When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.

Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

I came from a country where religious fundamentalists, including governmental authorities, denied my freedom to have thoughts that are different from their own. As a punishment, they demanded my execution by hanging. I was forced to leave my own country. I had to pay heavily for the sole reason that I believe in human rights and freedom of expression.