Breaking the Silence

Communalism Combat was a specific response to post 1992 India and 1992-1993 Bombay. Two journalists, Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad began this magazine that is now in its twentieth year. Through 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2007 Combat sustained a campaign for justice for the survivors of  the pogrom of 1992-1993, through public meetings (1993, 1994, 2001, 2007), Survivor’s Testimonies (2006, 2007), Signature Campaigns and interventions with the authorities. In 2006-2007 it was activist Teesta Setalvad’s efforts through RTI that revived a citizens campaign for the prosecution of guilty policemen and politicians.