- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fundamentalists
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in 1962. My father is a qualified physician; my mother is a housewife. I have two elder brothers and one younger sister. All of them received a liberal education in schools and colleges.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
- Nov 07, 2020
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
- Argued
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.
- Changed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020