Nasreen's writings express her thoughts on religion, feminism, and sexuality clearly—issues that are not often expressed in the open in the traditional Muslim society of Bangladesh. The prevalent scene of fundamentalism and extremism seen in Lajja is not restricted to Bangladesh alone; it has spread like an epidemic in the minds and hearts of humanism along with its followers. The only way to stand against it is not to dislodge by the challenges these malady is putting in front of humanism. According to the author Taslima Nasreen “Lajja is a document of her countrymen’s collective defeat.” A very heart touching sentence that is a favourite and attracts the attention of the reader.
Kironmoyee sighed and said, ‘this is a rented house where will you get fresh juice? The house in which I had planned all kinds of saplings was sold for a pittance.
It is here that Taslima’s rhetoric skills prove at their best ; a depiction of the foreshadowing of Dutta’s leaving their country of birth and eloping to an actually foreign land .The census showed that Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan at the cost of three million lives. These martyrs’ are not only Muslims but also Hindus revolting against the dictatorial regime of Pakistan. However, demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya changed the scenario of secular Bangladesh, modified to Islam as the state religion. One must also not miss Khushwant Singh’s ‘ Train to Pakistan’ ; genocide of Muslims caused by the Hindus shows a direct opposite from Taslima Nasreen. Yet, these two suggest that the germs of fundamentalism propagated by few had a long lasting and still spotted impinge on countries. No religious phenomenon for the past two centuries has attracted more attention than fundamentalsim. None has generated more scholarly work, and none by far, as received as much media coverage. The Ayatollahs of Iran, the televangelists of the Christian right, Shi’ite terrorists , Radical Sikhs , militant anti-abortionist - fundamentalism’s evocative images are familiar to us all. Fundamentalism in the 21st century has acquired a double perception. The studies of fundamentalism is a biased concept as a slight change in the terminology. Fundamentalism is contrasted negatively to liberal and to the values of the liberal establishment and it is both the religious right and the religious left can be militant only the right is labeled fundamentalist . Fundamentalism is very difficult to explain as it is a process in which the other is labelled on the basis of religion. It expands on the idea of how strongly one boast their religion and in this process they may use any illegal means of promoting their specific religion. Taslima Nasreen talks specifically about the fundamentalism in Bangladesh where Amnesty International reported in December 2001 showed that Hindus — who now make up less than 10% of Bangladesh’s population of one thirty million — in particular have come under attack. Hindu places of worship have been ransacked, villages destroyed and scores of Hindu women are reported to have been raped. It may seem on the surface to avenge for the history of bloodshed, however it works on other principle. Unfortunately in India, if one is to be secular one must be a little pro- Muslim or pro-Islam. One must not talk anything against Muslim fundamentalists even if they issue fatwas against women or writers and set a price on their head. A ‘secular Indian’ is not allowed to talk against a Muslim, because Muslims are a minority in the country and because a minority could be subjugated by the majority community (to be more specific Hindus), so all Muslims should be protected whatever their offense is. If Muslim fundamentalists demand Muslim laws that are definitely anti-women, secular Indians appear to appreciate it in the name of multiculturalism or in the name of fending Muslims. Such duplicity is mind-boggling. To analyze this concept through the perspective, that the author Taslima Nasreen has compelled to look through are many . To understand them one has to put some efforts to understand Fundamentalism in border view in the course of certain points i.e. Diaspora of fundamentalism: the way the religion changes its mode when it forms the minority in some other country, Democratic fundamentalism: the way countries mould the democracy by the laws of their religious sect and makes a state religion under the disguise of democracy. Birth of fundamentalism: these democratic fundamentalist breed among them the seeds of fundamentalism corrupting the young blood with the deliberation of religious extremism. Subaltern mindset: the in growing of fundamentalism leads to develop the mindset of subalterness (1) in the minority who are left on the mercy of the majority for their survival.
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