Saturday, July 01, 2006

Please, Taslima

An imam issues and retracts a fatwa against Taslima Nasreen.

But the lady in question appears nonchalant and unafraid. "Creativity cannot and should not be shackled. These things have happened earlier too. But I feel such controversies are good for society, as they help in growth of new ideas," she says.

An IAS Officer agrees.

Debates are indeed good for the society. The question is, what debates do we allow? Do we allow debates such as this? Or this?

We already allowed such debates in the past which have led to some uneasy outcomes. As a matter of fact, we lost that debate. Not just us, many so called developed nations have failed to win the debate.

No, Ms. Nasreen, this is not a debate. It is a clash between two opposites. Unfortunately there are many among us including people in high positions who do not see this. Their political agenda continues to cost us.

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