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{{Infobox book
| name = Dwikhandito
| image =
| caption =
| author = [[Taslima Nasrin]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language]]
| series = Amar Meyebela
| genre = Autobiography
| published = 2003
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]])
| pages =
| isbn = 9788185383477
| dewey =
| congress =
| oclc =
| preceded_by = Utal Hawa (Wild Wind)
| followed_by = Seisob Andhokar (Those Dark Days)
| publisher = People's Book Society
}}
'''''Dwikhandito''''' ("Split in two") is an autobiographical book of [[Bengalis|Bengali]] novelist and poet [[Taslima Nasrin]], published in 2003. This is the third volume of ''Amar Meyebela''. The book was first published in [[Bangladesh]] under the title ''Ko'' ("Speak") and banned.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Chandran |first=Mini |year=2017 |title=The Writer, the Reader and the State: Literary Censorship in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxtBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT129 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |pages=129– |isbn=978-93-86446-09-1}}</ref> It was also banned in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] for two years alleging insult of religious beliefs and obscenity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/28beng.htm|title=WB govt bans Taslima Nasreen's book|last=|first=|date=|work=rediff.com|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> In March 2018 the book was translated into English and published as ''Split: A Life'' by [[Penguin Random House]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/taslima-nasreen-book-dwikhandito-once-banned-bengal-govt-now-in-english-118031100465_1.html|title=Nasreen book Dwikhandito, once banned by Bengal govt, now in English|last=|first=|date=|work=Business Standard|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/taslima-book-once-banned-by-bengal-now-in-english-1187012-2018-03-11|title=Taslima book once banned by Bengal now in English|last=|first=|date=|magazine=India Today|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Writer claimed that the book tells about her experiences and works as a doctor, how she became the target of fundamentalists. Dwikhandito or Ko was banned by a Dhaka Court and its copies have been confiscated following a defamation suit moved by a senior Bengali poet and novelist, [[Syed Shamsul Haq]], against the writer.<ref name=":2" /> [[Kolkata]] based intellectuals, at the instance of the Calcutta Khilafat Committee, had urged the state government to ban the controversial book in the interest of communal amity. At the same time five fatwas were issued against her for writing this book.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/most-secular-liberals-in-india-are-pro-muslim-anti-hindu-taslima-nasreen_1811269.html|title=Politicians in India appease Muslims which annoys Hindus: Taslima Nasreen|last=|first=|date=|work=Zee News|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/10/17/taslima-indian-writers-guilty-of-double-standards|title=Taslima: Indian writers guilty of double standards|last=|first=|date=|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> [[Sunil Gangopadhyay|Sunil Gangopadhayay]] said in Kolkata that Dwikhandito is not literature. It may be good to read if you are interested in scandals about some writers. But it is not literature. Writer [[Dibyendu Palit]] opined that they must have imposed the ban after taking note of the appeal made by Muslim intellectuals who had apprehended that the book might foment communal discord.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/red-rag-in-taslima-red-carpet-for-deepa/cid/787697|title=Red rag in Taslima, red carpet for Deepa|last=|first=|date=|work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkata|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> Several poets and writers, both in [[Dhaka]] and Kolkata, say that Nasrin has written a fictitious fantasy about sexual encounters in his book.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2025/stories/20031219001006300.htm|title=A shocker from Taslima|last=|first=|date=|magazine=Frontline|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] Government banned the book on 28 November 2003 fearing that book could incite communal discord. The then [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee|Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]] decided to ban the book after consulting intellectuals.<ref>{{cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |year=2017 |title=Democrats and Dissenters |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xnpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT44 |publisher=Penguin Random House India |pages=44– |isbn=978-93-86057-88-4}}</ref> [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] leader [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]] said that Dwikhandito may create riot and disturb communal harmony in West Bengal.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/i-was-bound-to-ban-the-book-dwikhondito-by-taslima-nasrin-says-buddhadeb-bhattacharya-1.252204|script-title=bn:দ্বিখণ্ডিত নিষিদ্ধ করেছি বাধ্য হয়ে, বললেন বুদ্ধ|last=|first=|date=|website=|language=bn|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> [[Kolkata Police Force|Kolkata Police]] had seized about 3,000 copies of the book from its local publisher. Government stated that it contains matters on pages 49 and 50 which could promote enmity, ill-will and hatred between different groups on grounds of religion, punishable under Section 153A of the [[Indian Penal Code]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bengal-bans-taslimas-book/article27812758.ece|url-access=subscription|title=Bengal bans Taslima's book|last=|first=|date=2003-11-29|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> It was alleged that Nasrin's statement in this book on Prophet [[Muhammad|Mohammad]] hurts the sentiments of the [[Muslims|Muslim]] community.<ref name=":0" /> On 18 November 2003, the [[Calcutta High Court]] put out an injunction against publication after a poet, Syed Hasmat Jalal, filed an 11 crore INR defamation suit against Nasrin. On 22 September 2005, the Division Bench of Hon'ble Justice Dilip Seth lifted the ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79421/|title=Sujato Bhadra vs State Of West Bengal|last=|first=|date=September 22, 2005|website=|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2003 novels]]
[[Category:Censorship in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Censorship in India]]
[[Category:Novels set in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Bengali-language novels]]
[[Category:Censored books]]
[[Category:Literary autobiographies]]
[[Category:Books critical of Islam]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in literature]]

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