Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin arrives at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, marking her return to Kolkata after nearly 19 years, on Friday, July 31, 2026. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is also likely to attend the same programme, said sources. In 2007, pockets in Kolkata turned into virtual battlefields over the publication of Nasrin's novel "Dwikhandito (The Bifurcated)". The then West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya-led Left Front government even banned the circulation of the book in the state. Later, this unwritten ban on Nasrin remained in force even during the Trinamool Congress government from 2011 to 2016.