Aqsa

Well the saying holds good for none other than the female version of Salman Rushdie. Oops! I mean Tasleema Nasreen.The lady takes offence when people in the literary circles describe her as the female version of Rushdie. But why is she taking them so seriously?Anyways, the most interesting thing about the woman is the delusion in which she thrives.

She contemplates,

“We don’t need any shariat courts; we don’t need any religious code in a democratic and secular country. What we need is a common civil code. I don’t think shariat courts are civilized, women suffer a lot under it�.

Now a million dollar question is when did she become a part of “we�? My finite knowledge tells me that she still owns a Bangladeshi passport. After the turmoil she created by her boisterous blabbering about Islam and her exile that followed, she took refuge in the land of the free and the liberals… the wild Wild West! Again, she was disowned by her phirang friends, now the poor damsel is in a fix and seeks asylum in India. After two unsuccessful attempts of urging the Indian government to grant her Indian citizenship, this is her third endeavor. I guess someone needs to remind her that she is still a Bangladeshi with no legal rights to poke her nose into matters that concern

India and Indians. She is only trying to fish in troubled waters. Her over indulgence in our internal matters will only add fuel to the flame. If she understands the depth of her own proclamation,

“I want to make the state secular and humanistic�.

Then she should stop poking her nose in something as personal and individualistic as religion. She is just cutting a sorry figure by taking advantage of the already disturbed atmosphere in India.

My only advice to the lady is to get over her childhood nightmares!