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.

Taslima Nasrin’s Lajja is a deeply provocative and bold novel that explores themes of religious intolerance, communal violence, and the human cost of societal divisions.

Oct 15, 1993 · Lajja (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The book was first published in 1993 in Bengali and was subsequently banned in Bangladesh.

She started publishing prose in the late 1980s, and produced three collections of essays and four novels before the publication of her documentary novel Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা, romanized: Lôjja, lit. 'Shame') in which a Hindu family was being attacked by Muslim fanatics and decided to leave the country.

This very inhuman act has been presented by Taslima Nasrin, a Banglsdeshi Doctor-cum-Writer in her controversial novel ‘Lajja’ (1993) in which, she seems to utilizes fiction's mass emotional appeal, rather than its potential for nuance and universality.

Aug 10, 2021 · Lajja : Shame by Taslima Nasrin is one of her most controversial works. Banned in Bangladesh, the author’s home country, this book provides an account of the persecution of Hindus at the hands of fascist Muslim groups.

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.

Apr 16, 2020 · Taslima Nasrin is a Swedish-Bangladeshi author & a human rights activist. Her book Lajja was banned in Bangladesh and remains a critical text, decades later Taslima Nasrin’s Lajja reveals how the state failed in protecting its citizens under the garb of religion.