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Age: 59 Years
Nationality: Bangladeshi, Swedish, Indian
Profession: Author, Secular Humanist, Feminist, Physician
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Other Name | Talisma Nasrin [1]Taslima Nasrin’s Twitter Account |
| Profession(s) | Author, Secular Humanist, Feminist, Physician |
| Movements | The movements in which Taslima often contributed were related to Eugenics, Women’s Equality, Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Atheist, Scientism, Tolerance. |
| Member | Reporters Without Borders (RWB), an international non-profit and non-governmental organization) |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Career | |
| Literary works | • At college in Mymensingh, Nasrin published and edited a literary magazine, Senjuti (“Light in the dark”), from 1978 to 1983. • She published her first collection of poems in 1986. • Her second collection, Nirbashito Bahire Ontore (“Banished within and without”), was published in 1989. • She succeeded in attracting a wider readership when she started writing columns in the late 1980s and in the early 1990s. • She cites that Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Begum Rokeya, who lived during the time of undivided Bengal, were Taslima’s inspirations to be an author. • In all, she has written more than thirty books of poetry, essays, novels, short stories, and memoirs, and her books have been translated into 20 different languages. |
| Columns and essays | • In 1989, Nasrin began to contribute to the weekly political magazine Khaborer Kagoj, edited by Nayeemul Islam Khan, and published from Dhaka. • She wrote columns in a volume titled Nirbachita Column, which, in 1992, won her first Ananda Purashkar award, a prestigious award for Bengali writers. • Later, she contributed a weekly essay to the Bengali version of The Statesman, called Dainik Statesman. • Taslima has always advocated for an Indian Uniform civil code during her contribution as a social activist and said that criticism of Islam is the only way to establish secularism in Islamic countries. • Taslima said that Triple talaq is despicable and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board should be abolished in her writings • Taslima has also written articles for online media venture ‘The Print in India.’ |
| Novels | • Taslima’s breakthrough novel Lajja (Shame) was published in 1993 (In six months’ time, it sold 50,000 copies in Bangladesh before being banned by the government in the same year, and it attracted wide attention because of its controversial subject matter) • Her other famous novel is French Lover, published in 2002. |
| Autobiography(s) | • Amar Meyebela (My Girlhood, 2002), the first volume of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi government in 1999 for “reckless comments” against Islam and the prophet Mohammad. • Utal Hawa (Wild Wind), the second part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2002. • Ka (Speak up), the third part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi High Court in 2003. • The book Dwikhandita was published in West Bengal. • Sei Sob Ondhokar (Those Dark Days), the fourth part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2004. • A total of seven parts of her autobiography have been published. “Ami bhalo nei tumi bhalo theko priyo desh”, ” Nei kichu nei” and “Nirbashito.” • She received her second Ananda Purashkar award in 2000 for her memoir Amar Meyebela (My Girlhood, published in English in 2002). |
| Poetry(s) | • Shikore Bipul Khudha (Hunger in the Roots), 1982 • Nirbashito Bahire Ontore (Banished Without and Within), 1989 • Amar Kichu Jay Ashe Ne (I Couldn’t Care Less), 1990 • Atole Ontorin (Captive in the Abyss), 1991 • Balikar Gollachut (Game of the Girls), 1992 • Behula Eka Bhashiyechilo Bhela (Behula Floated the Raft Alone), 1993 • Ay Kosto Jhepe, Jibon Debo Mepe (Pain Come Roaring Down, I’ll Measure Out My Life for You), 1996 • Nirbashito Narir Kobita (Poems From Exile), 1996 • Jolpodyo (Waterlilies), 2000 • Khali Khali Lage (Feeling Empty), 2004 • Kicchukhan Thako (Stay for a While), 2005 • Bhalobaso? Cchai baso (It’s your love! or a heap of trash!), 2007 • Bondini (Prisoner), 2008 • Golpo(stories), 2018 |
| Nasrin’s works in adaptation | • In 1994, the Swedish singer Magoria sang “Goddess in you, Taslima.” • In 2003, the French band Zebda composed “Don’t worry, Taslima” as a homage to her. • Jhumur was a 2006 TV serial, the story of which was written by Taslima. • Bengali singers like Fakir Alamgir, Samina Nabi, Rakhi Sen sang her songs to support her motive. • Steve Lacy, the jazz soprano saxophonist, met Nasrin and collaborated with her on an adaptation of her poetry to music and a “controversial” and “compelling” work called The Cry, was performed in Europe and North America in 1988. |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | • Ananda Award or Ananda Puraskar from West Bengal, Indiain 1992, and in 2000, for “Nirbachita Kolam” and “Amar Meyebela” • Sakharov Prize for freedom of thoughts from European Parliament in 1994 • Simone de Beauvoir Prize in 2008 • Human Rights Award from the Government of France, 1994 • Edict of Nantes Prize from France, 1994 • Kurt Tucholsky Prize, Swedish PEN, Sweden, 1994 • Feminist of the Year from Feminist Majority Foundation,US, 1994 • Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service,Germany, 1995 • Distinguished Humanist Award from International Humanist and Ethical Union, Great Britain, 1996 • Erwin Fischer Award, International League of non-religious and atheists (IBKA), Germany, 2002 • Freethought Heroine Award, Freedom From Religion Foundation, US, 2002 • Fellowship at Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy,John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, US, 2003 • UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, 2004 • Honorary doctorate from American University of Paris, 2005 • Grand Prix International Condorcet-Aron, 2005 • Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, US, 2009 • Feminist Press award, US, 2009 • Honorary doctorate from Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2011 • Honorary citizenship from Esch, Luxembourg, 2011 • Honorary citizenship from Metz, France, 2011 • Honorary citizenship from Thionville, France, 2011 • Honorary doctorate from Paris Diderot University, Paris, France, 2011 • Universal Citizenship Passport. From Paris, France, 2013 • Academy Award from the Royal Academy of Arts, Science and Literature, Belgium, 2013 • Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 25 August 1962 (Saturday) |
| Age (as of 2021) | 59 Years |
| Birthplace | Mymensingh, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
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| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Nationality | • Bangladeshi • Swedish [2]The Wire • In January 2020, she was granted Indian citizenship. [3]NENOW |
| College/University | Mymensingh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Educational Qualification(s) | • She completed high school studies in 1976 (SSC) and higher secondary studies in college (HSC) in 1978. • She studied medicine at the Mymensingh Medical College, an affiliated medical college of the University of Dhaka. • She graduated in 1984 with an MBBS degree. [4]India TV News |
| Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian [5]Twitter – Taslima Nasrin |
| Religion | Nasrin was born into a Muslim family; however, she became an atheist over time.[6]The Hindu |
| Hobbies | Watching films (According to Taslima, she has a good collection of about 2,500 films) in theatre and at home. |
| Controversies | • Tweet on cricketer Moeen Ali: On 14th April 2021, Taslima posted a comment on her Twitter account and created controversy all around the world. She targeted and commented on cricketer Moeen Ali. She Tweeted, “If Moeen Ali were not stuck with cricket, he would have gone to Syria to join ISIS.” Taslima’s tweet on Cricketer Moeen Ali in 2021.  Later, Moeen’s England teammates re-tweeted Taslima’s tweet, and in one of the comments, the cricketer Archer took the side of Moeen and said, “Are you okay? I don’t think you’re okay. Sarcastic? No one is laughing, not even yourself, the least you can do is delete the tweet.” England’s fast bowler, Saqib Mahmood also tweeted, “Can’t believe this. Disgusting tweet. Disgusting individual.” • Relationhips with an Anglo-Indian: Taslima Nasreen landed in controversies several times in her life. She never hid her sexual relations outside her three marriages; but, there was a lot of controversies regarding her sexual partners. Taslima Nasreen had a relationship with George Baker. George belongs to a Greek family in Assam, India, and he also worked in several Bengali and Hindi films in theatres and television. He joined Indian politics in 2014 and fought from the Howrah constituency but lost the chance. Later, he became a member of the Lok Sabha as an Anglo-Indian after getting permission from the then President of India. In October 2019, Ankita Bhattacharya, daughter of George, who is now a resident of Burdwan’s Narayanpur village under the Bhatar police station claimed that Talisma Nasrin is her mother and showed photographs as proof and also presented the related information about her birth. [8]English Kolkata 27×7 • Tweets on surrogacy: In January 2022, in a series of tweets, Taslima expressed her views on surrogacy. In her tweets, she slammed the process of surrogacy and questioned the feelings of women who become the mother of readymade babies. She tweeted, “How do those mothers feel when they get their readymade babies through surrogacy? Do they have the same feelings for the babies like the mothers who give birth to the babies?” In another tweet, she said that going for surrogacy is a selfish narcissistic ego. She wrote, “Surrogacy is possible because there are poor women. Rich people always want the existence of poverty in the society for their own interests. If you badly need to raise a child, adopt a homeless one. Children must inherit your traits—it is just a selfish narcissistic ego.” Some social media users criticised her views and said that it an individual is at libverty to to go for surrogacy and sometimes it’s because of meadical reasons. Taslima’s tweets on surrogacy came soon after Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas welcomed their first baby via surrogacy. [9]Hindusatn Times |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Family | |
| Husband(s) and Marriage duration | • Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah ( m. 1982-1986) is a Bangladeshi poet.  • Nayeemul Islam Khan (m. 1990-1991) is a media personality in Bangladesh who has been active in Bangladeshi journalism since 1982.  • Minar Mahmud (m. 1991-1992)  |
| Parents | Father– Dr. Rajab Ali (He was a physician, and a professor of Medical Jurisprudence in Mymensingh Medical College and at Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh) Mother– Edul Ara   |
| Siblings |  |
| Favourites | |
| Food | Fish, ‘muri’ (puffed rice) and ‘mishti’ (sweets) |
| Game | She likes to play chess and watch cricket. |
| Cricketer | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Poet | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Singer(s) | Britney Spears & Michael Jackson |
| Destination(s) | United States, Coxbazar (Bangladesh), and India |
| Perfume | JAR Bolt of Lightning |
| Colour(s) | Black, White, Red |
| Author | Humayun Ahmed |
| Painter | Zainul Abedin |
| Book | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown |
