Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was recently relocated to the US from India by an NGO after death threats by Islamists radicals, on Wednesday took to Twitter to announce that she is not leaving India permanently.
The noted writer took to her Twitter handle and cleared the air over her not moving out the country. She posted: “I often go to USA.To give lectures & to see my family. I havn’t left India permanently. Indian govt always provides security. Pet cat is waiting”
Taslima is from Bangladesh has been living in exile since 1994 in the wake of death threats by Muslim fundamentalist outfits. She is now a citizen of Sweden.
She has also been continuously getting Indian visa since 2004. She has lived in the US, Europe and India in the last two decades. However, on many occasions, she has expressed her wish to live in India permanently, especially in Kolkata.