<p>Taslima expressed her gratitude to the Indian government for extending her visa till February 16 and said she would return to the United States to continue to work as a research scholar at New York University.<br /><br />"I just want to say that I am grateful to the Indian Government for extending my residential permit for another six months. Currently, I am working as a research scholar at New York University. The fellowship will end in December this year. I have to leave for New York but will be back in January to continue living in India, my adopted country", she said in an e-mailed statement.<br /><br />Asked on phone when she would be going to New York, the 46-year-old author said "I will travel sometime this month".<br /><br />The government had on Thursday extended Taslima's visa for six more months after consulting various security agencies.<br /><br />The writer, hounded by hardline Islamic groups, had returned to India recently to seek extension of her visa and is now residing at an undisclosed location.</p>
<p>Taslima expressed her gratitude to the Indian government for extending her visa till February 16 and said she would return to the United States to continue to work as a research scholar at New York University.<br /><br />"I just want to say that I am grateful to the Indian Government for extending my residential permit for another six months. Currently, I am working as a research scholar at New York University. The fellowship will end in December this year. I have to leave for New York but will be back in January to continue living in India, my adopted country", she said in an e-mailed statement.<br /><br />Asked on phone when she would be going to New York, the 46-year-old author said "I will travel sometime this month".<br /><br />The government had on Thursday extended Taslima's visa for six more months after consulting various security agencies.<br /><br />The writer, hounded by hardline Islamic groups, had returned to India recently to seek extension of her visa and is now residing at an undisclosed location.</p>
