TASLIMA NASREEN

THIS NOVEL WRITTEN BY TASLIMA NASREEN, A CITIZEN OF BANGLADESH REVEALS THE STAUNCH RELIGION AND THE INHUMAN TREATMENT BY ONE MAN TO ANOTHER. DUTT FAMILY IS THE CITIZEN OF BANGLADESH. IT INCLUDES SUDHAMAY BABU, KIRANMAYEE, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN SURANJAN AND MAYA. IN BANGLADESH ALL THE HINDUS UNDERGO SEVERE TORTURE FROM THE MAJORITY, BUT THIS HINDU FAMILY STANDS FIRMLY AGAINST IT AND PREFERS NOT TO LEAVE THEIR MOTHERLAND. SUDHAMAY BABU IS AN ATHEIST, BUT A PERSONALITY FULL OF PATRIOTISM, HOPES AND IDEALS. HE RELIES ON THE FEELING THAT HIS MOTHERLAND WILL NEVER DITCH HIM. ON 6TH DECEMBER 1992, SOME RELIGIOUS PEOPLE BURNT BABARI MASJID IN INDIA. THE WORLD PROTESTED AGAINST IT. BUT, THE EFFECTS IN THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY BANGLADESH WERE DEVASTATING. THEY FOUND A REAL REASON FOR THE TORTURE OF HINDUS. DUTT FAMILY FALLS PREY TO THIS TORTURE. THEIR FAMILY IS SHATTERED; THEIR SMALL UNIVERSE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AFTER THIS. THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON THE HARSH TRUTH OF THE BLOODY MENTALITIES OF THE SO CALLED FUNDAMENTALISTS. IT REVEALS THE TRUE STORY OF TERRORISM IN THIS MODERN AGE. IT MAKES US INTROSPECT OURSELVES...तसलिमा नासरिन या बांग्लादेशी लेखिकेची ही कादंबरी धार्मिक कट्टरवाद व माणसानं माणसाला दिलेली अमानुष वागणूक या दोन्हींवर कोरडे ओढते. दत्त कुटुंबीय- सुधामयबाबू, किरणमयी आणि त्यांची दोन मुलं, सुरंजन आणि माया- हे बांग्लादेशचे रहिवासी आहेत. बांग्लादेशात हिंदू ह्या अल्पसंख्याक जमातीचा समाजातील बहुसंख्याकांकडून अनन्वित छळ केला जात असतो, पण हे हिंदू कुटुंब मात्र या छळाला तोंड देत आपल्या मातृभूमीवरच राहणं पसंत करतं. आपल्या इतर आप्तस्वकीयांप्रमाणे ते आपला देश सोडून जायला तयार नसतात. सुधामयबाबू हे एक नास्तिक.. देशप्रेमानं, आशावादानं, आदर्शवादानं भरलेलं व्यक्तिमत्त्व आहे. आपली मातृभूमी आपल्याकडे पाठ फिरवणार नाही, आपल्याशी प्रतारणा करणार नाही, या भोळ्याभाबड्या आशेवर ते विसंबून राहिले आहेत. आणि मग... ६ डिसेंबर, १९९२ रोजी भारतात काही धार्मिक मूलतत्त्ववाद्यांनी बाबरी मशिदीचा विनाश केला. साNया जगानं या घटनेचा निषेध केला. पण या कृत्याचे पडसाद शेजारी राष्ट्र असलेल्या बांग्लादेशात मात्र फार तीव्रतेनं उमटले. हिंदूंच्या छळासाठी आणखी एक निमित्त मिळालं... दत्त कुटुंबीयांवरही संकटाची कुहाड कोसळते. ते भरडले जाऊ लागतात. त्यांचं जीवन, त्यांचं छोटंसं विश्व उद्ध्वस्त होतं. अत्यंत प्रखर वास्तववादाव

THE NAME OF THE BOOK IS NASHTA MEYER, NASHTA GADYA. THE SOCIETY CONSIDERS ME TO BE NASHTA THAT IS THE ONE WHO IS NOW OUT OF HAND. BUT, I PREFER BEING CALLED THAT. BECAUSE IT IS A FACT THAT WHEN A WOMAN WANTS TO OVERCOME HER PAIN, POVERTY AND MISERY; WHEN SHE TRIES TO OPPOSE THE FILTHY RULES OF RELIGION, SOCIETY AND THE COUNTRY, WHEN SHE OPPOSES THE RIGHTS WHICH INSULT HER, WHEN SHE IS ALERT ABOUT HER RIGHTS, THEN THE SO CALLED GENTLEMEN OF THE SOCIETY CALL HER NASHTA . IF A WOMAN WANTS TO IMPROVE THEN THE FIRST CONDITION IS SHE HAS TO FORGET HERSELF, SHE HAS TO PERISH HERSELF. UNLESS AND UNTIL A WOMAN IS PERISHED FROM THE SOCIETY, SHE CANNOT BE RELIEVED FROM THE SOCIETY. ON THE CONTRARY THE WOMAN WHO IS PERISHED IN THE EYES OF THE SOCIETY IS IN TRUE SENSE THE HEALTHIEST AND INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING....या पुस्तकाचं नाव नष्ट मेयेर नष्ट गद्य . समाजाच्या दृष्टीनं मी नष्ट म्हणजे वाया गेलेली आहे. असं स्वत ला म्हणवून घेणं मला आवडतं. कारण जी स्त्री स्वत चं दु ख, दैन्य, दुर्दशा दूर करायला बघते, धर्म, समाज आणि राष्ट्र यांच्यातील गलिच्छनियमांना विरोध करायला खंबीरपणे उभी राहते, तिचा अपमान करणाया गोष्टींना विरोध करते, स्वतःच्या अधिकारांबद्दल जागरूक असते, तिला समाजातील सभ्य लोक नष्ट म्हणतात, हे सत्य आहे. स्त्रीला सुधारायचं असेल, तर पहिली अट तिनं नष्ट व्हायला पाहिजे. समाजाच्या दृष्टीनं नष्ट झाल्याशिवाय समाजाच्या कचाट्यातून स्त्रीची सुटका होणं शक्य नाही. लोक ज्या स्त्रीला नष्ट म्हणतात, तीच खरी निकोप आणि बुद्धिमान माणूस असते. तसलिमा नासरिन

KALYANI WAS BORN IN THIS UNDIVIDED NATION. INDIA SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING AWAY THE BRITISH, BUT AT THE COST OF ITS DIVISION. WHY DID THE HINDU GO OUT OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY WHILE SENDING AWAY THE MUSLIMS FOREVER FROM IT? THIS LAND NEVER BECAME THE MOTHERLAND OF THE MUSLIMS, IT ALWAYS REMAINED THE MOTHERLAND OF THE BENGALIS. THIS NATION WAS RAISED FROM THE BLOOD OF 30 MILLION PEOPLE. THE WAR AGAINST PAKISTAN IN THE YEAR 1971 TAUGHT A LESSON TO THAT COUNTRY WHO DIVIDED INDIA, WHO MADE BANGLADESH THE MOTHERLAND OF THE MUSLIMS, WHO WAS SO TREACHEROUS THAT MANY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR MOTHERLAND. THE WAR BROUGHT FORWARD THE TRUTH; THIS COUNTRY IS OF BENGALIS, NOT OF MUSLIMS. THE LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT HERE, NOT THE RELIGION. KALYANI FELT LIKE STOPPING THE RICKSHAW AT ONCE. SHE WANTED TO SHOW AWAY THE SOIL STICKING ALL OVER HER BODY. THE LOVE FOR IT WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW HER TO LOVE ANY OTHER LAND NOW. MAN LOVES ONLY ONE SOIL, IT IS SO OBVIOUS. KALYANI HAS COME TO HER MOTHERLAND. SHE WANTS TO FEEL THE SOIL, SMELL IT SHE WAS BORN FROM THAT SOIL, SHE WAS NOT BORN FROM ANY WOMB.....