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Taslima Nasreen wishes to settle down in Kolkata
Bangladeshi writer in exile Taslima Nasreen, against whom fundamentalists in her own country have issued a fatwa, would prefer to settle in Kolkata, as living in the `alien` West would make her lose touch with her roots.
Bangladeshi writer in exile Taslima Nasreen, against whom fundamentalists in her own country have issued a fatwa, would prefer to settle in Kolkata, as living in the 'alien' West would make her lose touch with her roots.
Nasreen, charged with contravening the spirit of Islam and against whom cases of blasphemy are pending in Bangladeshi courts for publishing 'Lajja' (Shame) said "When I meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee I will broach my residency issue."
"The people in the West are kind towards me, but I feel rootless there; like a person having no place of her own. But when I visit Kolkata I feel like a bird on the wing. I can speak my own language, savour my favourite delicacies, meet people with whom I share so many things in common," Nasreen said in Kolkata.
Nasreen, who fled Bangladesh six years ago and is now based in Paris said, "a person is a human being first and last. I cannot understand or accept putting religion, especially religious fundamentalism, first. People who do this are to be resisted. I believe that all writings are not meant to please all. I will never be silenced," she said.
Bureau Report
"The people in the West are kind towards me, but I feel rootless there; like a person having no place of her own. But when I visit Kolkata I feel like a bird on the wing. I can speak my own language, savour my favourite delicacies, meet people with whom I share so many things in common," Nasreen said in Kolkata.
Nasreen, who fled Bangladesh six years ago and is now based in Paris said, "a person is a human being first and last. I cannot understand or accept putting religion, especially religious fundamentalism, first. People who do this are to be resisted. I believe that all writings are not meant to please all. I will never be silenced," she said.
Bureau Report