Editing Taslima Nasrin (section)

===Autobiography===
[[Meyebela, My Bengali Girlhood|''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]].<ref name="bbc13Aug1999">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Kamal |title=Bangladesh bans new Taslima book |work=BBC News |date=13 August 1999 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/419428.stm |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602140657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/419428.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Utal Hawa'' (''Wild Wind''), the second part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2002.<ref name="bbc27Aug2002">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh bans third Taslima book |work=BBC News |date=27 August 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2218972.stm |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105165244/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2218972.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Ka'' (''Speak up''), the third part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi High Court in 2003. Under pressure from Indian Muslim activists, the book, which was published in West Bengal as ''Dwikhandita'', was banned there also; some 3,000 copies were seized immediately.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal bans Taslima's book |date=28 November 2003 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/29/stories/2003112905441100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204104119/http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/29/stories/2003112905441100.htm |archive-date=4 December 2003 |access-date=1 June 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The decision to ban the book was criticized by "a host of authors" in West Bengal,<ref>{{cite news |last=Joshua |first=Anita |title=West Bengal Government assailed for banning Taslima's book |date=18 February 2004 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021911291100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040323054659/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021911291100.htm |archive-date=23 March 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 June 2009}}</ref> but the ban was not lifted until 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dhar |first=Sujoy |title=Arts Weekly/Books: Split By Leftists and Fanatics |publisher=[[Inter Press Service]] |year=2005 |url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30522 |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525103304/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30522 |archive-date=25 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Court lifts ban on Nasreen's book in Bengal |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=23 September 2005 |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/23taslima.htm |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-date=30 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830002756/http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/23taslima.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Sei Sob Ondhokar'' (''Those Dark Days''), the fourth part of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladesh government in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exiled Taslima Nasrin to return to Bangladesh |publisher=Indian Muslims |date=16 July 2007 |url=http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/15/exiled_taslima_nasrin_return_bangladesh.html |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504034442/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/15/exiled_taslima_nasrin_return_bangladesh.html |archive-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New book banned at behest of Islamic bigots: Taslima |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=20 February 2004 |url=http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/02/20/2002taslima.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203004519/http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/02/20/2002taslima.html |archive-date=3 December 2008 |access-date=1 June 2009}}</ref>
To date, a total of seven parts of her autobiography have been published. "Ami bhalo nei tumi bhalo theko priyo desh", " Nei kichu nei" and "Nirbashito". All seven parts have been published by Peoples's Book Society, Kolkata.
She received her second ''Ananda Purashkar'' award in 2000, for her memoir ''Amar Meyebela'' (''My Girlhood'', published in English in 2002).