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Not allowed to move out of the house: Taslima

Kolkata: Exiled Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasreen has complained that she was not being allowed to move out of her house at an undisclosed place in Delhi and there were curbs on those who wanted to meet her.

In an e-mailed communication to those who stood by her and backed calls for her return to Kolkata, she said her visitors had to take permission from “higher-ups” in the government and the time and duration of the meeting was fixed by them.

Ms. Nasreen, allegedly forced out of Kolkata in November, following widespread violent protests by a Muslim group for her alleged anti-Islam writings, said those who had indulged in arson and violence had not read her book “Dwikhondito.”

She insisted that the violence was not due to the “controversial portions” as no writer could ever be the cause of violence. The book was first published three years ago but there had been no violence all this time, even after the West Bengal withdrew a ban.

Since she had withdrawn the “offending portions” and there had been no subsequent protests, there was no reason why she should not be allowed to return to Kolkata. — PTI

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