Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamists Vs Everyone else. Time for a ‘real...
“Jihad is our path. And death for the sake of Allah is our most lofty aspiration.” -Morsi “The Koran was and will continue to be our constitution.” -Morsi “I take an oath before Allah and before you...
View ArticleSecular Uprising in Bangladesh
Why I support Shahbag! Having keenly observed the Tahrir Square revolution and the eventual victory of Muslim Brotherhood and Islamists in Egypt, I no longer get easily impressed by crowd-sourced...
View ArticleIn the meantime..
June 15, 2013. I have received an award. The Royal Academy of Science, Arts and Literature of Belgium awarded me the Academy Award for my struggle for women’s rights and secularism. After receiving the...
View ArticleIslam celebrates insanity
We live in a world where we get punished for being liberal. Raef Badawi, the Saudi rights activist is now sentenced to 7 years in prison and 600 lashes for setting up a liberal network and for...
View ArticleA secular baul!
You know about baul, the troubadours of Bengal. Don’t you? You may know about Lalon too. Lalon was probably the most secular baul in the baul community. When Hindus and Muslims were hating each other...
View ArticleOnam, a secular festival was celebrated today.
Onam is a traditional harvest festival. It is also a secular festival, celebrated mainly in Kerala, India. Malayalees all over the world celebrated Onam today. They sing a secular song during Onam...
View ArticleDublin declaration on secularism empowering women 2013
I was one of the speakers for the Dublin conference on ‘Empowering Women Through Secularism’ this year. It was a great conference, and a great declaration was made. All we want is to make our world a...
View ArticleDealing a body blow to bigotry
The time has come to give a severe blow to religious sentiments. There is no other way about it. For, we can no longer afford to keep society at a standstill and curb its growth. Those who do so by...
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