TASLIMA BANNED IN BENGAL AGAIN

TASLIMA BANNED IN BENGAL AGAIN 

Are West Bengal's Muslims that immature that they will riot on watching Taslima Nasrin's 'Lajjā' in its dramatic version? This is certainly low expectation from them by the ruling dispensation and is a pointer to where, despite grand declarations of secularism, the politicians have led the polity along the precipitous path of interfaith tension where the slightest bit of realistic criticism of fanatical behaviour by Muslims becomes a conflagration point. This is not only unfortunate, unwarranted and unwholesome but is the flourishing bed of social fission. This state of affairs must change and for that the right type of education in rational thinking needs to be imparted to the hundreds of millions of the generation growing up to physical maturity. However, they need mental maturity as well for which the government and the citizens must work together in right earnest. 🕉

Written by Sugata Bose 

Photo: courtesy, Taslima Nasrin