THE POST-COLONIAL WOMAN IN TASLIMA NASRIN'S 'LAJJA' (SHAME)

Taslima Nasrin a contemporary woman novelist, born and brought up in<br>Bangladesh, vocationally trained to be a doctor, presents the agony of the post colonial<br>citizens of BanglaDesh. Their quest for self-identity is the pivotal point in her novel<br>'Lajja' - Shame. The post colonial woman belonging to the minorities in Bangladesh is<br>epitomized in Kironmoyee. She is often seen which a still posture "eyes filled with<br>plaintive entreaty. "Let us live, let us go away." But her own desire has to be sacrificed<br>because of her loyalty to her husband. When she was rooted out of the ancestral home<br>along with the other members of her family. She found it hard to adjust to her new<br>surroundings and would often wake up crying at night as "She remembered the beloved<br>home she had left behind. She would wonder if the little scaffold she had made for the<br>bean plant was still there. She would remember how the guavas in their garden were<br>really the best in town, and she hoped that the green coconut trees were still being taken<br>care of" (p. 20)