“It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up. Nobody …
Monthly Archive: April 2012
Apr 14 2012
Homeless Everywhere
( Dwikhandito ( A life divided or Split in Two), the 3rd part of my autobiography caused a furore in [East Bengal (now Bangladesh) and West Bengal, India]. I was accused of having written my sexual relationship outside of marriage. The book was later banned for hurting religious feelings of people in India. $4 million dollar …
Apr 13 2012
Mother’s Story
1 My mother’s eyes became yellowish, egg-yoke like. Her belly swelled out rapidly like an overly full water tank ready to burst at any moment. No longer able to stand up, or sit down, or even move her fingers, she just lay there. At the end of her days, she did not look like Mother …
Apr 13 2012
The House of Termites
…………..Ma had a wooden cupboard. One shelf was packed with books, the other shelves were crammed with clothes, tossed in any old how, not a single one neatly folded. Among the books were some called Maksudul Momenin, Neamul Quran, a book of poems by Amirullah, Tajkeratul Awlia, and even a book called Who Am I? …
Apr 12 2012
Let’s Eroticize Equality
“Pornography is the theory, and rape is the practice.” — Robin Morgan I am against pornography because it has many harmful effects: encouragement of sex trafficking, desensitization, pedophilia, dehumanization, sexual exploitation, sexual dysfunction, inability to maintain healthy sexual relationships. Pornography is exclusively for men’s pleasure. Women are used as sex objects. I …
Apr 11 2012
Do women really ‘choose’ to be prostitutes
‘We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.’—VICTOR HUGO, Les Misérables I hope we all Free-thought bloggers believe in freedom of expression. My opinion on prostitution is nothing new. Most feminists believe …
Apr 09 2012
Sex Slavery must be abolished.
Bill Gates foundation donated a huge lot of money to improve prostituted women’s health in India. Now, the son and daughter-in-law of Warren Buffet have come to India to help the organizations that are working for the abolition of sexual slavery. Finally! some sane people! The idea of making buffet family visit some of India’s …
Apr 08 2012
Let’s Burn The Burqa
(I feel so honored, so grateful to the Free thought Bloggers for giving me a warm hearted welcome. I truly feel at home. A million thanks to everyone for showing their support and solidarity) Because of this article, cities were burned and 2 people were killed in India. My mother used to …
Apr 07 2012
Similarities and differences
There are many who utter the names of Salman Rushdie & Taslima Nasreen truly in the same breath. However, if there are great differences between one individual and the other, this co-vocalization may naturally become a matter of discomfiture. When I am referred to as the ‘Female Rushdie’, these days I ask back, why aren’t …
Apr 07 2012
The Fight Is Not Between The East And The West
Let alone ‘Western feminism’, I had no idea about ‘Eastern feminism’. Without any familiarity with these concepts, I have since childhood questioned a lot of diktat, advice and proscriptions from the family and from society at large. When I, unlike my brothers, wasn’t allowed to play outside; when I was called ‘impure’ during my …
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