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Taslima barred from entering India till May 31
New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Controversial Bangladeshi author
Taslima Nasreen has been barred from entering India till May
31, apparently to stave off any problems here ahead of Lok
Sabha polls, according to her website.
Nasreen, who had to leave India in October last year in
view of violent protests by certain Muslim fundamentalists,
has been asked by the government here not to come back till
May 31 if she wants resident permit.
One of the pre-conditions set by India for giving
resident permit is that "she must not enter India before 31st
of May (by this time the general elections in India will be
over)," said the website of the 46-year-old writer against
whom fundamentalists have issued 'fatwas' for writing a book
'Lajja'.
She has also been asked not to interact with the media,
it said.
Nasreen, who according to the website, is in the US at
present, did not reply to e-mail queries sent by PTI on the
issue.
Nasreen, who had been living in Kolkata since 2000 after
being forced to flee her country, had to leave India in March
last year after fundamentalists in West Bengal staged protests
and indulged in violence.
The Bangladeshi author came back on August 8 last year
but was not allowed to go to Kolkata. She stayed in Delhi for
about two months before leaving the country on October 15 at
the advice of Indian government.
Agitated at being asked to leave India, Nasreen had
questioned this country's secular credentials.
Government had asked her to leave to avoid any law and
order problems because of resentment by fundamentalists.
Being asked to leave India last October, the Bengali
writer of much talked-about books like 'Amar Meyebela' (My
Girlhood), 'Utal Hawa' (Wild Wind) and 'Dwikhondito' (Split-up
in Two) had expressed her anger over the development in an
e-mail interview to PTI.
"They (India) could not give shelter to a person whose
entire life has been spent in the cause of secular humanism, a
person without land or home, who regarded India as her land
and Kolkata as her home...," Taslima had said.
"I was shocked to see that not a single political party,
organisation or institution protested against the way I was
treated (in India). Not many individuals, who are regarded as
the standard bearer of secularism, have spoken for me," said
ex-physician-turned-feminist author. PTI DDC
HMK
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Taslima Nasreen has been barred from entering India till May
31, apparently to stave off any problems here ahead of Lok
Sabha polls, according to her website.
Nasreen, who had to leave India in October last year in
view of violent protests by certain Muslim fundamentalists,
has been asked by the government here not to come back till
May 31 if she wants resident permit.
One of the pre-conditions set by India for giving
resident permit is that "she must not enter India before 31st
of May (by this time the general elections in India will be
over)," said the website of the 46-year-old writer against
whom fundamentalists have issued 'fatwas' for writing a book
'Lajja'.
She has also been asked not to interact with the media,
it said.
Nasreen, who according to the website, is in the US at
present, did not reply to e-mail queries sent by PTI on the
issue.
Nasreen, who had been living in Kolkata since 2000 after
being forced to flee her country, had to leave India in March
last year after fundamentalists in West Bengal staged protests
and indulged in violence.
The Bangladeshi author came back on August 8 last year
but was not allowed to go to Kolkata. She stayed in Delhi for
about two months before leaving the country on October 15 at
the advice of Indian government.
Agitated at being asked to leave India, Nasreen had
questioned this country's secular credentials.
Government had asked her to leave to avoid any law and
order problems because of resentment by fundamentalists.
Being asked to leave India last October, the Bengali
writer of much talked-about books like 'Amar Meyebela' (My
Girlhood), 'Utal Hawa' (Wild Wind) and 'Dwikhondito' (Split-up
in Two) had expressed her anger over the development in an
e-mail interview to PTI.
"They (India) could not give shelter to a person whose
entire life has been spent in the cause of secular humanism, a
person without land or home, who regarded India as her land
and Kolkata as her home...," Taslima had said.
"I was shocked to see that not a single political party,
organisation or institution protested against the way I was
treated (in India). Not many individuals, who are regarded as
the standard bearer of secularism, have spoken for me," said
ex-physician-turned-feminist author. PTI DDC
HMK
NNNN
