"I was born in a Muslim family and Muslim women suffer under Islam."

"Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions."

"The Islam religion and their scriptures are out of place and out of time. It still follows the 7th century laws and i…"

"Every ban and censorship hurt. But banishment hurts the most. Banishment took away the ground from beneath my feet. W…"

"Many of my books are banned in Bangladesh. My book was banned in West Bengal too. Its government not only banned my b…"

"Politicians are all on the same platform when it comes down to me. I think it’s because they think that if they can s…"

"“The producer and director were developing my story to a mega series. They had shot around 100 episodes after which t…"

"I have told the story of a progressive, educated, Hindu family of this country in Lajja. The family falls victim to c…"

"Lajja is a humanist appeal so that unpleasant things don’t happen any more. So that people can manage to coexist in m…"

"They defend rapists. Mamata di says ‘sometimes boys become naughty.’ Mulayam ji says ‘sometimes boys make mistakes’."