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Taslima Nasreen: The Captive Rebel (Part II)

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  “Fasir monche uthe jodi ektao dirghoswas na feli? Golay dori porabar por o jodi bhoy na paoar duswahos hoy amar?”   [ If, even the gallows of death fail to make me despair? If I dare to stand unsubdued by fear, even as they fix the noose round my neck?] Yes. Banished from her own country, threatened by those she knew as her countrymen, standing at the precipice of death, she dared to boldly declare these lines in the face of her sworn enemies. Yes. A rebel she is – the finest and truest rebel humanity has ever seen. A rebel who dares to defy even death. And who doesn’t fear a fire that burns even death to ashes? So, Taslima Nasreen, threatened by religious fundamentalists had to fee from her own country in 1994. For the next ten years, she moved across foreign countries, the US, France, Sweden and Germany, before she could finally seek residence in Kolkata, India in 2004. She had to wait for six long years before the Indian government finally issued her a visa ...
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TASLIMA NASREEN : An immortal fire (Part- 1)

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“Is it then true that nothing but death can liberate women?”         ~Taslima Nasreen Taslima Nasreen Source: The Economic Times It is not without a deep hesitation and anxiety that I decided to write on  one of  the greatest legend s  of feminism that had ever lived, for it is obvious that no one can ever endeavour to depict her perfectly with all of her fire, rage, pain and spark, no t in words. Back in my childhood days, whenever I tried to rebel or express a tremendous disdain for men in general, I remember people used to say, “She is just a Taslima Nasreen”. Though, at that age I was too young to notice the subtle tone of mockery and dislike  in their voice every time that name was uttered , but even then I knew that it was not a compliment of respect, from their tone.  Well, that was how I was first introduced to Nasreen. It was not years later that I came to know her more and more and  realized exactly why she incurred the abhorre...
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