Quotes by Taslima Nasrin

About Taslima Nasrin:

Taslima Nasrin is 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 fame by the end of the 20th century owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and criticism of religion.
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It is said that peace is the basic tenet of all religion. Yet it is in the name of religion that there has been so much disturbance, bloodshed and persecution. It is indeed a pity that even at the close of the twentieth century we've had to witness s...

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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.

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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

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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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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

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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 had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

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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.

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All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

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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 recei...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

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Author Bio

  • NameTaslima Nasrin
  • DescriptionPoet, columnist, novelist
  • BornAugust 25, 1962
  • CountryBangladesh
  • ProfessionPoet; Physician; Novelist; Essayist; Writer
  • AwardsSakharov Prize; ; Monismanien Prize; ; UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize; Simone De Beauvoir Prize