Taslima Nasreen. File pic

Jaipur: Bangladeshi author and freedom of expression advocate Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile since 1994 after facing the ire of fundamentalists, said on Monday India urgently needed a uniform civil law.

During a surprise session at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), the controversial writer also said that criticism of Islam is the only way to establish secularism in Islamic countries.