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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Mockery of Secularism ?
By: johny_bravvo Star Writer | Mar 22, 2008 11:34 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 315 times |  Comments (33)  
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Let another name for Religion be Humanism.....
By: vikky_gural Member's photo available | May 28, 2007 01:27 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 1385 times |  Comments (1)  
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Lajja by Taslima Nasreen
By: intellectsurya | Oct 22, 2006 11:39 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 3809 times |  Comments (5)  
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awesome novel
By: architdhir | Jan 08, 2006 11:06 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 1779 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 1560 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 1463 times |  Comments (4)  
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Religion@spiritual haven or narcissist debauchery
By: matwalaboy Member's photo available | Sep 21, 2005 10:11 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 1150 times |  Comments (48)  
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A well written saga of men and religion
By: edacious_reader | Apr 22, 2005 10:14 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 6815 times |  Comments (7)  
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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 2038 times |  Comments (3)