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SUMMARY: The Politics of Bigotry and Growing State Repression in India Toda
 y: a Conversation with Teesta Setelvad
DESCRIPTION: Teesta Setelvad is the Editor of Communalism Combat magazine a
 nd author of Foot Solider of the Constitution: A Memoir (2017).  She is a d
 edicated social justice activist who has been spearheading the campaign for
  justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat Muslim massacre. As a seculari
 st\, she has worked to expose majoritarianism and religious fanaticism in o
 ther parts […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Teesta Setelvad is the Editor of <em>Commu
 nalism Combat</em> magazine and author of <em>Foot Solider of the Constitut
 ion: A Memoir </em>(2017).  She is a dedicated social justice activist who 
 has been spearheading the campaign for justice for the victims of the 2002 
 Gujarat Muslim massacre. As a secularist\, she has worked to expose majorit
 arianism and religious fanaticism in other parts of the world and has been 
 vocal on issues related to women\, Dalits\, adivasis (indigenous persons)\,
  and the LGBTQ. A Punjabi translation of <em>Foot Soldier of the Constituti
 on</em> has recently been completed by Buta Singh\, Editor of <em>Lok Kafil
 a</em>\, a Punjabi monthly that covers alternative politics\; it is being l
 aunched on Friday\, April 13. in Rm 120\, Surrey Central Library at 4:30 pm
 .</p><p><em>Organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Research with 
 Radical Desi magazine.</em></p><h3><a href="https://cisar.sites.olt.ubc.ca/
 files/2018/04/2018_04_16_TeestaSetalvadatUBC.pdf">Event Poster</a></h3>
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