Taslima Nasrin Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Circles, Looks, Magazines

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

  Taslima Nasrin

  Home, India, Want

  "Exiled writer says: 'I am dying every day in the west'" by Taslima Nasrin, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2009.

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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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  Inspirational, Motivational, Atheist

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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 received a liberal education in schools and colleges.

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  Mother, Brother, Father

  "Taslima Nasrin and the Struggle Against Religious Fundamentalism". Interview with ISIS, www.taslimanasrin.com.

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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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  Country, Islamic, Focus

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

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  Religious, Book, Bans

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• Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Government, Defense, Legitimacy

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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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  Writing, Europe, Needs

  "Condemned to life as an outsider", www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2007.

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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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  Country, Used, Bangladesh

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• I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.

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  College, Medical, Graduates

  "Taslima Nasrin and the Struggle Against Religious Fundamentalism". Interview with ISIS, taslimanasrin.com.

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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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  Home, Thinking, Government

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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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  Struggle, Awards, Long

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• I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Atheist, Believe, Rights

  "Taslima Nasrin: “A Writer On Trial”". Interview with Kerry O'Brien, atheistfoundation.org.au. July 1995.

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

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  Book, Writing, Firsts

  "Taslima Nasrin and the Struggle Against Religious Fundamentalism". Interview with ISIS, www.taslimanasrin.com.

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