DUE TO THE ANTI-ISLAM CONTENT IN TASLIMA NASRIN`S NOVEL `LAJJA`, FUNDAMENTALISTS CREATED A FURORE IN BANGLADESH. AGAINST THIS BACKDROP, TASLIMA VISITED FRANCE, AND SHE RECOUNTS THIS VISIT IN THIS PART OF HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THE BOOK ALSO DESCRIBES THE NON-BAILABLE ARREST WARRANT ISSUED AGAINST HER BY THE POLICE UPON HER RETURN FROM FRANCE, HER SUBSEQUENT ESCAPE TO AVOID ARREST, THE VARIOUS HOUSES WHERE SHE SOUGHT REFUGE DURING THAT TIME, HER LIFE DURING THOSE DAYS, HER MENTAL ANGUISH, HER STRUGGLES, THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND BLOODSHED ORCHESTRATED BY FUNDAMENTALISTS DEMANDING HER EXECUTION, THE EFFORTS OF TASLIMA`S LAWYERS TO SECURE HER BAIL, THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE OPPOSING THE FUNDAMENTALISTS, THE SUPPORT RAISED BY SOME COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, FOR TASLIMA`S SAFETY, AND FINALLY, THE BAIL GRANTED TO HER ON THE CONDITION THAT SHE LEAVE BANGLADESH, AND HER SUBSEQUENT FORCED EXILE FROM THE COUNTRY. IT IS A POIGNANT AND CHILLING NARRATIVE OF THESE EVENTS.