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.
