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| Author | Taslima Nasrin |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | Bangladesh |
Published in English | October 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 302 |
| ISBN | 1-57392-165-3 |
| OCLC | 37322498 |
| 891.4/437 21 | |
| LC Class | PK1730.3.A65 L3513 1997 |
Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages. The book was written about the violence, rape, looting and killings of Bengali Hindus that took place in December 1992 after the destruction of Babri Masjid took place in India. The book was first published in 1993 in Bengali and was subsequently banned in Bangladesh.[1][2] It nonetheless sold 50,000 copies in the six months after its publication,[3] though Taslima fled her native Bangladesh after receiving death threats from Islamic groups.[4]
Nasrin dedicated the book "to the people of the Indian subcontinent," beginning the text with the words, "let humanity be the other name of religion." The novel is preceded by a preface and a chronology of events.
- ^ Bangladesh Seeks Writer, Charging She Insults Islam, New York Times, 8 June 1994.
- ^ Book Review, New York Times, 28 August 1994.
- ^ ENCOUNTERS; Crossing Cultures: The Complex Life of a Man of All Things New York Times, 13 March 1994.
- ^ Censorship by Death New York Times, 6 July 1994.