Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.
India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.
A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.
I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.
The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.
There is no hope for my life if I am ever returned to Belize.
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