Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen who was almost “locked up” in an Officers’ Mess in Delhi Cantonment since her mysterious exit from the city here in November, landed finally in Stockholm and has moved to an unknown destination in Sweden.

“Since I have a Swedish passport, you can guess where I am; but do not press me for the exact location as Muslim fundamentalists could trail me right up here,” Taslima told Deccan Herald over phone.
Currently in a hospital for treatment of heart and eye ailments, she said the first thing she would like to do after she recovers, is to start the book on the harrowing experience of living in a “cage” in a democratic country called India.

“I am ready to expose the double standards of these people who tortured me like an animal, pushing me to near death in isolation,” she almost exploded over phone. But when pointed out that her rigid anti-India stance could cost her a lot, even a closed door-like situation when she intends to return to this country, she kept quiet for a while and then said, “I understand that. But I believe the world ought to know about another side of India.”
Taslima who was agitated over refusal of the Indian government officials for a last-minute meeting with some of her close friends before she boarded the British Airways flight bound for London, wondered whether this was the same India she was passionate about.

“I just gave a list of 25 persons I was keen to meet; but my request was turned down. Because, I am a dangerous person and more quickly I take leave, the better for India. That was the message.”

According to her publisher Prasanta Roy, she has decided to postpone the work on penning the sixth part of her autobiography Nei Kichu Nei ( No,There’s Nothing) and instead, requested for a quick check of the manuscript of the proposed book on torture once it will be ready. Taslima has already christened it, but declined to divulge.

Raging fire
She is ready to pour herself out in the book, it is expected, for the “fire” has still been raging within. “My depression has been lifted and I hope I can work here and finish the book as quickly as possible as Muslim fundamentalists are not that active in Scandinavian countries,” she said.

Stating that she is keen to resume her work for women in the sub-continent, she said she would like to work on social projects in India in the most backward places. But deep inside her, passion to return to the City of Joy lingers.