay any heed to herrequest.
The Bangladeshi author had said that she was "forced" to depart from Kolkata at such a short notice that she did nothave time to even change her clothes.
The C.P.I.(M.) came under increasing attack on Taslima issue, with major national parties demanding her protectionand extension of her visa.
A Swedish passport holder, Taslima flew to Sweden fromDelhi on March 18 and was admitted to hospital.
The papers for extending her visa, which was expiring Sunday, were moved and the nod for the extension was given bythe government, sources said.
However, it was not immediately clear whether the extension was for three or six months, they said adding thatdetails regarding these have been kept under wraps.
The 45-year-old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, returned to India early this month from Sweden and was whisked away by security agencies to an undisclosed destination in the nationalcapital.
The future plans of the doctor-turned writer, who shot to fame with her controversial book "Lajja", were notimmediately known.
The controversial writer has been requesting for a permanent residency in the country but the Government hasnot taken any decision on the issue.
Taslima had left India on March 18 for Sweden after she was kept in a safe house in New Delhi for more than four months. Taslima, who had not been allowed to see any visitors during the period, had described her confinement aslike living in "a chamber of death".
The author has not been pressing for visiting her residence in Kolkata this time as she was skeptical of Leftparties' response to her arrival, they said.
Taslima has lived in exile in many countries including France, Sweden and India since 1994. During her stay in India in the last five years, she has periodically travelled abroad with the last trip being in November when she was bundled outof West Bengal.
Recipient of various awards, Taslima was shifted from her Kolkata residence after violent protests marred parts of the metropolis over her controversial book "Dwihondito"(divided into two).
Certain references in the book had stirred a storm with some Muslim organisations demanding that she be asked to leavethe state.
Taslima was packed off from Kolkata and shifted to Jaipur. The Rajasthan government decided to shift her to Delhi after some Muslim organisations threatened state-wide protestsagainst her stay there.
Despite the writer's wish to return to Kolkata, the Left Front government in West Bengal did not pay any heed to herrequest.
The Bangladeshi author had said that she was "forced" to depart from Kolkata at such a short notice that she did nothave time to even change her clothes.
The C.P.I.(M.) came under increasing attack on Taslima issue, with major national parties demanding her protectionand extension of her visa.
A Swedish passport holder, Taslima flew to Sweden fromDelhi on March 18 and was admitted to hospital.
