Subtly chilling: Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’
‘Subtly chilling’ are the words that can describe Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’. Translated and published across 40 languages, Lajja was originally written in Bangla, the native language of Bangladesh. The book was banned within the few days of its release. Thereafter, Nasrin, a citizen of Bangladesh, had to eventually shift base. Published in 1993, recently the …
