Exiled Bangladesh writer Taslima has complained that she is not being allowed to move out of her house in Delhi and there were curbs on those who wanted to meet her. It is cent percent true that neither Muslim nor Hindu or Christian can understand her problem. She is leading a life worse than that of a criminal in a jail. Politicians cannot take a risk of alienating voters .Administrative officers cannot go against the will of political leaders on whom depends their career, survival, promotion and good posting. Then who will take corrective step and who will stop fundamentalists maligning the secular image of the country. There are microscopic and powerless few writers who try to express their support for Taslima but that goes in vain.
%u201CKalam (pen) bari ki talwar (sword)%u201D was a subject of discussion and remains a subject in prominent books even now. Pen is treated as power in books and books are kept in almirah as ornaments. It is only Talwar (sword) which come out in the open to show the spectacular events. This is why Terrorist, Naxalites, criminal, and all anti-social and anti national elements are moving freely are doing their job freely whereas Taslima is confined in one guest house and her movement is regulated and her well wishers are checked before they are allowed to meet the writer Taslima. This is Indian politics, Indian democracy and Indian secularism. India is called as secular country and a country which believes in democratic principles. However the groun
