The Indian Government stands by hapless while Taslima is being shunted around the country. Whether or not to grant citizenship is the prerogative of the Centre and not of the State. Deletion of 3 pages is a sacrilege of the freedom of speech. British governhment did not ban Salman Rushdie's Book and protected him at a great cost to the nation to protect him from the fatwa. India on the other hand was the first one to ban his publication without even havinng read it to ascertain whether or not it was blasphemous! Is this the way to treat a writer who gives vent to her personal experience and also exposes the plight of Bangaladeshi women folk? Is Indian nation so spineless to accommodate any unreasonable and unsustainable demands of a minority of the fundamentalist who issed the fatwa before even reading the publications? Are there no Churchillian personalities in India who are ready to stand up and be counted? Is cowardice the culture of the nation?
