Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on feminism and her criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, including both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal during the regime of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and All India Trinamool Congress. After Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in state legislative assembly of West Bengal, Taslima Nasrin is set to return to Kolkata after nearly 20 years in exile from the city.