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Nasreen Returns to Kolkata After 19 Years of Exile
Taslima Nasreen is a writer from Bangladesh who had to leave Kolkata in 2007 because people were upset about her book.
She lived abroad for almost 20 years.
Now she is back in Kolkata for a special event on August 1.
She feels happy but also sad because she missed the city.
She wants to remind everyone that people should be able to speak freely and that governments should protect writers even if they disagree with them.
Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata after 19 years in exile.
Her book 'Dwikhandito' was banned in West Bengal in 2003 for hurting Muslim sentiments.
The visit is seen as a symbolic affirmation of freedom of expression.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is expected to attend the August 1 programme.
Nasreen thanked India for refuge and urged questioning of established ideas.
- Who
- Taslima Nasreen, a Bangladeshi writer
- What
- Returned to Kolkata for a public appearance after 19 years in exile
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- When
- July 30, 2024
- Why
- To reaffirm freedom of expression and mark her personal homecoming after being forced to leave due to protests over her book
Key facts
- Event
- Return to Kolkata
- Date
- July 30, 2024
- Author
- Taslima Nasreen
- Book
- Dwikhandito
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Government
- West Bengal
Quotes
Taslima Nasreen
Bangladeshi author and activist
“I feel as though I am returning to my own country. Bengal has never been divided in my heart by a border or a barbed-wire fence. The door to the eastern part of Bengal remains closed to me, so for now, this part of Bengal is my home.”
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“A writer’s freedom and safety should not depend on the generosity of a government, the ideology of a political party or the permission of a religious group. They must be protected as fundamental rights.”
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Sources
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