New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Are the Left parties in India secular and liberal as they are usually considered? No, claims Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen in a recent Facebook post.She points out the dichotomy among communists being “very active against jihadists in Bangladesh” today having once called her book on radical fundamentalism as lies, finally driving her out of Kolkata.“Some blind (for their organisation) communist factions in West Bengal are spitting venom against me. Th…
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New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen finds the current situation in her country of birth worsening through time, even compared to the day she was forced to leave over three decades ago. “I’d say that was the time of the beginning of the growth of religious fundamentalism in the country; now, Bangladesh is full of such elements,” said Taslima in an exclusive interview with IANS. “The then administration played into the hands of fundamentalists, and I was pe…
Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) Ajmer Dargah administration has called upon caretakers of dargahs across India to raise a united moral voice against atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. The Anjuman Moinia Fakhria, representing the Khadims (priests) of the shrine, expressed deep concern over reports of targeted violence against members of the Hindu community in Bangladesh.On the culmination of the annual Urs at Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, on December 27, Anjuman Moinia Fakhria strongly condemned the brutal killin…