Bangladeshi - Writer | August 25, 1962 -
Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
Taslima Nasrin
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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.
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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.
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I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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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.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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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.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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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.
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