Taslima Nasreen Returns to Kolkata After 19 Years, Calls It an Emotional Homecoming
The exiled Bangladeshi author’s first public appearance in nearly 19 years will center on anti-fundamentalism and freedom of expression, organisers said.
- On Friday, exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport in Kolkata, marking her first return to the city in 19 years after being forced to leave.
- Protests over her memoir Dwikhandito, banned by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-led Left Front government in 2003, forced her departure in 2007 amid communal tensions and Army deployment in Kolkata.
- Nasreen will recite poetry on Saturday at a Rabindra Sadan literary programme, describing the visit as an emotional return to her 'home' while greeting supporters with 'folded hands.'
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay will attend, with the BJP projecting the homecoming as a correction of past free speech failures.
- Occurring months after the BJP formed the government in West Bengal, the visit reflects renewed debates concerning secularism, religious sensitivities, and the state's approach to free expression.
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Exiled Bangladeshi author and activist Taslima Nasreen arrived in Kolkata on Friday after nearly 19 years, marking her first visit to the city since she was forced to leave in 2007 following violent protests over her writings.
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