Taslima Nasrin To Be Back In Kolkata After 19 Years; BJP Calls It 'New Bengal' | The Hard Facts

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin is set to return to Kolkata next month for the first time in nearly 19 years to attend an anti-fundamentalism literary event in a visit that has quickly acquired political significance. While organisers describe it as a celebration of free expression and secular values, the BJP has projected it as a symbol of what it calls a “new Bengal" after years of political compromise over religious sensitivities. #TaslimaNasrin #Kolkata #WestBengal #BengalPolitics #BJP #FreeSpeech #Secularism #AntiFundamentalism #News18 n18oc_india n18oc_the-hard-facts News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube