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{{italic title}}'''''Nirbachito Column''' (''{{lang-bn|নির্বাচিত কলাম}}'') or (Selected Columns)'' is a [[feminist]] work in [[Bengali literature]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=OEhuAAAAMAAJ&q | {{italic title}}'''''Nirbachito Column''' (''{{lang-bn|নির্বাচিত কলাম}}'') or (Selected Columns)'' is a [[feminist]] work in [[Bengali literature]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEhuAAAAMAAJ&q=Nirbachito+Column|title=Indian Review of Books|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Acme Books Pvt. Limited|pages=4|language=en}}</ref> It was published in 1992 and is a collection of essays by exiled [[Bengali people|Bengali]] author [[Taslima Nasrin]] which were previously published in the newspaper ''Ajker Kagoj''. The author was awarded the [[Ananda Purashkar]], a major Bengali literary award, for the book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7108880.stm|title=Taslima Nasreen: Controversy's child|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Riaz |first1=Ali |last2=Fair |first2=C. Christine |year=2011 |title=Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpFaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |publisher=Routledge |page=152 |isbn=978-0-415-57673-4}}</ref> | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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She was unsure about whether the column would really be published or not. To her surprise, when the column came out in the newspaper, it grabbed the attention of many readers, and then she was invited to write columns regularly. Sales of the newspaper rose whenever she wrote an article. | She was unsure about whether the column would really be published or not. To her surprise, when the column came out in the newspaper, it grabbed the attention of many readers, and then she was invited to write columns regularly. Sales of the newspaper rose whenever she wrote an article. | ||
In 1991, publisher Mujibur Rahman Khoka, who was a friend of Taslima Nasrin, offered to publish a book on her columns, which she agreed to. After publication, the book became a best seller and was also popular in West Bengal. The book became controversial and helped spread Nasrin's name<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=WHksAAAAYAAJ&q | In 1991, publisher Mujibur Rahman Khoka, who was a friend of Taslima Nasrin, offered to publish a book on her columns, which she agreed to. After publication, the book became a best seller and was also popular in West Bengal. The book became controversial and helped spread Nasrin's name<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WHksAAAAYAAJ&q=Nirbachito+Column|title=The Book Review|date=2004-01-01|publisher=C. Chari for Perspective Publications|pages=47|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
When the book was declared for Ananda Award, Nasrin informed the award committee that the book contains a column where she copied a write-up of [[Sukumari Bhattacharji|Sukumari Bhattacharya]] on [[Vedas]]. But the committee did not take it as a big deal, probably because she herself confessed about it. There is some [[controversy]] about the book. The book was criticized by Muslims and traditionalists.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040822/spectrum/book4.htm|title=Bangla | When the book was declared for Ananda Award, Nasrin informed the award committee that the book contains a column where she copied a write-up of [[Sukumari Bhattacharji|Sukumari Bhattacharya]] on [[Vedas]]. But the committee did not take it as a big deal, probably because she herself confessed about it. There is some [[controversy]] about the book. The book was criticized by Muslims and traditionalists.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040822/spectrum/book4.htm|title=Bangla rebel's fresh tirade|last=Sekhon|first=Aradhika|website=The Sunday Tribune|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> They declare that she presented Islam negatively, without understanding [[Quran]] and [[Hadith]] properly.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||