Bangladesh’s exiled writer Taslima Nasreen is coming to Kolkata after 18 years and will recite poetry at Rabindra Sadan on August 1. Organizers of ‘Secular Mission’ and ‘For West Bengal’ programs said that Taslima Nasreen will come to Kolkata for the first time since 2007. Taslima Nasreen had to leave Kolkata due to the protests. Since then he has often expressed sorrow in his words. She has repeatedly said that she wanted to come back.
Shortly after the change of government in West Bengal, State BJP President Samik Bhattacharya was demanding to bring back Taslima and this time she is really going to come back to Kolkata. This has come to light from Taslima’s Facebook post. In fact, on 21 November 2007, Kolkata was shaken by the protests of radicals against Taslima. At that time the Chief Minister of the state was Buddhadev Bhattacharya. Security forces had to be deployed to control the situation. After that Taslima never returned to Kolkata. Although during Mamata Banerjee’s tenure he had expressed his desire to return to Kolkata, it was not possible.
Will recite poems on stage at Ravindra Sadan
According to reports, ‘Secular Mission’ and ‘For West Bengal’ programs have been organized at Ravindra Sadan. An organizer told that ‘Taslima is coming. She will come to Kolkata after 18 years. She will recite poems on the stage of Rabindra Sadan. She will also sing and she will express her views. The Chief Minister has promised that he will be present on that day.
What did former IPS officer Humayun Kabir say?
This program is to be held on 1st August. In this regard, former IPS officer Humayun Kabir said, ‘I welcome the writer, but some people had objections to her. I like his writing very much. I am happy that she is coming. I just want to say that he should not say anything particularly controversial. In fact, when Taslima left Kolkata during the Left Front era, Humayun Kabir was a police officer in the state.
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