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India grants residential visa to Taslima Nasreen
NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Saturday was granted residential visa by India following her meeting with Union home minister Rajnath Singh seeking long-term extension of her residence permit earlier in the day.

"I met Singh today (Saturday) and he assured me that my stay in India will be extended. I gave him my book 'Wo Andhere Din' (Those Dark Days) and in return he said my dark days are over," Nasreen told IANS.

Earlier, Nasreen had expressed her anguish after the government on Wednesday refused her a one-year visa giving instead a temporary permission to stay in India for two months.

Following her outburst on a social networking site, support for her has been pouring from various quarters with Press Council of India Chairperson and former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju demanding permanent visa for the 52-year-old who has been living in exile since 1994.

Nasreen, however, expressed her surprise over intellectuals from Kolkata — her "home" remaining silent on the issue.

"I am surely surprised that people in Kolkata known for their righteous stand have chosen to remain silent. But at the same time I must admit I have gotten used to this. There were not many voices to come out when I was thrown of my home — Kolkata," she said.

Exiled from Bangladesh in 1994 for "hurting religious sentiments" with her novel "Lajja", Nasreen took refuge in the city in 2004. But after violent protests in the city November 2007, the erstwhile Left Front government whisked her away to New Delhi where she has been living since then.

Eager to come back to Kolkata, Nasreen said so long as the Mamata Banerjee government in the state continues to accede to the whims of religious fanatics, her return to the city is not possible.

"By banning my tele-serial Dusahobas, this government denied me a slice of livelihood. I have been repeatedly writing to Mamata Banerjee expressing my wish to come back to Kolkata, but so long as she continues to listen to the fanatics my return will never be possible,a she added.

She said "Dusahobas" a story of three sisters and their triumph over the injustices meted out by the patriarchal society, would have been a source of inspiration at a time when crime against women was on the rise in the state.

Following protests by minority religious groups, the TV serial was refused telecast.


India grants residential visa to Taslima Nasreen - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

Well done India..
 
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"I am surely surprised that people in Kolkata known for their righteous stand have chosen to remain silent. But at the same time I must admit I have gotten used to this. There were not many voices to come out when I was thrown of my home — Kolkata," she said.

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:lol:
 
I smell something burnt..a BDi's a*s !!
 
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I like her writings....they're erotic....:D
 
I like her writings....they're erotic....:D

To each his own...

On topic, Well done indeed. I was personally ashamed that she was hounded out of bengal by communal s***s. She is the kind of bangladeshi we would always welcome. Bengal respects them.
 
About godamm time...government has to show some balls, not allow extreemist elements in the society dictate the rules.
 
She is not exactly a crafty writer, but she is good in pissing people off. Here is one,

taslimanasreen-sep4.jpg


Taslima Nasreen accuses author Sunil Gangopadhyay of sexual harassment - IBNLive

When you get her, you also get her tantrums !! It is part and parcel of this woman !!
 
About godamm time...government has to show some balls, not allow extreemist elements in the society dictate the rules.
But she is also an extremist......albeit a different kind.......a feminist.....:D
 
She is not exactly a crafty writer, but she is good in pissing people off. Here is one,

taslimanasreen-sep4.jpg


Taslima Nasreen accuses author Sunil Gangopadhyay of sexual harassment - IBNLive

When you get her, you also get her tantrums !! It is part and parcel of this woman !!


Sunil ganguly is a known tharki...i wouldn't be surprised if it were true.

anyway, that and all apart, she is welcome to calcutta.

and she is beautiful...i have a crush on her... :D you know...perpetual "celeb" crush...
 
I truly dislike this author.she actually achieved publicity by not via her writings,but some other reasons.and every now and then,she tries to bring "Bengal" into every mess.but she never utters a single word against her own country from where she fled.why doesn't she go to Germany or Sweden(she actually has Swedish citizenship).whereever she went,she created a mess,be it in bengal,or hyderabad.only for her,we've seen riots in Kolkata and Army has to be deployed to counter it.she is a just live IED.:disagree:
 
Were you equally ashamed for MF Hussain?

I knew some one will bring this up...M.F.hussain actions were wrong, that hovever does not give us the right to exile him and neither we did exile him....that man was assured by the home ministery of the country about his security and he chose not to come.Now, my question do you regret or are ashamed for realeasing death fatwa aggainst salman rushdie, bombing danish embassy over some cartoons ?
 

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