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...drink brandy and slivovitz every night. After fighting started, he saw that we were lost, and he thought of himself as a | force with power over us. I said the war was not my fault. I had no sons fighting against the Serbs. But he screamed 'Be silent, Balija ((a pejorative term for Muslims))! I won't waste bullets shooting you. I'll burn you and blow up your house. I tell you straight to your eyes, I'll kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Rush to Judgment | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

According to panel member Sujatha Balija '93, female sexuality is repressed in South Asian society, and homosexuality is not tolerated...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Ethnicity, Sexuality Are Linked, Panelists Say | 12/10/1991 | See Source »

...When a girl is born, she is indoctrinated a lot with [the importance of] production, not only of children, but also of pleasure for men," Balija said. "When girls begin to show lesbian or bisexual tendencies, families either murder their children or marry them off very young...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Ethnicity, Sexuality Are Linked, Panelists Say | 12/10/1991 | See Source »

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