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

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

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.

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.