Taslima Nasreen wants to return to the country
September 25, 20242 Mins Read
International Desk: Head of the Interim Government Professor Dr. Taslima Nasreen wrote an open letter to Muhammad Yunus. Yunus had earlier asked Taslima to return to the country. Taslima gave an 'open letter' on social media to remind that.
Taslima Nasrin
Taslima wrote in an open letter last Monday - Do you remember we met, once or twice, in Europe? Probably in Deauville, France. In the program of Women's Forum. Probably the year was 2005. At the gala dinner or lunch, we were seated at a table that was occupied by older people. There was Cherie Blair, remember that. I was probably the key-note speaker of the service. You talked to me for quite some time at the dinner table, even after the meal was over. You kept saying, 'Come home, come home'. I said, 'What will I do? The government of the country does not allow me to go to the country. You said, 'doesn't let go again? It is your country, your right to go and stay in your country is your birthright, no government has the right to stop you'. I regretfully said, 'How many times have I gone to the embassy, they don't even give me a visa, they don't even renew my Bangladeshi passport'. You said, 'Don't renew, that's all? Country girl, come to the country!' I said, 'You try. Tell the government. If you say it will happen.' You promised you would try. Today after many years I want to know, did you try to bring me back to the country? Did the government say anything about me? Maybe then, for whatever reason, you couldn't do anything.
But now you are holding the highest power in the country. Now don't you say like before, 'Why are you staying outside, country girl come to the country'? Don't you say like before 'that country is your country, your right to go and stay in your country is your birth, no government has the right to stop you'? Say it again like before. Let him return home. Now it's all in your hands.
Or are you afraid? You know more than I that those around you are Islamic fundamentalists. Are you afraid your new jihadi friends will turn against you if you help me? Not only my head, but your head will be cut off and left on the streets of Dhaka?'
Taslima currently resides in Delhi. He was in West Bengal for three consecutive years from 2004.
Source: This time
