Exiled Bangladeshi Writer Taslima Nasreen Returns to Kolkata After 19 Years

Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata after 19 years

Exiled writer Taslima Nasreen returned to Kolkata after nearly two decades. She described her visit as an emotional homecoming to her own country. Nasreen is scheduled to attend a public program in the city on August 1. This marks her first public appearance in Kolkata since 2007. Protests over her memoir "Dwikhandito" had forced her departure then.

By ABHISHEK MISHRA

Taslima Nasreen touches down in Kolkata after 18 years, says happy to return

Taslima Nasreen’s return marks her first visit to Kolkata since November 2007, when she was compelled to leave the city following violent protests over her writings

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Nasreen -- - who made her home in Kolkata after leaving Dhaka -- had to leave the City of Joy in 2007 following massive protests over her controversial book 'Dwikhandito'. She had been living in Delhi since.