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English title states the text is a ‘novel’ but the original Bangla title was simply Lajja. Shame is narrated in sequential days, and tells the story of a Hindu family in Bangladesh, and how they are affected by religious and social conflict. Taslima Nasrin wrote the text in only a few days, in response to anti-Hindu riots that followed the destruction of a (Muslim) mosque. However, in spite of how quickly it may have been written, there are structural, stylistic, and ?sthetic flaws which detract from the impact of the work. Lists: one of the most depreciating aspects of Nasrin’s text is her extensive use of lists. She goes on at great length to comprehensively itemize the violence and destruction suffered throughout the conflict. These lists are distracting from the narrative story, and the interruptions lend themselves to an unfortunate sense of apathy in the reader. Even more unfortunate is that this apathy is reinforced by several other structural aspects of the text. In addition to her seemingly endless lists, Nasrin also tends to repeat her main themes ad infinitum. This repetition dehumanizes her story and the situation, and tends to impair our empathy. Her idea of communalism/ fundamentalism vs non-communalism/ secularism is restated continually. Static and repetitive behaviors in characters further alienates the reader, particularly the aggravating stagnancy of Suranjan. Nasrin also quotes from particular laws, such as the Enemy Property Act. LAJJA: SYNOPSIS The novel tracks the (mostly atheist) Hindu Dutta family throughout thirteen days of the destruction of Babri Masjid’s repercussions in Bangladesh. The action of the novel in the first few days is limited to the son, Suranjan, wandering the city and conversing with various Muslims and Hindus, which allows Nasrin to put forth various points of view typically associated with both sides of the conflict and detail the destruction wrought on the Hindu community. In Day Six, Maya, the daughter, is a