Feels Like I'm Back To My Country: Taslima Nasreen To NDTV On Kolkata Return
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has returned to Kolkata for a civic reception after nearly two decades of absence. Her visit has sparked renewed debate regarding political stances on free speech and religious sensitivity in West Bengal.
Why it matters
Nasreen's return is a significant cultural event that highlights the ongoing tensions between artistic freedom and political interests in the region.
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen - who has reached Kolkata nearly two decades after she was forced to leave the city - said her feeling was one of homecoming. "I used to call it my second home. So it feels like I have come back to my own country," she told NDTV in an exclusive interview. 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'.
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