In Traditional Societies, We Have A Long

I Believe In Absolute Freedom Of Expression. Everyone Has A Right To Offend And Be Offended.

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.

The Fundamentalists Are Increasing. People, Afraid To Oppose Those Fundamentalists, Shut Their Mouths. It Is Really Very Difficult To Make People Move Against A Sensitive Issue Like Religion, Which Is The Source Of Fundamentalism.

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.

Religion, Society And State - From None Of These Do Women Get Their Proper Honor. It Is Religion, Which Has Created An Unparalleled Disparity Between Men And Women.