Communalism Combat [SEP] publisher
Communalism Combat
Communalism Combat is a monthly magazine published by Sabrang Communications since August 1993. The magazine is edited by husband wife team of Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad.
History.
Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad left their jobs as Bombay-based journalists in the mainstream press and founded "Communalism Combat" in 1993 to fight religious intolerance and communal violence. Their decision followed the December 1992 destruction of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya by Hindu fundamentalists. "Communalism Combat" first appeared in August 1993.
Funding.
quit their regular jobs to start "Communalism Combat", an advocacy magazine. According to Javed Anand (Setalvad's husband and co-founder of Communalism Combat), the decision to break from mainstream journalism was motivated by their desire to engage in legal advocacy along with journalism.
Setalvad and her husband, along with others such as Father Cedric Prakash (a catholic priest), Anil Dharker (a journalist), Alyque Padamsee, Javed Akhtar, Vijay Tendulkar and Rahul Bose (all film & theatre personalities) set up