Taslima is Finally, Banned.
The drama series or mega serial are banned.
The story of three sisters who are struggling to live with dignity and honour is banned.
The truth is banned.
Lies won. Insanity won. Fatwas won. Threats won. Barbarism won.
A bunch of faith-heads, hate mongers, anti-freespeech, filthy misogynist fanatics won.
The government of West Bengal in India made them win. On the 19th of December, 2013.
That sounds like a drama series or mega serial I would kill to see. Mind you it would have to be subtitled, but I’ve never minded that. I would so love to see a series about three sisters written by the mind that’s inside Taslima’s head.
Not a single episode was telecasted, but the government banned the TV drama series, the project that could continue for more than a decade.
Liberal intellectuals are silent about the banning of my serial in India. They protest when Hindu fundamentalists violate a writer’s freedom of expression. They even protest when Muslim fundamentalists attack on a writer’s free speech. But only when that writer is a male, macho, anti-feminist, Salman Rushdie.
We, the ordinary people protested on twitter against the banning of the mega serial. Many people criticized India’s vote bank politics. The politicians are accused of appeasing Muslim religious leaders in India in order to get Muslim votes. This vote bank politics is destroying the democratic principles of the world’s largest democracy.
India, “the world’s largest democracy.” It may be a democracy but it’s not a secular democracy. Theocratic democracies are scary.
So because somebody thinks they might be offended, a series into which large amounts of time, talent and money have been poured is cancelled. The bullies have won again.
@ #2 (amusingly aptly named, by the way, considering it is spam for colon cleansing 😉 <– N.B. semi-colon )
Anyway. Stick to the principle of your first three words: "I hardly comment".
Theocratic democracies are scary
What does that even mean?? “One man one vote but the priesthood’s opinions trump all?” That’s not a democracy – that’s an oligarchy run by and for the priesthood.
It means that as long as majority opinion favors theocracy, that’s what the “democracy” will get. India is a pretty theocratic democracy.
Thank you so much. Your supports mean a lot, Ophelia.