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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...
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~~~~Lajja - Shame is a colour, not religion~~~~
By: Paulsb02  | 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...
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Bravo Taslima
By: angelajoha  | 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...
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Mockery of Secularism ?
By: johny_bravvo  | 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...
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Let another name for Religion be Humanism.....
By: Soldier_of_Fortune | 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...
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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...
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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...
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**A System of Doom**
By: nenners | 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?...
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This book is a shame
By: vamsee | 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...
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Religion@spiritual haven or narcissist debauchery
By: matwalaboy | 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...
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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...
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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...
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Lajja- A Tale of Human Hatred
By: sanyal | 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...
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Of(f) Humans & Gods.....
By: samsat | 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...
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