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In Taslima Nasrin’s return to West Bengal, two stories of religious majoritarianism

August 02, 2026 12:37 pm

Nasrin’s visit to Calcutta and the celebrations around it present an old and known paradox. A writer who has been a victim of religious majoritarianism in her homeland finds a safe haven in a country also witnessing majoritarian rule

'Kolkata homecoming is return to my life's lost chapter,' says Taslima Nasrin; Suvendu pledges security

August 02, 2026 12:49 am

“I am not here for any political party. This day is proof that fear cannot prevail forever,” exiled Bangladeshi writer tells a Kolkata event; audience protests as she invites poet Joy Goswami on stage

Welcome back, Taslima Nasrin

July 15, 2026 11:44 pm

The invitation to the Bangladeshi writer to return to Kolkata is a reminder that a democracy shows confidence in itself not by insulating citizens from ideas but by trusting them

Conflict in Bangladesh is between those wanting to move forward and those wanting to move backward, says Taslima Nasrin

December 24, 2025 10:50 pm

The country has long been burning in the fire of discontent, but this is not because of the conflict between the Awami League and the BNP, not because of the conflict between Hasina and Yunus.

Taslima Nasreen claims Delhi hospital forced her to get hip surgery, Apollo denies

February 02, 2023 2:47 pm

In a series of tweets, Taslima on January 31 claimed that the doctors lied to her about X-ray and CT findings when she visited the hospital with knee pain and instead coerced her for a Total Hip Replacement surgery.

Abhishek Bachchan remains composed as Taslima Nasreen says he is not as good as his father Amitabh Bachchan: 'He thinks his son inherited all his talents'

December 23, 2022 9:22 am

After Abhishek Bachchan won an award for Dasvi, Amitabh Bachchan praised his son but author Taslima Nasreen dubbed it as Amitabh's blind affection for him.

Taslima Nasrin book once banned by Bengal now available in English

March 11, 2018 3:41 pm

While the West Bengal government lifted the injunction after the ban was struck down by the Calcutta High Court in 2005, Nasrin was eventually driven out of Kolkata and forced to expunge passages from the book, besides facing a four-million-dollar defamation lawsuit.