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Home / News / World News / Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code
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    Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code

    Written by
    Sripriya Yegneswaran
    Edited by
    Mansi Motwani
    Last updated on Jan 23, 2017, 05:43 pm
    Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code
  • On Monday, Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasrin said that the Uniform Civil Code was "urgently" needed to empower people with their rights.

    At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Nasrin said that in order for the Islamic society to make progress, they needed to be more tolerant towards criticism.

    She added that she did not believe in terms like "nationalism" or "religious fundamentalism."

  • In this article
    Publication of Lajja and its ban in Bangladesh Kolkata chaos House arrest and the demand for Indian citizenship One year visa again for Taslima Nasreen Bangladeshi terror group threatens Taslima Nasreen Recognition and awards besides controversies One year visa extension for Taslima Nasreen Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code
  • 1993

    Publication of Lajja and its ban in Bangladesh

    Publication of Lajja and its ban in Bangladesh
  • After the publication of her most controversial novel - Lajja, Nasreen's life took a dramatic turn.

    In Lajja, Nasreen wrote about a Hindu family which was persecuted by Muslims. This angered Muslim groups and she faced many physical and verbal attacks.

    Eventually, the attacks turned into death threats and after spending two months in hiding, Taslima had to flee to Sweden.

  • 2007

    Kolkata chaos

    Kolkata chaos
  • After spending 10 years abroad in exile and then temporarily shifting her base to Kolkata, Taslima started writing in Indian newspapers and magazines.

    This invited more opposition from Muslims in Kolkata as well.

    After a violent protest against her caused chaos and turned into riots in November 2007, Nasreen was forced to leave the city to live in New Delhi under house-arrest.

  • 2008

    House arrest and the demand for Indian citizenship

    House arrest and the demand for Indian citizenship
  • After the Kolkata chaos, Nasreen was kept under house arrest for more than seven months by the Indian government.

    Many big names came to her support from the literary and film industry like Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad, Anurag Kashyap, Mahasweta Devi etc. demanding for a Resident's Permit or Indian citizenship for Nasreen.

    She was eventually granted a Resident Permit after a few years.

  • 1 Sep 2014

    One year visa again for Taslima Nasreen

     One year visa again for Taslima Nasreen
  • The Centre had granted a one-year visa extension to Taslima Nasreen till August 2015.

    Taslima had pleaded to Home minister Rajnath Singh to extend her visa and her plea definitely didn't go waste.

    Although, Nasreen is a citizen of Sweden, she has been granted Indian visa continuously since 2004.

  • 21 Apr 2015

    Bangladeshi terror group threatens Taslima Nasreen

    Bangladeshi terror group threatens Taslima Nasreen
  • Taslima Nasreen had spoken about the death threats she had been facing from an al-Qaeda linked Bangladeshi terror group, Ansarullah Bangla.

    Her Facebook page had been full of death threats

    One of her counterparts in Bangladesh, Washiqur Rehman, was killed by the group after he wished her on her birthday.

  • Information

    Recognition and awards besides controversies

  • Taslima Nasreen has been awarded more than 20 literary awards and numerous other prestigious honours and fellowships from around the world for her liberal and secular writings, despite the controversies which have clouded all her life.

  • 22 Aug 2015

    One year visa extension for Taslima Nasreen

    One year visa extension for Taslima Nasreen
    Credits:
  • The Indian government has extended Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's visa for a year, with effect from July 23.

    This decision was taken after intervention by Home Minister, Rajnath Singh based on Taslima's request.

    Taslima was happy and said that a negative decision would have caused an "identity-crisis" and affected her work. She had earlier, on many occasions expressed a wish to live here permanently.

  • 23 Jan 2017

    Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code

    Taslima Nasrin pushes for Uniform Civil Code
  • On Monday, Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasrin said that the Uniform Civil Code was "urgently" needed to empower people with their rights.

    At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Nasrin said that in order for the Islamic society to make progress, they needed to be more tolerant towards criticism.

    She added that she did not believe in terms like "nationalism" or "religious fundamentalism."

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