RETURN OF TASLEEMA IN BENGAL
RETURN OF TASLEEMA IN BENGAL SARASIJ MAJUMDER Tasleema Nasreen is a free thinker, and writer who borne in erstwhile East Pakistan, but banished from Bangladesh for her bold, factual, and truthful narration of Muslim social and economic crimes on minority Hindu Bengalis, who fought shoulder to shoulder in “MUKTI YUDDHA’—but became victim in the new borne state, which once declared it a Secular country. But—soon Bangladesh became ISLAMIST PAKISTAN NUMBER—2. Hunted in her own HOMELAND, she escaped for life. After living in exile across Europe and the United States, she relocated to Kolkata in 2004, which she considered her cultural home, on a renewable temporary residence permit issued by the then Indian government. Off course west Bengal is her natural choice, and she has a historic and cultural bond with the State. Her initial stay in the city lasted until November 2007, when she was forced to leave West Bengal following violent protests and riots against her...