Taslima Nasrin

Surrogacy because no time for sex with husband! Is that why we are so pissed off with Priyanka Chopra?

B-town biggies such as Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan have all had children via a surrogate. Why are we then attacking Priyanka?

Taslima Nasrin revisits writing Amar Meyebela in exile: 'It is the story of millions of women, not just mine'

Speaking from her home in New Delhi, Taslima Nasrin travels back to the time when Amar Meyebela was another solitary thought, keeping her company in exile

Taslima Nasreen on self-censorship, and Indian democracy: 'If you don't get equality, you don’t get freedom'

In an interview with Firstpost, writer Taslima Nasreen talks about living in India because of her exile, and the concept of freedom being impossible in a society without equality.

Does freedom exist? Writers come together to discuss the question at HarperCollins' upcoming debate

HarperCollins' 'The Debate' is back with its second edition, this time asking: Does freedom exist? Panelists Taslima Nasreen, Tanuj Solanki and Aanchal Malhotra take up the question in the upcoming event in Delhi's India International Centre.

Taslima Nasrin on being a writer in exile: Bans and censorship hurt; but banishment hurt the most

In an interview with Firstpost, Taslima Nasrin speaks about being a writer in exile, taking on both religion and patriarchy in her works and why her novels are never disconnected from social realities.

Read: Sexboy by Taslima Nasrin, from The Pleasure Principle, a collection of erotic fiction

The Pleasure Principle: The Amaryllis Book of Erotic Stories, edited by G Sampath brings together writers like Taslima Nasrin, Meena Kandasamy, Mitali Sharan, Tabish Khair, Vikram Kapoor

Continuing talks with Pakistan while they attack us is surrendering our self-respect: Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, differing with former Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, has said that uninterrupted talks with Pakistan is not possible

Didn't criticise Islam in 'Lajja', fatwa was due to other books, says Taslima Nasrin

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin says she did not criticise Islam in her controversial novel Lajja.

Indian secularists are not true secularists, says Taslima Nasrin

In a new interview with CNN-IBN's Sagarika Ghose, Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin says Indian secularists defend those people who are attacked by Hindu fundamentalists but they do not defend writers and authors.

PIL filed to demand telecast of serial based on Taslima Nasrin's story

Accusing the West Bengal government of forcing abandonment of the telecast of a serial based on controversial author Taslima Nasreen's writings, a section of intellectuals and rights activists Friday said they would file a PIL seeking immediate broadcast of the programme.