Govt cancels Taslima Nasreen's resident permit

July 31, 2014 16:24

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen tweets: "Indian govt has canceled my resident permit that I started getting since 2004. Issued a temp tourist visa for 2 months. Beyond my imagination."

Nasreen had taken refuge in Kolkata in 2004, after a long stay in Europe. But after Muslim protests in the city in November 2007, the government forced her to leave West Bengal. She was then forced to leave India after staying in a safe house for a few months.

It is only in 2011 that she got permission to live in Delhi. Busy writing essays and poems, Nasreen is also planning to bring out a sequel of her controversial book 'Lajja' in Bengali. The sequel has already been published in Malyalam.

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