PTI
Kolkata, Nov 30: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said on Friday she was withdrawing some controversial lines from her autobiographical novel 'Dwikhandita' as those evoked strong protests from "a section of people in India."
"I am withdrawing controversial lines in 'Dwikhandita', written in 2002 with the memory of Bangladesh in the 1980s when military threw out secularism in the country. I wrote the book in support of the people who defended secular values. I had no intention to hurt anybody's sentiment," she said over phone from an undisclosed location.
"Now since some people in India claim that it hurt their sentiments, I am withdrawing some lines in the book," Taslima said.
The Bangladeshi writer hoped that from now on, there would be no controversy and "I'll be able to live peacefully in this