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Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi...

The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project...

‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum

Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.  Aquilur Rahman...

Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’

Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...

Chhattisgarh: BJP leader among five arrested for attack on church in Narayanpur

On January 2, a mob vandalised a church after around 2000 people, mostly Adivasis held a public meeting in protest in against alleged...

Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured

This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...

Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?

The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...

Why are tribals from Jammu and Kashmir protesting inclusion of Paharis in ST list?

Members of the Gujjar Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir are on a protest march from Kupwara to Jammu against the government of India's...

Campaign launched by Bihar govt aims to curtail drop-out rate among tribal children

After an order by the Patna High Court to address the high drop-out rate of tribal children in the state, the government in Bihar...

What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?

The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

सोनभद्र का रामबाबु : वेटर के तौर पर अपमान झेला ,लोकडाउन में नौकरी...

मोहम्मद आसिम। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे पिछड़े इलाकों में शुमार करने वाले आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र सोनभद्र के लाल ने कमाल जैसा कुछ कर दिया...

Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”

Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

For Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand, tribal surname holds key to availing land rights

Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand live a life of struggle as the tiny community fights to retain their tribal status which is key to their...

‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...

A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...

World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture

The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.  Sami...

आदिवासी समाज से आने वाले देश के पहले मेयर है विक्रम आहाके

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net मध्य प्रदेश की छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस ने 18 साल बाद मेयर का चुनाव जीता हैं।‌ छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस...

Adivasi villages in Jharkhand, Odisha face severe neglect, reveals new report

The report titled “Status of Adivasi Livelihoods 2021” highlights the difficulties and scarcities faced by the tribal communities. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI —...

सवाल : एकमात्र मुस्लिम आदिवासी समुदाय वन गुर्जरो की परवाह किसे है !

<अहमद क़ासिम Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तराखंड के पौड़ी गढ़वाल ज़िले में रेवासन नदी के किनारे बसे इस गाँव का नाम नत्थू चोड़ है. घने...

President-elect Droupadi Murmu revives new hope in her nondescript village

101 years after the first tribal leader was elected to the legislature in pre-independent India, Odisha-born Droupadi Murmu from the Santhal community has been...

Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar

On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...

Why are Jharkhand’s tribals demanding a separate religious code?

The fight for the Sarna Adivasi religious code is quite old. On November 11, 2020, Jharkhand Assembly passed a resolution asking for a separate...

Uttar Pradhesh’s Tharu tribals fear growing privatization will result in lack of govt jobs

Growing privatization of public sector units during the current government is giving sleepless nights to the people belonging to the Tharu tribe in Uttar...

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.  Tabeenah...

Modern slavery: Adivasi labourers in Gujarat’s sugarcane fields

Every year more than two lakh Adivasis from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border region immigrate to work in sugar mills as sugarcane harvesters—but without any...

Jharkhand: For last 56 days, Adivasis are on hunger-strike against ‘illegal’ mining; govt unmoved

While the government of India makes claims of Sab Ka Vikaas (Development for everyone)—the concerns and voices of Dalits and Adivasis are often...

टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...

बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...

Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis

Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...

TCN Interview: “My purpose as a filmmaker is to bring stories of marginalised into...

In this interview with TwoCircles.net, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare talks about the production of films and the social landscape that constitutes film-making...

Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average

Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...

Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe

While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...

“Want affected people to have security,” activists raise concern over world’s second-largest coal block...

The Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj Coal Mine Project, in Birbhum, West Bengal is the second largest coal mining block in the world. While the...

Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers

The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...

Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...

Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...

Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...

A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...

Adivasis from Chhattisgarh march to save their habitats from ‘hazards of coal mining’

Nearly 350 residents from the villages of central Chhattisgarh are on a 300-km long march that started on October 2 to reach the capital...

HR groups, activists, scholars seek action against Hindutva groups for issuing threats to Mangalore...

Scores of human rights organizations, activists and scholars have written an open letter to Mangalore district administration in Karnataka seeking action against Hindutva groups...

Himachal Pradesh: Is incompatible development damaging the state’s ecology, leading to natural calamities?

Several reports and statements by the local organizations, scholars, and activists have time and again warned against the impracticability of making large-scale hydropower projects...

Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report

The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall. Suchitra...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat

The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...

APCR condemns ‘complicit role of state’ in Father Stan Swamy’s death

In a statement the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said the UAPA and other draconian laws must be immediately repealed to end...

डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...

जितेंद्र गुप्ता Twocircles.net के लिए सोनभद्र : चकाचौंध भरी दुनिया में जहां लोग दूसरे ग्रहों पर जाकर वहां की तस्वीर और अन्य चीजों की...

“Adivasis lost a great servant,” tribal rights activist Father Stan remembered

Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist...

टीसीएन स्पेशल : मुश्किल है शिवालिक की पहाड़ियों में बसे वन गुर्जरो को...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net स्थान - उत्तर प्रदेश - उत्तराखण्ड सीमा , मोह्नन्द , देहरादून मार्ग,शिवालिक रेंज शिवालिक क्षेत्र की पहाड़ियों पर बसे हुए इन...

“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...

Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...

May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...

Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...

Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...

Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...

“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi

The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...

Adivasis in MP accuse mob of forcibly entering homes, beating women, demand action

The Adivasi women issued a stern warning to the government and administration, declaring that should they fail to take action on those responsible for...

Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights

The Gadia Lohar population has been widely ignored by central and state policies and has been unable to take advantage of government programs. Owing...

“We are neglected as our vote share is less,” Tamil Nadu’s tribal minorities rue...

Tamil Nadu has less than 1 per cent tribal population. The villagers of Kallar question if they have been neglected because their community has...

दिल्ली की मलिन बस्तियों में रहने वाली इन लड़कियों के लिए शिक्षा भेदभाव से...

सुप्रकाश मजूमदार । Twocircles.net सुबह उठ कर जानकी सबसे पहले खाना बनाने में अपनी माँ की मदद करती है। चूल्हा के पास, धुएं से खुद...

For these girls living in Delhi’s slums, education is a dream fraught with violence,...

By Suprakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net The first thing Janaki does in the morning is to help her mother prepare food. Beside the chulha (a stove), covering her face...

“Demarcation done without our consent,” say tribals as fresh violence erupts at IIT-Goa land...

By Sutapa Baksi & Rishabh Jain, TwoCircles.net Goa: The conflict associated with the IIT Goa project that encompasses the village of Shel-Melauli in the Sattara...

Hanging by the leaves: Overwork, meager income, price rise mars livelihood of these Adivasi...

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery...

वीडियो रिपोर्ट : अब वन गुर्जरों की जंगल से ज़मीन की और जाने की...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net हिमाचल ,उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश की शिवालिक रेंज में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते हैं वो पशुपालन करते हैं और दूध को बाजार...

Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums

Dr Fatma Faheem Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...

Jharkhand after 20 years: Rich state, poor people and a tale of betrayal

By Dr. Md Afroz & MD Tabrez Alam, TwoCircles.net Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its rich mineral...

Tech exclusion in India during pandemic relief measures leaves marginalised in lurch

How the marginalised communities struggled to gain access to relief materials during the pandemic due to ABBA systems By Suchitra, TwoCircles.net  New Delhi: Premsila Toppo is...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part II

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: I still feel that I invited myself to the village of Murguma. Not because Lakshmi Mura was reluctant out of...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part I

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: As I walk down the Gurabera village in West Bengal’s western-most district of Purulia, bordering Jharkhand, Anita Mandi, 10, is...

Jharkand’s Bamboo artisans experience livelihood crunch amid lockdown, worry for future of profession

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 kilometres from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus...

In Wayanad Kerala, Adivasi Dalit students are on indefinite strike for better representation in...

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Sulthan Bathery: Since 28 September, members and students of the Adi Sakthi Summer School, an Adivasi Dalit students’ collective that facilitates...

Plight of tribal communities during COVID-19

By Faheem Muhammed M.P As the world is facing the most dreadful pandemic of modern times, the indigenous population across the globe are exposed to...

‘An institute like KISS should be banned for what it does to tribal children,...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Kalinga Intitute of Social Sciences (KISS) has often been presented as an ideal model for ensuring that tribal children are...

Meet Seral Murmu, a tribal filmmaker telling untold stories of tribals through his films

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net  Thirty-four-year-old Seral Murmu hails from Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a place known for copper mining. While growing up...

Threat of eviction looms large over Adivasi, Dalit workers in Bhilai, HC issues interim...

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net  Bhilai: Misfortune befell the families of 150 workers, including 75 children, staying in Bijli Nagar and Anusuya Nagar of Hathkhoj basti, in...

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, Adivasis in West Bengal find themselves cash-strapped, uncertain for future

By Rezwan Myenuddin, TwoCircles.net West Bengal: As the majority of Indian families are coping with the pandemic and finding it difficult to earn a decent...

Tribals allege harassment by anti-poaching guards near Kaziranga National Park

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Bokakhat: Residents of Agoratoli village, located on the outskirts of the Kaziranga National Park (Eastern Range) have alleged harassment and intimidation...

Tribal groups aghast with no mention of relief for Adivasis in PM’s Atma-Nirbhar Bharat

TCN News Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic package of Rs. 20 lakh crores for a “self-reliant” India on Tuesday with no mention of...

दलित, आदिवासी और पिछड़ो के हज़ारों पद ख़ाली, संसदीय समिति ने मोदी सरकार...

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net   देश में 2014 में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद से ही उस पर आरक्षण विरोधी होने आरोप लगते रहें हैं। लगातार कहा...

दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान

मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, allies end BJP rule in Jharkhand

By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net Jharkhand became the latest state to reject the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the state voting the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) of Jharkhand...

Judicial Commission’s findings the first step towards justice in Sarkeguda massacre, say lawyers who...

On December 1, an expose by The Indian Express showed that the 2012 Sarkeguda encounter, then termed the largest operation against Maoists, was a...

Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders call for ‘non-cooperation movement’ against CAB and NRC in Kolkata...

By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The streets of Kolkata witnessed a massive protest march against the Centre’s move on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019,...

छत्तीसगढ़: पुलिस ने 17 आदिवासियों को मारकर नक्सली मुठभेड़ की झूठी कहानी रची

By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net साल 2012. मुख्यमंत्री रमनसिंह के नेतृत्व में छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजपा की सरकार थी. बीजापुर ज़िले के सारकेगुड़ा गाँव में 28-29 जून...

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU surged with more and more students coming out on the streets, hundreds...

तीर कमान से लैस ग्रामीणों के विरोध के बावजूद दंतेवाड़ा जिले के पोटाली में...

By मंगल कुंजम, TwoCircles.net छत्तीसगढ़ दंतेवाड़ा :-  जिले से दूर नक्सल प्रभावित अरनपुर थाना क्षेत्र में नए कैम्प खोलने को लेकर इलाके के  ग्रामीण लगातार...

PS Krishnan: An exemplary fighter for Social Justice is no more

By Arun Khote for TwoCircles.net ‘Standing against the discrimination of oppressed classes, a robust advocate of inter-caste marriages, who practices his knowledge of Sanskrit against...

बस्तरिया आदिवासी संस्कृति का हिस्सा नहीं है “दीपावली”

By राकेश दर्रो, TwoCircles.net यह कहना गलत नहीं होगा कि आदिवासी संस्कृति का हिस्सा नहीं है दीपों का पर्व दीपावली क्योंकि बस्तरिया आदिवासी दीपावली पर्व...

‘Urban manifesto’ ahead of Maharashtra elections highlights issues of the marginalised

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net With elections in Maharashtra just a week away, members of the civil society have prepared a manifesto with urban livelihood issues...

Global activists demand a UN Declaration on elmination of Discrimination based on Work and...

By TCN News    The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) was convened on 20-23 September in New York, which took...

एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...

एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...

Birsa Munda and Eklavya remembered and celebrated at Jalgaon

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Jalgaon (Maharashtra) On the occasion of "World indigenous Day "(Jagatik Adivasi Diwas) on 9th August as many as seven thousand Adivasi activists...

Accused doctors granted conditional bail in Payal Tadvi suicide abetment case

TCN News The Bombay High Court has granted conditional to all the 3 accused doctors Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal arrested for abetting...

Adivasi girl Rajeshwari: First sarpanch of AIMIM in Maharashtra

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Nandurbar (Maharshtra) In a recent political development in  Maharashtra state, an Adivasi girl Rajeshwari Valvi from Nandurbar registered a win in panchayat...

5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...

By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net Jalgao (Maharashtra)  With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...

Fraternity Movement demands justice for Payal Tadwi

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The Fraternity Movement Kerala organized protest gatherings in the government medical colleges in the state demanding justice for Dr Payal Tadwi,...

With no institutional mechanisms, discrimination and harassment are everyday ordeals for tribal students

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net In yet another kind of institutionalised murder, Dr. Payal Tadvi, a 26 year old Post Graduate Student  at Mumbai’s famed BYL...

Voting and Elections  ring hollow for Rajasthan’s landless nomadic tribes

By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net Prabhu Kalbelia has been living with his family on the outskirts of Bemali village of Bhilwara district for the last forty...

फर्जी ग्राम सभा आयोजित कर अदानी को दिया खदान, बस्तर के आदिवासियों ने किया...

मंगल कुंजम, TwoCircles.net भारतीय संविधान की पांचवी अनुसूची में प्राप्त अधिकारों को बचाने के लिए हज़ारों की संख्या में आदिवासियों ने पहली बार बैलाडिला क्षेत्र,...

Women forest dwellers recount struggles, stories of resistance in Mumbai event

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Even though there exist laws to protect forest dwellers in the country, residents, especially women, continue to face severe forms of...

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...

जल-जंगल-जमीन, भेदभाव की सरकारी नीतियां के खिलाफ उतरे सैकड़ों दलित-आदिवासी

फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पिछले साल दो अप्रैल को हुए भारत बंद के बाद फिर देश में भारत बंद रहा। 5 मार्च को होने वाले इस...

Adivasis of Bastar demand justice for the slaughter of their children by security forces

TCN News On 7th February 2019 in Tadiballa village of  Bhairamgarh Tehsil, Bijapur district of Chattisgarh the police fired indiscriminately and killed 10 persons. This appeared...

Adivasis have protected the forest and the next generation of people says Neetisha Xalxo

Text and video by Atul Anand, TwoCircles.net On February 28, 2019, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student’s Association (BAPSA) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organized a...

Brahminical environmentalism the reason behind attack on FRA: Abhay F. Xaxa

Text and video by Atul Anand, TwoCircles.net On February 28, 2019, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student’s Association (BAPSA) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organised a...

Children and the elderly in Jharkhand March for Forest and Land Rights

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Close to 10000 people including children, men, women and even senior citizens of tribal communities from 20 districts of Jharkhand came together...

Dalits and Tribals call for Bharat Band on March 5

TCN News Tribals and Dalits have called for a nation wide bandh tomorrow march 5th, 2019, Tuesday to protest the SC order for eviction of...

Jharkhand to file review petition against SC order to remove tribals from forest land

Ranchi, Feb 25 (IANS) Considering the demand of the political parties including the Opposition, the Jharkhand government has decided to file a review petition...

Rajasthan grants 5% quota to Gujjars, wants Centre to amend Constitution

Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Reservation Amendment Bill 2019 in the Assembly, which promises 5 per cent reservation...

Tribals protest in Ahmedabad demanding implementation of FRA, MNREGA

Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Hundreds of tribals from six districts of Gujarat gathered here at the Sabarmati riverfront and took out a rally demanding...

Resurgence and resistance: Convention in TISS, Mumbai celebrates the stories of Adivasi women

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Fourteen Adivasi women came together on stage to celebrate their struggles and victories at the Adivasi/Tribal women's convention held at Tata...

Union Budget continues to ignore real issues of Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR

By TCN News New Delhi: The Union Budget looks like a “very glossed over budget” for Dalits and Adivasis with reduction in allocations for key...

Tripura tribals take out mammoth rally against Citizenship Bill

Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) Several tribal parties led by the Congress held a joint rally near here on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship...

Tripura orders magisterial probe into police firing on tribal youths

Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) The BJP-led Tripura government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the police firing on Tuesday injuring six tribal youths,...

A month after Jharkhand journalist’s murder, killers remain at large

TCN News Exactly a month ago, Amit Topno, a journalist from Khunti, Jharkhand was shot at point blank range and his body discovered later in...

Social Networking Forum solves water problems in Nashik; frees 11 Adivasi villages from drought

TCN News Many villages in Maharashtra are facing water problems and have been as drought prone areas. The situations of Adivasi villages are taught to...

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’

TCN News Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...

Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the...

By Ira Anbazhagan, TwoCircles.net A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death of an Adivasi minor girl shocked Tamil Nadu. And even as the...

JUH Maharashtra bears all expenses of marriage of girl whose father was lynched by...

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On July 1, 2018, the family of Bharat Bhonsle were left stunned, broken and distraught after they were informed that Bharat...

Gujarat police detain tribal activists ahead of Sardar Patel’s statue inauguration

Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Apprehending protests, the Gujarat police on Tuesday detained several tribal leaders and activists in the Narmada district ahead of the...

Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government

Shukoh Albadar, TwoCircles.net Merely 40 km away from the Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi, Khunti, a newly-carved out district is in the limelight across the national...

Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...

How an Adivasi Youth outfit plans to give a tough fight to the BJP...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net With Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan set for assembly elections later this year, all political parties are gearing up for elections...

These Tribes in India celebrate Liberation Day not Independence Day

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net As many as 150  tribes across India observe 31st August as ‘ Liberation Day’ or ‘Vimukti Divas’ because it was on...

Persecution of activists an expression of fascism say Indian Americans

By TCN News: The Alliance for Justice And Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States, today condemned the attacks against...

Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned

 By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...

Why Kaziranga farmers believe they get a raw deal in the name of conservation

Text and Video by Amit Kumar and Saptarshi Gogoi Nandeshwar Pegu is a farmer in his 70s and supports his large family in Belogudi village....

Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...

By TCN News: We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net  बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

Adivasi women of UP’s Sonbhadra district attacked and arrested by Police for claiming Forest...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net   For more than a month, the Adivasis, especially women, of Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district have been facing police and administrative atrocities...

Campaign to provide clothes to Dalit Adivasi children in Maharashtra during Ramadan a huge...

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On May 24, TwoCircles.net published a story which showed a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...

Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...

Manipur extrajudicial killings campaign calls upon Rajnath to safeguard activists

Imphal (IANS): Over a thousand Indians on Sunday called upon Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to end...

Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India

TCN News Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...

Caste-based discrimination data sought from universities

New Delhi (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked higher learning institutions to send data of complaints received against caste-based discrimination during the...

कठुआ पीड़िता के बकरवाल समाज से इस लड़के ने लिखी कामयाबी की दास्तान…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net मुसलमानों के गुर्जर बकरवाल आदिवासी समाज से ये अब तक की सबसे बेहतरीन कहानी है. इस बकरवाल समाज के अतुल...

Foot soldiers of conservation, but no one to care for them: How lack of...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net For the past 18 years, Jaikanta Pegu had been working as a forest home guard in the Kaziranga National Park. On...

Chamling pitches for ST status for 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities

Gangtok (IANS): Making a strong pitch for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities, an issue which has been lying unresolved...

Black flags inscribed with ‘IS NE’ seized in Assam

Guwahati (IANS): Residents of Assam's Goalpara town on Wednesday found black flags inscribe with the words "IS NE" on a tree on the Brahmaputra river resulting...

400 policemen will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists, warns ex-journalist

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that "400 cops will be...

Dilution of SC/ST Act can erode faith in judiciary: Amnesty

New Delhi, (IANS): The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities...

The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down

By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net “…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...

Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale

Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...

Dalit anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy

By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) owes much of its woes to the reluctance of its core constituency of urban, upper caste, conservative,...

Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...

CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...

In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...

Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act

*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, disrupting rail...

Strike cripples normal life in Manipur on subsidised rice issue

Imphal, (IANS) A 48-hour general strike called by a tribal students organisation in Manipur's Tengnoupal district crippled normal life on Thursday in the border areas and...

Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...

NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand

By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...

Karnataka: Union cabinet gives ST status to ‘Parivara’ and ‘Talwara’ communities

New Delhi, (IANS): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the communities 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' in the...

No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC

New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...

UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...

Students allege discrimination against Dalits, Tribals and Muslims after being denied entry into EFLU...

Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad has come under attack from students for allegedly discriminating against Dalit-Muslim students of the campus,...

Tribal refugees averse to repatriation unless demands are met

Agartala (IANS): Over 32,850 Mizoram tribals staying in refugee camps in Tripura for the past 21 years are averse to return to their homes...
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