[This appeal was made in 1986 to the India’s National Integration Council by the Movement Against Communalism (Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan). It appeared in print in Mainstream weekly on 26 April 1986. ]
"Appeal to the National Integration Council.
The country is now facing a moment of truth. The communal situation is so ugly as to demand of all well meaning Indians that they discard all their webs of. self-deception and examine both our past and present condition in a mood of humility and self-criticism. We address this appeal to the NIC in the knowledge that its contents may be unpalatable to some, but in trust that the members of this august body.as patriots, will respect the sincerity of our fellow-Indians who wish to raise voices against this cancer which is destroying our country. [. . .] "