Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.

I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.