Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrinis a Bangladeshi author and former physician who has lived in exile since 1994. From a literary profile as a poet in the late 1980s, she rose to global attention by the end of the 20th century owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and severe criticism of Islam...
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 August 1962
CountryBangladesh
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I came from a country where religious fundamentalists, including governmental authorities, denied my freedom to have thoughts that are different from their own. As a punishment, they demanded my execution by hanging. I was forced to leave my own country. I had to pay heavily for the sole reason that I believe in human rights and freedom of expression.
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I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.
bangladesh refused renew travel
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
believe human religion women
I don't believe in God. The religion mongers segregate women from the human race, I too am divided, I too am defrauded of my human rights.
home thinking government
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.
men honor religion
Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.
struggle awards long
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.
book writing firsts
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
beautiful mosaics culture
There is no such thing as a 'superior' or 'inferior' culture, there are only various cultural patterns which make up this beautiful, multicolored mosaic.
book writing scared
I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
home west east
Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.
home want return
All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.
inspirational motivational atheist
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
atheist rights oppressed
Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.