Taslima Nasrin: The exiled Bangladeshi author who returns to Kolkata after 19 years

Taslima Nasrin faced protests in Bangladesh and received threats from Islamist groups for her outspoken writings on women’s rights and religious extremism

1 min readUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 01:18 PM IST Bangladeshi writer and activist Taslima Nasreen has landed in Kolkata, West Bengal. She has returned to the state after 19 years. Facing intense backlash over her works, Nasreen has been living in exile since 1994. She was boycotted in the state under the Left and Trinamool

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 "Dwikhand