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Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages. The book was first published in 1993 in Bengali and was Read More..

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Description	Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages. The book was first published in 1993 in Bengali and was subsequently banned in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Seeks Writer, Charging She Insults Islam, New York Times, June 8, 1994. Book Review, New York Times, August 28, 1994. It nonetheless sold 50,000 copies in the six months after its publication, ENCOUNTERS; Crossing Cultures: The Complex Life of a Man of All Things New York Times, March 13, 1994. though Taslima fled her native Bangladesh after receiving death threats from Islamic groups. Censorship by Death New York Times, July 6, 1994.Nasrin dedicated the book "to the people of the Indian subcontinent," beginning the text with the words, "let another name for religion be humanism." The novel is preceded by a preface and a chronology of events.
Description	Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages. The book was first published in 1993 in Bengali and was subsequently banned in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Seeks Writer, Charging She Insults Islam, New York Times, June 8, 1994. Book Review, New York Times, August 28, 1994. It nonetheless sold 50,000 copies in the six months after its publication, ENCOUNTERS; Crossing Cultures: The Complex Life of a Man of All Things New York Times, March 13, 1994. though Taslima fled her native Bangladesh after receiving death threats from Islamic groups. Censorship by Death New York Times, July 6, 1994.Nasrin dedicated the book "to the people of the Indian subcontinent," beginning the text with the words, "let another name for religion be humanism." The novel is preceded by a preface and a chronology of events.

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Name	Lajja
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Authors	Taslima Nasrin
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Genre	Novel
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Language	Bengali
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Country	Bangladesh
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