Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin
তসলিমা নাসরিন
Nasrin in 2019
Born (1962-08-25) 25 August 1962 (age 62)
Mymensingh, East Pakistan
EducationMymensingh Medical College[1]
Occupations
  • Author
  • activist
Years active1973–present
MovementWomen's Equality, Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Atheist, Scientism, Tolerance
Spouses
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    (m. 1982; div. 1986)​
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    (m. 1990; div. 1991)​
  • Minar Mahmud
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    (m. 1991; div. 1992)​
Websitetaslimanasrin.com
Signature

Taslima Nasrin[a] (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh.[2][3][4] She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, both from Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.[5][6]

She gained global attention by the beginning of 1990s owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and criticism of what she characterizes as all "misogynistic" religions.[7][8] Nasrin has been living in exile since 1994, with multiple fatwas calling for her death.[9] After living more than a decade in Europe and the United States, she moved to India in 2004 and has been staying there on a resident permit long-term, multiple-entry or 'X' visa since.[10][11] She now lives in New Delhi, India.[12]

  1. ^ "Taslima Nasreen". The Lancet. 363 (9426): 2094. June 2004. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16477-5. S2CID 54309583.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh bans new Taslima book". BBC News. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh bans third Taslima book". BBC News. 27 August 2002. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Split printer on strikeback path - Signature drive to protest Taslima book ban, high court suit in mind". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Mahasweta Devi Slams Bengal Govt for Banishing Taslima". Outlook.
  6. ^ Parthsarathi, Mona (3 February 2014). "Facing bans, Taslima Nasreen says no hope of returning to Kolkata". DNA India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. ^ Bagchi, Suvojit (21 March 2015). "'Don't call me Muslim, I am an atheist'". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Why are Hindus trying to prove that they can become ISIS-like extremists: Taslima Nasreen". ThePrint. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Taslima Nasrin's Life in Exile". 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Taslima Nasreen's long-term visa extended by just 2 months". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin opens up on her Delhi connect". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  12. ^ তসলিমা নাসরিনের লজ্জা-র পরের অংশ আসছে. Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2021.


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