Kolkata, Aug. 3 -- Exiled Bangladeshi author and activist Taslima Nasreen on Monday got nostalgic after a visit to the iconic Indian Coffee House at College Street in Kolkata, the popular literary and cultural hub which she had frequented many times during her previous stays in the city.

Speaking to reporters, Nasreen said, "It feels good, it feels very good to come to College Street. I used to come here a lot before. I've been to the Coffee House many times."

Nasreen returned to Kolkata nearly two decades after she was forced to leave the city in 2007 amid intense protests over her writings and memoir Dwikhondito (Split into Two), which was published in 2003. Her return marks her first public visit to the city since then.

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