India, Nasrin reiterates, articulating feelings she has expressed often, is "closest to home, to my bhasha, my culture. I am a socially committed writer; my writing is for freedom of expression, for women's rights. Amazingly, her travails haven't blunted her strident defence of women's rights or moderated her words against Islamic fundamentalists. They speak of minority rights, but it is they who do not respect the rights of minorities – Muslim women. However, she's optimistic about the general conditions for women's rights and against religious intolerance in South Asia.

Source: dna October 23, 2016 01:47 UTC