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I will like to know what you think about this issue. Why Taslima Nasreen shouldn’t be granted political asylum in India? On what ground her plea should be rejected?

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  1. Logically speaking, she should be allowed to stay in here. But the contradiction is – what happens to miniority vote. When we can’t give justice to our own citizen Shah Bano, who only demanded compensation, how come we can give justice to others. It’s the same people in the government!

  3. Well thats acceptance of government that there are more radical Islamic organizations which will cause the lady more hurt ,she is more safe in her own country :))

  4. Its not a problem giving Tasleema asylum, but i doubt if India would be the best place for her. Anyway with the kind of spineless leaders we have, no point even discussing.. By the way ben a long time since i came here. I gues u remember me.. i saw ur footrpints on my blog few montsh back.. remember “The rose is a great deal more than a blushing apology for its thorns”

  5. we already have too much bangladeshi influx… why have more of them…
    on a serious note she has offended feelings of ppl of her own nation which i cant ever support… moreover if a person says something he shud stand by it and face consequences rather than run away from own motherland… may be i am wrong but i cant think of leaving my own country for whtever reasons and so cant support such moves of other ppl… moreover ppl in india oppose those bangladeshis who come to india so that thay can have bread to live but i see in ur comments box that ppl are not opposing her even though her case is not as appealing as of those who come for bread… these reasons of mine doesnt weigh for political decisions for which i can say ..
    her presence is going to create disturbance here also…
    we already have too much communal tensions and she wud definitely add to that… there is no ponit in losing peace for her

  6. i agree with soumya. we should first resolve our own problems before giving asylum to Taslima.

  7. The responses are interesting.I will put all these comments in my next posts and will try to analyze all the views.Please leave the link of your blog too!

  8. @soumya,
    I am not much of a suporter of her asylum, but standing by one’s own view et al is easy in a country like India or USA. but in countries like N korea, China, iran or bangladesh( which might be slightly better) it difficult to stand by ur views. You either keep mum or you say it and run. the braves say it and run, you don’t want to be a martyr.. what with death fatwa and everything. i only opposed asylum because India is not yet strong enough to play power games.. tasleema could go to US if she wants to but India.. We don’t wanna be enemies with all our neighbours..not now when China has 400 nuke warheads and we have 30..

  9. Your question is in the nature of a leading question and loaded against granting political asylum to Tasleema.I dont know if we have ever given asylum to any other author earlier.No government , ruling a country like India should create controversies internally and displease a neighbour by granting political asylum to Tasleema Nasreen,even if to protect freedom of expression in the world.

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  11. remember what LTTE did to Rajiv Gandhi for him interfering in srilankan internal affairs.
    by the way is it necessary to have a blog to enable me to comment on your blog. if yes, i wont comment anymore 🙁

  12. Hi,Alka..well,on humanitarian grounds,it’s all right.But,why did she pick only India?What about other countries?Or,is she sure now that they are not soo religiously welcoming as our secular country is?

  14. I don’t know if she is trying to get political asylum in India or not but if yes then it will be better for India to reject Taslima Nasreen’s plea. India is not strong enough to deal with religious extremist (hindu or muslim or anyone else). She can face the same problem here too for which she is planning to leave her country. She will also become political trishanku among various political parties. Even some group of handful people don’t believe India is their motherland and this could be see in multiple occassions. But being a educated intellectual person very few chances the she will be part of that group. Now long time back one of Indian citizen (Salman Rushdi) took asylum and then later citizenship (I am not sure if he got it yet or when?) in UK for the same reason for which Taslima is looking for asylum. He was threaten by same religious extremist and that was in India as well in UK too. Apart from all these there will be political consequences too with the Bangladesh, this could be dealt easily but right now India neither have strong political system, neither political stability nor a strong leader. USA will be much more secure place for her to roam around freely than India.

  17. Alka ji,
    My point of view is she should be allowed her freedom of expression and write more books with enough govt. protection along with some responsible post in some NGOs, which practically does some thing for the women to make them really free.

  19. do u remmeber gandalfwhite..
    Any idea where he might be writing or whwere he might be at all

  24. hey alka..
    pressing thoughts those…but whatever said in all hose comments about we handling our own stuff forst and then play Big brtohter..and othe rthigns abt Rajiv Gandhi..i guess its about time that we realise that we are a power to reckon with in our region..and i guess power brings friends and foes along with it..but we should only do whats right..as Indians we always tend to look at things from the perspective of being fair and giving everbody a fair chance to live,survive ,co-exist..and We Should stick to it..By all means..So lets Grant her Asylum if we have to ..but lets not compromise with what values we stand for..As Indians..

    hey alka also noticed that u have a lot of Spam commenting..why dont u use word verification for the commenting on your blog…u can get it for free..if WordPress doesnt support it..

    Cheers..
    http://chronicserendipity.blogspot.com/

    PS:-r u related to Mridula by any chance..i’m a regular at her blog..:0)

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