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I don't want to lose faith in Indian secularism: Taslima
Indo-Asian News Service
Exiled Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen Thursday again made an emotive plea to be allowed to return to Kolkata from her confinement at an undisclosed location in India, saying if she were refused she will lose faith in Indian secularism.
In remarks that may upset some conservative Muslim clerics, Nasreen said that the Uniform Civil Code could be a way to tackle growing Talibanisation of Muslim societies.
"I feel very depressed, forced to live out of Kolkata after being thrown out from the city I had been living in. I don't want to lose my faith in Indian secularism. I hope that I will be allowed to go back home," she said in response to a question.
"I am a writer. I don't want to be used for political purposes. My message is: India is not a theocracy. It's a democracy. They should respect plurality of thought and freedom of expression, which are the pillars of democracy," she said.
Nasreen was interacting from an undisclosed location near Delhi where the Indian government has kept her due to security reasons.(Posted on January 18, 2008)
Battle for Taslima's return, says Mahasweta Devi
Indo-Asian News Service
The campaign to bring exiled Bangladeshi writer and gender crusader Taslima Nasreen back to Kolkata, her adopted home, is gaining momentum.
Magasaysay award winning writer Mahasweta Devi has urged Hindi and other vernacular language writers to campaign for the Bangladeshi author's freedom so that she can return.
"At this moment, there cannot be a more pressing issue than the return of Nasreen to Kolkata. There should be a nationwide movement to bring her back to Kolkata," writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi said Monday evening.(Posted on January 17, 2008)
Rushdie's next is a historical novel
Indo-Asian News Service
Salman Rushdie's new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence", will be published in June, Random House announced Thursday.
A historical novel set in Renaissance Florence and the court of the Mughal Empire, the novel follows the tale of a woman trying to command her own destiny in man's world, the publisher's note says.(Posted on January 17, 2008)
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