"I want to live in India....where else can I go! I am a citizen of Europe and a permanent resident of USA but I chose India to live because of the cultural connection," Nasreen told bdnews24.com over phone.
"Even if Bangladesh allows me to enter now, I will still choose to live in India for the rest of my life.
"In the last 20 years, I have made more friends here in India than in Bangladesh. If you live with an ideology, relatives are not important. What is important is to live with people who share your beliefs," she continued.
"Bangladeshi publishers and intelligentsia cut off their contacts with me. So my relationship with Bangladesh has been broken," Nasreen said as she enlarged on h preference to stay put in India.
She had applied for a residence permit and India's home ministry granted her the same type of visa but only for two months beginning Aug 1.
Then Nasreen met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and has been assured of a long-term residence permit now.
"I am not sure but the home minister has promised that he will make my residence permit long term. If he doesn't change his mind, I am hopeful that I will get a long-term visa." Nasreen said.
Taslima is a doctor, having received her MBBS degree from Mymensingh Medical College in 1986.
Besides working as a gynecologist, she continued with her passion -- writing.
After her novel 'Lajja' (Shame) hit the stands, she incurred the ire of the fundamentalists and had to leave Bangladesh in 1998.
She has lived in India and several western countries since then.