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Lajja(Paperback)

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About the bookA savage indictment of religious extremism and man's inhumanity to man,Lajja was banned in Bangladesh but became a bestseller in the rest ofthe world. This brand-new translation marks the twentieth anniversary ofthis controversial novel.The Dattas-Sudhamoy and Kironmoyee, and their children, Suronjon andMaya-have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being members ofa small Hindu community that is terrorized at every opportunity by Muslimfundamentalists, they refuse to leave their country, unlike most of theirfriends and relatives. Sudhamoy believes with a naive mix of optimismand idealism that his motherland will not let him down. And then, on 6December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya is demolished by a mobof Hindu fundamentalists. The world condemns the incident, but itsimmediate fallout is felt most acutely in Bangladesh, where Muslim mobsbegin to seek out and attack the Hindus. The nightmare inevitably arrivesat the Dattas' doorstep, and their world begins to fall apart.About the authorTaslima Nasrin, an award-winning novelist, celebrated memoirist,physician, secular humanist and human rights activist, is known for herpowerful writing on women's oppression and unflinching criticism ofreligion, despite forced exile and multiple fatwas calling for her death. Herthirty-seven books have been translated into thirty different languages.Some of them are banned in Bangladesh. The courage of her convictionhas resulted in her being banned, blacklisted and banished from Bengal-both from Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. She has been preventedfrom returning to her country of birth for the last twenty years.Taslima Nasrin's works have won her the prestigious Ananda Puraskarin 1992 and 2000. She has been recognized with the Sakharov Prize forFreedom of Thought from the European Parliament, the Kurt TucholskyAward from the Swedish PEN, the Simone de Beauvoir Prize andnumerous other awards and doctorates.

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