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- Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, returning to Kolkata after nearly 19 years, called for a Uniform Civil Code in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, saying equal laws for all are needed to end discrimination against women, including Hindu women in Bangladesh who cannot inherit paternal property.
- Her remarks come as the West Bengal government has formed a high-level committee to examine a draft UCC for the state.
- Separately, she expressed hurt over protests at her felicitation ceremony that forced poet Joy Goswami to leave the stage without speaking, and said she plans to visit him.
- She also contrasted West Bengal governments, praising the present BJP-led dispensation for allowing her return.
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- Findings or recommendations of the West Bengal committee examining the draft UCC
- Nasreen's planned visit to poet Joy Goswami and any response to the felicitation protest
- Whether her visit and remarks trigger further political or public reaction in the state
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