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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.

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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

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

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

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

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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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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Type: Writer

Born: August 25th, 1962

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