“We have sold 500-600 books on Wednesday. Haven’t counted the day’s sales yet,” said publisher Shibani Mukherji.

“We have ordered a reprint. The first print of 1,000 copies is sold out. We are overwhelmed with the response,” she added. Bookstores and stalls at the fair are already running out of stock.

“Women, in particular, are making a beeline for our stall,” the publisher said insisting that the contents of the memoirs had nothing controversial.

While there was a section of Taslima devotees who picked up copies of the book from the People’s ook Society stall, the controversy also seems to have raked up quite a bit of interest in the seventh part of Nasrin’s autobiography. While sales record of the launch date has been compiled, shop attendants said that the book has been the preferred choice of purchase for most customers who have been visiting the stall. And the number of footfall also seems to be on a rise.

Business school student Shubhajit Lahiri picked up a copy of Nirbasan, though he hasn’t read the preceding installments of Nasrin’s autobiography. “I haven’t ever read her books. However, when this incident happened, I became extremely curious about the content of the book and wanted to find out if the entire ruckus was worth it,” said Lahiri.