Lajja by
Taslima Nasrin is a moving story that deals with the bitter reality when the
people of any country have to face perils of riots or communal hatred. The
story unfolds a Hindu family’s position and privation among a riot-torn city in
Bangladesh. The writer has dutifully covered the traumatizing incidents and the
hatred that unexpectedly comes out of communal harmony and force people to
leave their own country.
In the
aftermath of Babri Masjid collision, riots break out in Bangladesh, in protest
of that act the Muslim population of that country beats and forces Non-Muslim
population to leave the country. The story is based on true incidences and has
an added fictional touch to make it more effective and real. A Hindu
family, before the riots, is a well-settled family among the Muslim society.
However, when the riots break out they too face the heat but refuse to leave
the country as they had also contributed in the independence of Bangladesh. So,
in this notion, they consider Bangladesh their own country, which is legal also
to very high degree. But the burning sensation and hatred in other population
to throw them out was greater than the patriotic feeling. And surprisingly, the
incident had taken place in India, in the neighboring country, but the effects
were beyond the borders. The family with its persistence applying all the time
remains adamant on its decision but one day a dearest daughter from their
family got kidnapped and succumbed to the status of never to be found, and that
breaks their rigid layer and the head of the family decides to migrate to India
to avoid further toll on the future generation of his family.
Indeed, the
book is set on humanitarian compassion; dirty politics and communal riots can
be so devastating can be very much felt through the tone of this book.
This book was
written against the spirit of Muslims of Bangladesh. So as consequences, the
writer Taslima Nasrin endured many assaults on herself; and was made to leave
her own country. That was the price she
paid for penning down such a gripping and reality telling novel.
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