WRITERS' WORLD: TAHMIMA ANAM

WRITERS' WORLD: TAHMIMA ANAM

WRITERS' WORLD: INTERVIEW/TAHMIMA ANAM

A golden age

By Tahmima Anam

Published by Hachette

Price Rs 295

Pages 275

By Aparna Nair

In a newspaper article, you said certain developments in the country are threatening its existence as a moderate 'Muslim' country. And towards the end of it you talk of equal rights. Do the intelligentsia in Bangladesh, too, feel the need to retain its religious identity while making it more secular?

Most people in Bangladesh are devout, and we should celebrate our identity, whether religious or cultural. However, I personally feel that religion and politics should be divided to ensure that we live in a tolerant, egalitarian, and democratic society.

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