Guwahati: The proposed visit of self-exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen to Assam stands cancelled after Assam government has declined permission citing security reasons.
The Bangladeshi writer who has now taken asylum in India to escape hostility of fundamentalist elements in her own country, was scheduled to grace a function here on the occasion of 72nd birth anniversary of the celebrated Assamese writer and Jnanpith Awardee Late Mamoni Raisom Goswami on November 14 next.
However, Assam government has expressed its inability to provide adequate security cover to Ms Nasreen during her proposed visit and hence the visit stands cancelled.
The function is being organised by South East Asia Ramayani Research Centre and magazine “Byatikram” in coordination with the family members of Mamoni Raisom Goswami. Soumen Bharatia of “Byatikram” magazine termed the attitude of Assam government vis-à-vis the proposed visit of Taslima Nasreen very unfortunate.