Lajja (Shame) is a Bengali novel by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, first published in 1993. The novel portrays the suffering of the Dutta family, a Hindu minority family in Bangladesh, following the destruction of the Babri Masjid in India in 1992. It explores communalism, religious intolerance, minority rights, and the struggle for human dignity. The book became highly controversial and was banned in Bangladesh.
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While the topic is certainly interesting and somewhat controversial, I feel it is a bit too conventional.
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