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One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure.

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Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

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Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

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

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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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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.

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

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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

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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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I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.

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The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.

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

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All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

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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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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

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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 have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.

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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

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