MANGALORE May 19: The national seminar on media and communalism today began with the elite group of thinkers and writers calling for a unitary thought against growth of fundamentalism and communalism. The time had come to despise communalism and fundamentalism in all forms. The elite group included Booker Award winner Arundathi Roy, Former chief justice of Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar (of Sachar Committee report fame) journalists from Indian Express, NDTV, Frontline and other University teachers and thinkers. The star of the seminar was Arundathi Roy who dwelt at length how the fundamentalism in India was eroding the democratic principles and taking control of the social set up. She called on the media, opinion makers, people's representatives to consciously put down growth of fundamentalism and religious fanaticism with a heavy hand. Justice Rajindar Sachar who earlier dwelt on the growth of fundamentalism said that those who challenge the minorities of their survival in day to day life should be shown their place in a democracy and in a secular country like India the minorities need not prove their nationality or their patriotism. Others who spoke on the occasion were the columnist of Frontline magazine Praful Bidwai, NDTV Bangalore correspondent Nupur Basu, Mass Communication teacher G.P.Shivaram and others. The two day national workshop which was earlier held also had a panel of speakers which dealt with wide ranging issues on communalism and media.