All I Ever Want Is To Return

Those Religions That Are Oppressive To Women Are Also Against Democracy, Human Rights, And Freedom Of Expression.

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.

I Believe That If The Silent Majority Were To Protest Against Those Who Believe In Irrational Blind Faith - Who Want To Go Backwards Instead Of Forward, Who Are For Tradition Not Innovation, Who Oppose Individualism And Plurality Of Thought - Then The World Would Become A Truly Civilized World In Which To Live.

Women Are Oppressed In The East, In The West, In The South, In The North. Women Are Oppressed Inside, Outside Home, A Woman Is Oppressed In Religion, She Is Oppressed Outside Religion.

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.