ActorNaseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, author Amitav Ghosh, historian RomilaThapar and over 300 other eminent personalities expressed solidarity with those,who are protesting against the CAA and NRC.

They termedthe CAA and NRC as a 'threat' to the soul of India. They signed a note on January13, which was published on Indian Cultural Forum.

"Westand in solidarity with the students and others who are protesting andspeaking out against the Citizenship Amendment Act and against the NationalRegister of Citizens. We salute their collective cry for upholding theprinciples of the Constitution of India, with its promise of a plural anddiverse society. We are aware that we have not always lived up to that promise,and many of us have too often remained silent in the face of injustice. Thegravity of this moment demands that each of us stand for our principles," thestatement read.

It maybe mentioned here that actors Ratna Patak Shah, Jaaved Jafferi, Nandita Das andLillete Dubey, writers Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, sociologist Ashis Nandy,activists Sohail Hashmi and Shabnam Hashmi were also among the signatories.