Ram Puniyani

He has been associated with various secular initiatives and has participated in several investigations concerning human rights violations against minorities. He also served on an Indian People's Tribunal that investigated the violation of the rights of minorities in the states of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. He gives seminars and workshops on topics such as communal politics, human rights, secularism and the Uniform Civil Code debate, the Partition of India, and the Kashmir conflict. His articles and essays regularly appear in various Indian magazines and newspapers. He also runs a fortnightly e-bulletin, Issues in Secular Politics. In March 2019, men in plain clothes, claiming to be from the CID, inquired about the whereabouts of his children. In early June 2019, he reported receiving threatening phone calls from unknown individuals who demanded that he cease his activities and leave the country. After these incidents, Puniyani filed a report with the Mumbai Police. == Awards ==

• Maharashtra Foundation (US) award for Social Awareness about the threat of Communal Politics (2002) • National Communal Harmony Award (2007) • NCHRO's Mukundan C.Menon award (2015) == Works ==

• Clinical Hemorheology: New Horizons (New Age International, 1996), • Applied Clinical Hemorheology (with Hideyuki Nimi, Quest Publications, 1998), • The Other Cheek: Minorities under Threat (Media House, 2000), • Second Assassination of Gandhi (University of Leicester, 2002), • Communalism: What is False: What is True (with Khalid Azam, Bombay Sarvoda Friendship Center, 2002) • Communal Politics: Facts Versus Myths (2003), • Communalism: Illustrated Primer (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust and J&P Publications, 2004), • Hindu Extreme Right-Wing Groups : Ideology and Consequences (Media House, 2004), • Fascism of Sangh Parivar (Media House, 2004), • Religion, Power and Violence: Expression Of Politics In Contemporary Times, (SAGE, 2005), • Contours of Hindu Rashtra: Hindutva, Sangh Parivar And Contemporary Politics (Kalpaz, 2006), • Indian Democracy, Pluralism and Minorities (Global Media, 2006), • The Politics behind Anti-Christian Violence (compilation of investigation committee reports, Media House, 2006), • Terrorism: Facts versus Myths (Pharos Media, 2007), • Fundamentalism: Threat to Secular Democracy (eBook, IdeaIndia.com, 2007), ASIN B005D7FCYY • Contemporary India: Overcoming Sectarianism: Terrorism (Hope India, 2008), • ''Communalism: India's Nemesis?'' (eBook, IdeaIndia.com, 2009), ASIN B005INISXU • Dalit and Social Justice (Mythri Books, 2009) • Mumbai" Post 26/11 - An Alternative Perspective (with Shabnam Hashmi, SAGE, 2010), • Deconstructing Communalism in India: Striving for Harmony (All India Secular Forum, 2010) • Samajik Nyaya Ek Sachitra Parichay (in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, 2010), 9789350001479 • Communal Threat to Secular Democracy (Kalpaz, 2010), • Malegaon to Ajmer: The Trail of Terror (edited, All-India Secular Forum, 2010) • Communalism Explained! A Graphic Account (with Sharad Sharma, Vani Prakashan, 2011) • Making Sense of Ayodhya Verdict (co-edited with Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Vitasta Publishing, 2011), . • God Politics (Vitasta Pub, 2012), • Sectarianism, Politics and Development (with Uday Mehta, Rawat, 2012), • Muslims in Indian Democracy (Kalpaz, 2013), • Quest for Social Justice: An Illustrated Primer (Arth Prakashan, 2013), ASIN B00J6AN412 • Tribute Volume For Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Striving For Peace And Harmony (Bhashya Prakashan 2014), • Caste and Communalism (Mythri Books 2011), ASIN: B00HR1PB04 • Communalism & Anti Christian Violence (Mythri Books 2011), ASIN: B00HWWISMG • Osama, America and Terrorism (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWIUP6 • Religion and Politics (Mythri Books 2009), ASIN: B00HWWMF7U • Making of a Nation (Mythri Books 2012), ASIN: B00HWWMHWI • Saampradaayiktaa (2011), • Aatankvaad Explained- A Graphics Account (Arth Prakashan 2013), • Mathaveri (Uyirmmai Pathippagam 2009) == References ==