Chhoto Chhoto Duhkho Katha by Taslima Nasrin [Hardcover]

"Who holds the measuring instrument? Who will determine the limits or excesses of a woman? Is that the job of men? Are men the controllers of society? A male-dominated society insults women at every step. Most men view women as objects of enjoyment. Religion has made women the slaves of men. As women continue to bear the burden of humiliation, they eventually discover that a mountain of sorrow and pain has accumulated within them. Pushing this mountain with both hands, women have become exhausted and disillusioned. But this cannot be the end of anyone's story. The author believes and dreams that women should become like fire. They should strike back at this male-dominated society. Women should fight extremism with extremism. The days of being a submissive, 'good girl' are over. Let the path to freedom and reason be paved with the stones of women's unbearable suffering and pain. Like her other books, Taslima Nasrin wishes in this book as well that 'women are human—let this be a woman's first and last identity.'

This book was first published in Bangladesh in 1994. The columns were written between 1992-93. After the start of her exiled life, some more of the author's columns were published in newspapers in Bangladesh and West Bengal. This book combines the writings from the book 'Chhoto Chhoto Dukho Kotha' with some writings published later."