Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen returned to Kolkata after 19 years and addressed events on August 1-2, 2026, where she reiterated her 40-year advocacy for a Uniform Civil Code. The West Bengal government has formed a high-level committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to examine a state-level UCC draft. Nasreen, aged 63, stated that religious personal laws discriminate against women and that equal civil laws are required across the three countries.