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Taslima Nasrin Analysis

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The conventional perception of gender roles in a socio-cultural setup cast men as rational, strong, protective, and decisive beings thereby casting women as emotional (irrational), weak, nurturing, and submissive . Therefore, women are expected to fit themselves in this frame, where in every sense they are inferior to men and lose their personal identity. Thus, women remain as mere object or property to men. Taslima Nasrin, on account of her personal experience of childhood sexual abuse and the deteriorating status of women in Bangladesh, contributes considerably to the feminist thought. In most of her writings, Nasrin gives evidences of her feminist leanings as she delineates situations pertaining to subjugation and marginalization of women …show more content…

Despite all her experiences as a young medical practitioner, she was not necessarily an anti-men writer but merely intended to bring out the atrocities against innocent, incapable, financially and socially suppressed women. The start was very tough and full of obstacles as her writing revolved around the primitive culture of Islam and the social philosophy about women. Taslima concentrated on the primitiveness predominant in the religion and also on the impact, which trapped her in trouble throughout her lifetime. Lajja, Amar Meyebela, UtalHawa, Dwikhondito, Ko, Sei Sob Ondhokar are the few books that stirred the controversy and are banned by the Government of Bangladesh whereas, in India, they are partly censored and are banned in West Bengal. Islamic fundamentalists have always raised the ban for Taslima's work and have issued a fatwa, or a death sentence against her (Priskil). When religion dominates social interactions, we are bound to get a distorted society with plenty of biases. Hence, the condition of women in society also depends on whether or not the society is religion neutral. Taslima believes that Quran has been followed blindly and irrationally by a society which professes subjugation of women by men in the name of holy God. She opines, “My question to Shabana and her supporters, who argue that the Quran says nothing about purdah is: If the Quran advises women to use purdah, should they do so? My answer is, No. Irrespective of which book says it, which person advises, whoever commands, women should not have purdah. No veil, no chador, no hijab, no burqa, no headscarf. Women should not use any of

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