Dhaka, Nov 04: Leading intellectuals of Bangladesh have reacted sharply to self-exiled feminist writer Taslima Nasreen's latest autobiography which has raised an uproar in political and literary circles with many accusing her of character assassination and threatening to take action against her.
The 415-page book entitled Ka details the doctor-turned writer's intimate relations with several famed writers.
It also refers to the tense ties between Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and the leader of opposition Sheikh Hasina.
Published by a Dhaka-based house, the book is the writer's third autobiography, the first two being Amar Meye Bela (My Girlhood) and Uttal Hawa (The Untamed Wind) which were banned by Bangladesh government on charges of obscenity.
A leading poet termed as "total lies and concocted" what Nasreen had written in her latest book about her relations with him. Apparently she wanted to sensationalise her book, he added.
One of Bangladesh's foremost poets said Nasreen by writing such stuff can create a sensation in the market but "at the end there is no winner." There is no place for vulgarity in literature," he added.
Bureau Report