Janaki Jambunathan
Active member
Strong women don’t get sympathy, says Taslima Nasreen
Surprise visitor
Much to the surprise of the audience, Taslima Nasreen made an unscheduled appearance on the front lawns of the Diggi Palace before lunch. She spoke about her quest for a home after being exiled, as documented in her 2016 book, Exile: A Memoir. “I was exiled from Bangladesh and moved to Europe for a while. But I returned to West Bengal because it felt like the next best thing to home. Then I was exiled from West Bengal. I now live in Delhi, and I tried to find an apartment in the Bengali neighbourhood, Chittaranjan Park, and couldn’t find one. No landlord would accept me,” she said.
“When I was weak and oppressed, I inspired sympathy. Now I don’t. Strong women don’t get sympathy. Nobody likes strong women.”
https://www.google.com/amp/www.theh...lk-on-ending-misogyny/article17083564.ece/amp
Surprise visitor
Much to the surprise of the audience, Taslima Nasreen made an unscheduled appearance on the front lawns of the Diggi Palace before lunch. She spoke about her quest for a home after being exiled, as documented in her 2016 book, Exile: A Memoir. “I was exiled from Bangladesh and moved to Europe for a while. But I returned to West Bengal because it felt like the next best thing to home. Then I was exiled from West Bengal. I now live in Delhi, and I tried to find an apartment in the Bengali neighbourhood, Chittaranjan Park, and couldn’t find one. No landlord would accept me,” she said.
“When I was weak and oppressed, I inspired sympathy. Now I don’t. Strong women don’t get sympathy. Nobody likes strong women.”
https://www.google.com/amp/www.theh...lk-on-ending-misogyny/article17083564.ece/amp