LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Taslima Nasrin’s Lajja: A Critique

Varun Gulati, M.A., M. Phil. Ph.D. (Thesis Submitted)

Men admire the tea a woman makes for them, not their poems or literary works […] No man is good enough for me in this city. -- Taslima Nasrin

Taslima’s Life Story

A young, prolific but often labeled as a controversial writer of forty-nine, Taslima Nasrin a writer of Bangladesh, known around the world. Nasrin is readily known as a doctor by profession and an author and activist-writer. She portrays the persecution of rural women, their harassment and discrimination in Bangladesh. This trait is vividly seen in her novel Lajja.

Moving from Bangladesh to West and other countries, she presently stays in New Delhi (India). Published in 1993 and banned in the same year, the novel Lajja (Shame) is based on the repercussions of the demolition of Babri Masjid (Ayodhya) in 1992. Surprisingly, Nasrin finished the script of this novel in a week. The novel alienated her from a variety of sections of people. The novel depicts the plight of minority Hindu characters in Bangladesh.

The Dilemma of a Minority – To Flee Or Not To Flee

The ethnic dilemma of Hindu community is centred on the four members of the family: father Sudhamoy, mother Kironmoyee, son Suranjan and daughter Maya. A slow and seething sensation grips the reader from the very outset. Suranjan’s rebellious mood that he should not flee his home simply because his name was Suranjan Dutta marks the subterranean tension that lies beneath the hearts of the entire Hindu family at a time when communal passions were running high in Bangladesh. The writer brings out the tension vividly in the followings words:

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Varun Gulati, M.A (English Education), M. Phil., Ph.D. (Thesis Submitted)
Assistant Professor of English
Maharishi Markandeshwar University
Sadopur
Ambala
India
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