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औरत का कोई देश नहीं
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About The Book
This book is a collection of Taslima Nasreen's essays which revolt against the status of woman in this man-made world. Taslima says that there is no place which belong to women and hence they to fight for every inch of ground to get their rightful place.
Her fans laud her acuity of observation, sharpness of presentation and boldness of articulation. They are running fan clubs and blogs in her name even when she is unaware of those. Her critics dislike anything that is Taslima. Some have even called her a misandrist. She denies, but asks, 'Who is Guilty? Men or Patriarchy? You cannot say that men are good but patriarchy is bad.
'Behind the powdered faces of the elite society lies the stark reality where law is violated with impunity and where a woman is not regarded as a human being... she is a thing to be exploited, molested and raped', she argues in one of her essays.
She lambasts those who call themselves secular and pander to the fundamentalist. She exhorts them to rise above narrow interest and to think of the larger goal of the progress of society. In this context, she strongly argues for a uniform civil code in India.
Taslima talks openly about her love life. She has lessons for those who think love to be macho act. She defends homosexuals and challenges the way the patriarchal society looks at this aspect of non-sanctioned form of love.
On how fundamentalism from religion impacts women, she has this to "To" bring in religion within the fold of the state, society, the law and the family is to welcome violence against women, discrimination between man and woman, child marriage for girls, polygamy for men, the law of stoning women to death for supposedly committing adultery, beating women to death for not wearing the burqa, or being disobedient to the husband, the horror of triple talaq, and imprisonment, un
316
About The Book
This book is a collection of Taslima Nasreen's essays which revolt against the status of woman in this man-made world. Taslima says that there is no place which belong to women and hence they to fight for every inch of ground to get their rightful place.
Her fans laud her acuity of observation, sharpness of presentation and boldness of articulation. They are running fan clubs and blogs in her name even when she is unaware of those. Her critics dislike anything that is Taslima. Some have even called her a misandrist. She denies, but asks, 'Who is Guilty? Men or Patriarchy? You cannot say that men are good but patriarchy is bad.
'Behind the powdered faces of the elite society lies the stark reality where law is violated with impunity and where a woman is not regarded as a human being... she is a thing to be exploited, molested and raped', she argues in one of her essays.
She lambasts those who call themselves secular and pander to the fundamentalist. She exhorts them to rise above narrow interest and to think of the larger goal of the progress of society. In this context, she strongly argues for a uniform civil code in India.
Taslima talks openly about her love life. She has lessons for those who think love to be macho act. She defends homosexuals and challenges the way the patriarchal society looks at this aspect of non-sanctioned form of love.
On how fundamentalism from religion impacts women, she has this to "To" bring in religion within the fold of the state, society, the law and the family is to welcome violence against women, discrimination between man and woman, child marriage for girls, polygamy for men, the law of stoning women to death for supposedly committing adultery, beating women to death for not wearing the burqa, or being disobedient to the husband, the horror of triple talaq, and imprisonment, un
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236 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2007
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April 16, 2014
Exiled physician and author Taslima Nasrin rages about social injustice women suffer in Bangladesh and India in these heart-felt essays. Her own experiences as a woman along with volatile news reports feed her argument that women's rights have a long way to go in this region before equality will come. She exposes customs the reader may find shocking and disturbing, revisiting the abuse of women, female infants, and girls at home in many of her articles. This short book is essential reading to understand feminism and woman's rights issues in India.
July 5, 2015
I just have two sentences... Poor translation. Repetition of thought.
March 7, 2020
A very important book, but repetitive ideas. Also, some ideas are too radical and overgeneralised.
August 19, 2025
it’s an important message but it’s basically a lot of repetitive ranting. could have really done with some edits
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