Taslima Nasreen and her poem "America"
Sazu
Published on February 13, 2007
Taslima was not allowed to read her poem 'America' during a Bengali Convention held in Madison Square Garden on Sunday evening ( 3rd of July). 'America' is an anti-war poem which is against weapons of mass destruction while taking a stand for humanity. As she was reading this poem, many from an audience of 6 thousand American-Bengalis booed and did not let her continue after the first few lines of the poem. Taslima had no other alternative but to skip to the end of the poem. She was soon forced by the organizer of the convention to leave the Madison Square Garden area.
People who were present commented that the objections were coming from individuals of the extreme right-wing. Thereby, they were showing their intolerance toward a view different from their own, yet they were claiming this is a democratic land where freedom of speech is a right.
- sazu
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