I do not leave Kolkata on my own: Taslima

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen said she had not decided on her own to leave Kolkata but chose to remain silent about her controversial departure. "Why should I take a decision on my own? It did come to my mind that someone would come and kill me. Many like my writings, many others don't," she told a Bengali TV news channel.

She was asked whether she felt insecure after large-scale violence following protests by a minority outfit demanding cancellation of her visa rocked large parts of Central Kolkata on November 21 and took the decision on her own to leave the city
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She said, "there is freedom of expression here. Why have I to face (an ordeal) only because of protest by a handful of people? I want to return to Kolkata. I have not received any green signal as yet. I wonder from where the green signal will come.

Asked whether she had to leave Kolkata under pressure, she replied "I do not want to speak on this. I only want to return to Kolkata. The sooner that happens the better."

Courtesy:expressindia.com
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