Lajja: Shame - Softcover

Nasrin, Taslima

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140240519 ISBN 13: 9780140240511

Publisher: Penguin, 1994

Synopsis

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 terrorised at every opportunity by Muslim fundamentalists, they refuse to leave their country, as most of their friends and relatives have done.

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Review:

A book that was much needed in this world, Where Fundamentalist Fanatics are slowly and steadily rising in strength, It exposes an important issue, that has been largely ignored . Taslima Nasrin deserves accolades for this great work of her. --By Vatan on 8 July 2014

simply love this book. One cannot stop till it comes to an end. All should go for it. Above all its not communal --By Manisha on 24 February 2014

Nice one --By Anindita Nandi 9 November 2014

Synopsis:

Lajja, the controversial novel by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, is a savage indictment of religious extremism and man's inhumanity to man. 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. Sudhamoy, an atheist, believes with a naive mix of optimism and idealism that his motherland will not let him down...And then, on 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in India is demolished by a mob of Hindu fundamentalists. The world condemns the incident, but its fallout is felt most acutely in Bangladesh, where Muslim mobs begin to seek out and attack the Hindus...The nightmare inevitably arrives at the Duttas' doorstep--and their world begins to fall apart...Unremittingly dark and menacing, the novel exposes the mindless bloodthirstiness of fundamentalism and brilliantly captures the insanity of violence in our time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140240519
• ISBN 13: 9780140240511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232