India is a democrtic country & everybody is free to write. Taslima is no exception. I remember there were many secular Hindus who came to support M.F.Hussain in similar situation. I wonder where are secular muslims & why they are not supporting Taslima?
CPM is a bunch of cowards. They can beat a lamb but will never dare to touch a wolf. It will not be long when West Bengal too will become a second face of muslim bigots of Bangladesh.
RE:Coward CPM
by Ismail Sayyed on Nov 27, 2007 08:09 PM Permalink
It is a test of secularism in India. If Taslima is suppressed, the secularism will get suppressed in India in future.
It is fundamentalists who are alike everywhere. It was hindu fundamentalists who tried to take moral policing in their hand and demonstratrd against M.F. Hussain. Next the turn of christian fundamentalists demonstrated against screening of Da Vince Code. Now the turn of islam fundamentalists. Who gave them rights to poke their nose into others freedom? All the secular forces should join together to fight these evils.
RE:Taslima on the run
by Anil Bharali on Nov 27, 2007 08:23 PM Permalink
Mr Tamilan you are right.Modi is inviting her to stay in Gujrat.It is a great news.What Modi did to muslim miniority in india same thing is to hindu minority by muslim fundamentalist in Bangladesh.Let BJP invites Taslima to Gujrat, and let us see how Taslima reacts to it.
RE:Do you know any
by Harischandra Rao on Nov 27, 2007 08:03 PM Permalink
TASLIMA & INDIAN GOVT'S ROLE by Harischandra Rao on Nov 27, 2007 07:57 PM | Hide replies
Politics is defined as a science of Interests, not of Principles. Nobody should have any illusion about this. All nations in the world have always behaved in the only way that best serves their interest. If any nation pretends that it has a duty to serve people of other nations, it is only fooling the gullible. Every nation's first duty is to keep peace & unity, maintain law & order, and make its own citizens happy. True, all this appears cynical, inhuman, uunkind. But that is what politics is all about; sometimes it is required to do apparently cynical things if its citizens' interests require it. Don't the nations wage war, bomb other nations and kill thousands of their citizens in the interest of safgeguarding the interests of their ownj people? Don't they resort to spying? doing esppionage? Well, at best Indian govt may persuade UK or US to give shelter to Taslima, because those countries are in the best position to do so. When faced with an UD ultimatum, did Musharaff not catch hundreds of terrosim suspects and sent them to Guantanamo? Does the pakistan govt. not bomb Swart vally to destroy Osama's followers. Musharaff does it, because he knows that both Pak nation, Pak army and he hiimself personally only with US support. India should act in a way that its global political and strategic interests require it do. It has no moral or any duty to protect Taslima or any o
RE:Do you know any
by Ismail Sayyed on Nov 27, 2007 08:10 PM Permalink
We don't need nobel prize! We are rewarded by Allah in the Heaven if we kill non-believers!!!
RE:Do you know any
by Ashish Gohri on Nov 28, 2007 01:45 AM Permalink
i guess you're innocent but under small mis-conception. The non-believers exisited in that society in which the Prophet prevailed. He was talking about those non-believers. But hindus are perfect believers of ONE GOD. Hindus dont invade others for land & money.
Is it not similar to Shri Krishna sayng that " Whom will you kill ? They're already dead."
RE:Do you know any
by Ram Sharma on Nov 27, 2007 08:23 PM Permalink
this is yr superstition and nothig else. come out of this situation in the age of science.
why should u try to follow a book thoroughly, written thousands of years ago, when there was no scientific knowledge.
b a good human being and nothing else. killing innocent people, just bcoz they do not believe in yr superstitions, will not b tolerated by allah.
India has given refuge to every persecuted person form many parts of the world and Taslima deserves the same facility What is this blasphemy we are talking about. Because she wrote about the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh. How does that show disrepect to religon unless it is a bent mind. We the infidels have been ocnqured by the fundas as we lsiten and act accorfing to them and their wishes. That is the tragedy of our nation
RE:Taslima
by Lalu Prasad Yadav on Nov 28, 2007 07:38 AM Permalink
WHY THIS HULLABALOO ABOUT THIS ENTIRELY UNDESERVING PERSON? ONE WHO PITS ONE INDIAN AGAINST ANOTHER AND REVELS IN HER INFAMY?
RE:Taslima
by Rakesh on Nov 28, 2007 11:54 AM Permalink
She is a gutsy woman who dares to rebel against mad mullahs by writing against the atrocities against Hindus. SHe is not pitting any Indian against Indian. In fact she has also spoken against certain atrocities against Hindu women committed by certain Hindus.
The muslim religious fundementalist are hounding on a single frail woman Taslima. Her fault is writing agianst muslim fundementalists in Begaladesh who were torturing hindu minorities there also for women freedom. She may her own views on sex. But if these people had kept quite, no one would have known about her and she would not become this famous.
Having said this, I would like the muslim world and their supporters honestly think what factor is damging the immage muslim in the mind of world. Whatever may be cause, the muslim terrorists group everywhere, who are killing innocents, are the greatest enemies to this great religion.
On one hand they say the Holy Koran do not preach violance and other hand these jahedies do nothing else. The sane muslim. throughout the world, would do a great service to their religion, if they do not harbour, support, sympathise and do anything to encourage them. Let other persons, if they are realy interested in supporting the muslim cause, they should encourage the sane muslims on this way.
Let Dr. Abdulla % co direct their enrgies on right direction and be positive.
It is sad that the Communists have sent her out of Bengal. We had "intellectuals" coming out in droves in support of M F Hussain but where are these intellectuals today? The Left is a Left Over force from the past and it is time they were thrown into the Bay of Bengal. Shame on the Left and all the self-styled "intellectuals" on the Left's payroll.
RE:RE:Taslima on the run
by suvobroto chattopadhyay on Nov 27, 2007 08:07 PM Permalink
Friend first of all identify yourself with your actual name ! Secondly can you tell me what does these two words means as written by you "intectuals" and "bosteds" !!
RE:Taslima on the run
by suvobroto chattopadhyay on Nov 27, 2007 07:59 PM Permalink
First of all please tell me how you came to know that the leftists had send her out of Bengal and why is it not possible that she left Bengal on her own ! After this we can debate as to who gets thrown into the Bay of Bengal and who should be ashamed !!
I read Lajja. Her account of Oppression of religious minorities is much milder compared to the contempt poured by media on Hindus in this country. Hindus were 15 percent of the population in 1970s. Now reduced to 04 percent or less. Most of them are killed or forcibly converted in to Islam. I visited Dakeswari temple in Dhaka (named after Dakeswari) first time in 1994. This is the most important temple for Hindus in Bengal. It was a big temple then with lot of space. By 2001 all that space if occupied now, approach to the temple made very difficult. Hindus who go to the temple are teased by way siders and as a result Hindu woman stopped going there. After Babri (not even a mosque) structure demolished, thousands of small and big temples were demolished in Bangladesh. As we still cry over Babri here, temples are demolished every day in Bangladesh and Pakisthan. Taslima is targeted mainly for highlighting the plight of Hindus. See what happened to her?
Its time pseudo secularists are shouted down to assert the rights for all but not just for minorities.
RE:Left LEFT Lajja!
by Mihirkanti Choudhury on Nov 27, 2007 08:22 PM Permalink
from Sylhet, Bangladesh -------------- You stated that 'Taslima is targeted for highlighting the plight of the Hindus'.This is not correct. I am a Hindu from Bangladesh. We have many strengths. We have many weakneses and limitations. The plight of the Hindus in Bangladesh is better circulated by the country's secular media.The secular nature of the intelligentsia of the country is another strong pillar of protection for the Hindus or any other minority community. Taslima has never been a true campaigner of the crisis in BD. She is an individualist. She is a publicity-prone writer. Her writings are more pro-sex than anything else. Her writings suffer from informative genuinity. She tries to promote conjugal indiscipline. She married in plural times and at present lives a separated life. She familarises with many and takes advantage of the 'agreed intimacy'. After a period of time, she tries to document the intimate proceedings in her writings and embarrass the concerned person or persons. The Indians have not known her. The Indians have not known the real problems of the Hindus in Bangladesh. It would have been much better for the Indian Government to take some ailing talented writers from remote corners of the country to All India Institute of Medical Science in Delhi for treatment with the money they are spending behind Taslima. We may be a poor country from the point of view of 'resources' but India is a poor country from the point of view of 'taste'.
RE:Left LEFT Lajja!
by Mainuddin Mahmud on Nov 27, 2007 07:47 PM Permalink
Where from did you get these facts? Thousands of mosques also demolished and are being demolished in India. So don't comment one sided please. THERE IS NO SENSE IN COMMUNAL HATRED. WE ALL ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND BELIEVE IN ONE GOD.
Regarding Taslima Nasrin find out about her past. Then you will feel ashamed yourself in deed.
RE:Left LEFT Lajja!
by trikarn on Nov 27, 2007 07:53 PM Permalink
AND WHERE FROM U GOT THIS FACT TO TALK IMPOSSIBLE THINGS LIOKE MOSQUE BEING DESTROYES IN INDIA? UR ARGUEMENT JUST TO SIDETRACK THE ISSUE? AS IF THESE MUSLIOMS WUD KEEP QUIET.
RE:Left LEFT Lajja!
by Rajagopal Sadagopan on Nov 27, 2007 08:08 PM Permalink
And the pseudo secularists like Sonia, Karunadhi, Karat,Yachaury, Lallu, Mullayam, Jayanthi Natarajan, Dr. Abdullah, and host of others would not kept quite if a small dammge is done in real masque in India. The english press liked TOI, HINDU etc would have done wide coverage for these protest. The TEHELKA could have done several sting operatioins.
When a disused structure was demolished, which was repeated called as babri masjid later, we had so much of noise. We can immagine the noise otherwise.
Taslima, a persona non-grata in her own land, is virtually on run. Nobody in India would like to own her. She does not deserve any sympathy and it is in her own interest that she should return to Bangladesh and face charges, if any. She cannot spoil the atmosphere here.The West Bengal government banned her memoir, wikhandito (Split Apart) in 2003 on charges of hurting religious feelings. There is no justification for the Budha government to extend any hospitality to the infamous writer. BJP is keemn to shelter her. Let them take her in their party but Government of India should not allow her to stay and seek political asylum. Let her go to any western country where she will be welcomed by anti-Islamic regimes. India has good relationship with all the countries of the muslim world. Any precipitate action will mar such smooth relatgionship. This is the danger to give refuge to such a blashphemous writer from Bangla Desh. Fundamentalists may raise their ugly heads again and create all sorts of problems for the government as it happened in Hydrabad. The West Bengal Government is well advised to disown her in their own interest and in the larger interest of the country's foreign policy. Salman Rushdie's case is the pointer for the worst things to come. Freedom of expression does not mean hurting the sentiments of others. This may be made clear to these kind of writers by not giving any refuge to such elements in a peaceful country like India. This will clear all doubts.
RE:Taslima on run
by prakash on Nov 27, 2007 08:02 PM Permalink
Dear Jamsheed Abumohammed, I liked your peaceful way of urguments. This is trully the civilized approach. If you think Taslima has made some mistake in her writtings, which is not true anyway, you are most welcome to protest by writting. In this process please advice those rotten Mullahs not to provoke simple and ordinery muslims for violence. They are struugling for daily living. And do not encourage Bangladeshi extreemist to come to India for blasting bombs. All such terrorist bombs has proved to be spared fire crackers in India. Indian civilization has survived all such hurdles. Bharat is simply not a Mahan country. And finally, because of rapid improvement of telecommunication science the world has reduced to a small village today. Any crime or injustice made in any part of this new village is open to see live for others. Any injustice to Taslima will bring shame to entire village. Interestingly, Taslima's case is not an isolated case. Each and every muslim women is no less than Taslima if you give them freedom of expression. And for that matter Hindu Christian and women from any other religions are silent supporters of Taslima. Because no women like man's brutal domination.
