Lajja - Synopsis

Lajja (Bangla:লজ্জা) is the name of a famous novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. Lajja is a Bengali word which means shame. The word Lajja, connoting the same meaning, is also used in Sanskrit, Hindi, and several other languages of north India. This book named Lajja, originally written in Bangla (Bengali), was first published in the year 1993, and has since been banned in Bangladesh. Lajja - Background. Lajja is a response of Tasli ...

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Lajja is a response of Taslima Narin to anti-Hindu riots which erupted in parts of Bangladesh, soon after the demolition of Babri Masjid in India on 6th December 1992. The book subtly indicates that communalism was on the rise, the Hindu minority of Bangladesh was not fairly treated, and secularism was under shadow. The novel Lajja has been translated into several languages including French, Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finish, Icelandic, Persian, Arabic, Hindi, U ...

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