“Lajja is a humanist appeal so that unpleasant things don’t happen any more. So that people can manage to coexist in mutual respect and to help religion truly embrace humanity.”

— Taslima Nasrin

Nāsarina, T., & Chakraborty, M. (2018). Split: A life.

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