South Asia Citizens Web

This is an eleven part video interview with the eminent historian Prof.Romila Thapar done by Teesta Setalvad the editor of Communalism Combat. The wide ranging interview spans the role of public intellectuals, Historical accuracy of texts from ancient times, Colonial Historiography and communalism, Desecration of Religious Monuments in World History, History and the Aryans, on Greeks, Chinese, Megasthenes, Brahmans, Shramans, Patanjali & Albereni, on Ashoka, on Somnath Temple on Nationalism, on on Archaeology etc.

Public statements by diverse groups and a sign on online petition in solidarity appeared on 12 February 2015 to protest the threat of arrests of prominent journalists and secular activists in India

Shirin Dalvi, the editor of the Mumbai edition of Urdu newspaper Avadhnama, has become the latest victim of the running saga over cartoons. Since mid-January, when she unwittingly published a Charlie Hebdo cover, she has been slapped with criminal charges, her newspaper shut down, its employees rendered jobless, and she herself forced underground.

Breathe Fire is a project conceived, and written, for the Bhopal Medical Appeal. Its aim is to spread awareness of the ongoing disaster in Bhopal and, ultimately, to help shame those in positions of power into acting to put it right. This is the second version of Breathe Fire to be recorded. Ami Kaelyn is a multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter, from Malmesbury in Wiltshire

Text of the order regarding denial of anticipatory bail to Tessta setalvad and others - 12 Feb 2015