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Lajja - Taslima Nasreen

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The Duttas - Sudhamoy, Kironmoyee, and their two children, Suranjan and Maya - have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being part of the country's small Hindu community, that is terrorized at every opportunity by Muslim fundamentalists, they refuse to leave their country, as most of their friends and relatives have done. And then, on 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in India is demolished by...


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Sad but true account of life in Bangladesh
By: Hearme69 | Sep 15, 2009 09:00 PM

Lajja is a very true account of life as it is for Hindus in Bangladesh.The author has peppered her account with countless factual pieces of evidence. This no flight of fancy - its sadly the reality... Read complete review |  Read 140 times |  Comments (0)  
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~~~~Lajja - Shame is a colour, not religion~~~~
By: Paulsb02 Star Writer | Jul 01, 2009 01:33 PM

          After reading Taslima Nasrin’s Girlhood I thought the book Lajja must be a continuation to it, explaining the struggles of a younger girl.  This must have bought her the ‘fatwa’.   The preface immediately... Read complete review |  Read 499 times |  Comments (11)  
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Bravo Taslima
By: angelajoha Member's photo available | Dec 22, 2008 12:55 AM

Lajja is a book byTaslima Nasrin recording events in Bangladesh after the babri masjiddemolition in India. For expressing her views, there was a fatwa takenout against her in Bangladesh. Unfortunately... Read complete review |  Read 568 times |  Comments (2)  
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Mockery of Secularism ?
By: johny_bravvo Member's photo available | Mar 22, 2008 11:33 AM

" Where the mind is without Fear ...  And the head is held high   where knowledge is free  ....into that heaven of freedommy Father .. let my country awake "This... Read complete review |  Read 600 times |  Comments (34)  

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Let another name for Religion be Humanism.....
By: Soldier_of_Fortune Member's photo available | May 28, 2007 01:26 PM

"Let another name for Religion be Humanism"are the wordsI found in the noveljust before the contents of the book and the book, according to me is dedicated to this thought only. What made me read this... Read complete review |  Read 1603 times |  Comments (5)  
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Lajja by Taslima Nasreen
By: intellectsurya | Oct 22, 2006 11:38 PM

I was born to sing these sorrowsto expose the destructive beasts...I stir up the grief of my people,I water their subterranean hopes,for to what purpose my songs,the natural... Read complete review |  Read 4832 times |  Comments (6)  
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awesome novel
By: architdhir | Jan 08, 2006 11:05 PM

LAJJA is a novel which is written by a banladeshi female author Ms.Tasleema Nasreen which basically talks about the religious extremism and fanaticism and man’s inhumanity to man. The novel exposes the... Read complete review |  Read 2023 times |  Comments (1)  
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**A System of Doom**
By: nenners Member's photo available | Nov 03, 2005 07:45 PM

Religion… Sounds like just a common word like the other millions in the English dictionary but have you ever considered what its realities and effects are in people’s lives?... Read complete review |  Read 1731 times |  Comments (28)  
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This book is a shame
By: vamsee Member's photo available | Oct 04, 2005 05:47 PM

Lajja,by Tasleema Nasreenqualifies as one of the worst written books I ever read. You always have to think twice when you finish a book in 7 days. Had the fatwa against Taslima Nasreen not... Read complete review |  Read 1721 times |  Comments (5)  
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Religion@spiritual haven or narcissist debauchery
By: matwalaboy Member's photo available | Sep 21, 2005 10:10 AM

Ah now this one, it has created so much controversy and got the writer nearly killed and had the clerics up in arms against one an all. Wow now that’s some heady combination for a young writer attempting... Read complete review |  Read 1340 times |  Comments (48)  
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A well written saga of men and religion
By: edacious_reader | Apr 22, 2005 10:13 AM

’’We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another’’, said Jonathan Swift, the famous author, and after reading this book called Lajja, I cannot agree with him any... Read complete review |  Read 9792 times |  Comments (9)  
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Religion!Religion!Religion!
By: guptaroopa | Aug 17, 2004 02:36 PM

Taslima Nasreen?s portrayal of Hindus in Bangladesh only evokes one sentiment; Does a person need religion for his identification? Is there no space where class creed and culture are not the norm for... Read complete review |  Read 2208 times |  Comments (3)  
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Lajja- A Tale of Human Hatred
By: sanyal Member's photo available | Sep 11, 2003 12:42 PM

’’Lajja’’ by Taslima Nasreen is an exposition of true and real life hatred that runs in the veins and arteries of religious fanatics and fundamentalists of our subcontinent. Though... Read complete review |  Read 4317 times |  Comments (4)  
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Of(f) Humans & Gods.....
By: samsat Member's photo available | Sep 05, 2003 05:12 PM

They say God, created earth and then created some living creatures. They also say that amongst all the living beings he created, Human Beings are his most loved ones. But then human beings started searching... Read complete review |  Read 6784 times |  Comments (16)  

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Lajja-shame
By: nehs16 | Mar 13, 2003 11:32 PM

Lajja, the controversial novel by a Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, is an example of religious extremism and man’s inhumanity to man. It is the patriotic story of a Bengali family ’duttas’. Sudhamoy... Read complete review |  Read 3331 times |  Comments (0)  
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