A Small Victory for Islamic Conservatives, A Giant Defeat for Indian Secularism

The BBC has just reported that Taslima Nasreen, the Bangladeshi author at the heart of Kolkata’s riots, has been escorted out of the city, following a demand by Kolkata police that she leave the city.
This is a tragedy of colossal proportions, akin to Modi’s support of the Godhara riots. But the biggest tragedy in simply that [...]