Internationally known and widely travelled, Taslima Nasreen was born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. After studying medicine, she worked as a gynaecologist and anaesthesiologist in hospitals in Dhaka. During her medical studies she gained prominence as a strongly feminist columnist and also began to publish poetry and fiction. Her novel shame was banned in 1993, on the ground that its 'inflammatory' tone excited tensions between Muslims and Hindus. In 1994, the ...
