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

There is no such thing as a 'superior' or 'inferior' culture, there are only various cultural patterns which make up this beautiful, multicolored mosaic.

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.

I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.

I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.