Editing Taslima Nasrin (section)

==Writers and intellectuals for and against Nasrin==
Nasrin has been criticized by writers and intellectuals in both Bangladesh and West Bengal for targeted scandalisation. Because of "obnoxious, false and ludicrous" comments in ''Ka'', "written with the 'intention to injure the reputation of the plaintiff'", [[Syed Shamsul Haq]], Bangladeshi poet and novelist, filed a defamation suit against Nasrin in 2003. In the book, she mentions that Haq confessed to her that he had a relationship with his sister-in-law.<ref>{{cite news |title=Syed Shamsul Huq files Tk 10 cr defamation suit against Taslima |work=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)|The Independent]] |date=10 November 2003 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-87045073.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083605/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-87045073.html |archive-date=3 November 2012 |access-date=31 May 2009}}</ref> A West Bengali poet, Hasmat Jalal, did the same; his suit led to the High Court banning the book, which was published in India as ''Dwikhondito''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Habib |first=Haroon |author2=Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |title=A Shocker from Taslima: Taslima Nasreen's New Book Causes a Furore in the Literary Circles of Dhaka and Kolkata |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=19 December 2003 |url=http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/subaltern/events/facworkshops/Habib.pdf |access-date=31 May 2009 |archive-date=17 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717015336/http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/subaltern/events/facworkshops/Habib.pdf }}</ref> Nearly 4 million dollars were claimed in defamation lawsuits against her after the book was published. The West Bengal Government, supposedly pressured by 24 literary intellectuals, decided to ban Nasrin's book in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/02/05/stories/2004020500020100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405121737/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/02/05/stories/2004020500020100.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 April 2004 |title=Fishing for trouble |work=The Hindu |date=5 February 2004 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> Some commented that she did it to earn [[celebrity|fame]]. She defended herself against the allegations, responding that she had written her life's story, not those of others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/04-crisis-media/59taslima.pdf |title=homeless everywhere |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226180222/http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/04-crisis-media/59taslima.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2010 }}</ref> She enjoyed support from Bengali writers and intellectuals like [[Annada Shankar Ray]], [[Sibnarayan Ray]] and [[Amlan Dutta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Taslima's visit to India |publisher=International Humanist and Ethical Union |date=28 October 1999 |url=http://iheu.org/taslima-nasrins-visit-india/ |access-date=31 May 2009}}</ref>

Recently she was supported and defended by author [[Mahasweta Devi]], poet [[Joy Goswami]], and artist [[Paritosh Sen]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Dhiman Chattopadhyay |date=5 December 2003 |title=Literati rise late to Taslima defence |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Literati-rise-late-to-Taslima-defence/articleshow/340493.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811051954/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-05/kolkata/27214423_1_taslima-nasrin-mahasveta-devi-poet |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> In India, noted writers [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Girish Karnad]], and others defended her when she was under house arrest in Delhi in 2007, and co-signed a statement calling on the Indian government to grant her permanent residency in India or, should she ask for it, citizenship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Intellectuals Demand Indian Citizenship To Taslima Nasreen |work=Mainstream |date=24 February 2008 |url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article535.html |access-date=31 May 2009 |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602140657/http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article535.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In Bangladesh, writer and philosopher [[Kabir Chowdhury]] also supported her strongly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/Prof.kabir%20chowdhury.htm |title=Prof Kabir Chawdhury |publisher=Secularvoiceofbangladesh.org |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110035931/http://www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/Prof.kabir%20chowdhury.htm |archive-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>