Seven years and counting: No justice in sight for Dalits of Bhagana
By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net
With Lok Sabha elections approaching, every political party is trying to show that it cares for the marginalised communities and if...
Glorifying self: Modi’s gimmick of washing feet of sanitary workers
By Ram Puniyani
Gimmicks are a part of Modi's style of politics. Rather they form the core of his strategies. His act of washing the feet...
“मुझे इस लड़के का संघर्ष पसंद आया” भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर से मिलकर बोली...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
मेरठ-
चोंकाने वाले सिलसिलों के बीच कांग्रेस की राष्ट्रीय महासचिव प्रियंका गांधी आज भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद से अस्पताल में...
एक बार फिर भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर गिरफ्तार
आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net
देवबंद-
भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद को एक बार फिर गिरफ्तार किया गया है.उनके गिरफ्तारी देवबंद में की गई.
गिरफ्तारी के तुरंत बाद चन्द्रशेखर की...
Bhim army supremo Chandrashekar Azad arrested again in Deoband, UP
TCN News
Chandrashekar Azad, Chief of Bhim Army was arrested today and taken in police custody Deoband's Kasimpura village. The Dalit leader was on his way...
‘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...
Bharat Bandh protests on the issues of 13-point roster and Forest Rights
Text and video by Atul Anand for TwoCircles.net
The first week of March 2019 has seen two major protests against the NDA government and the...
आखिर दलित-मुस्लिम पर ही रासुका क्यों…
TCN News
उत्तर प्रदेश के खतौली मुज़फ्फरनगर में एक प्रतिनिधि मंडल ने तीन दिवसीय दौरा किया. जहां 2 अप्रैल भारत बंद के दौरान रासुका के...
Remembering Guru Ravidassji: One of the greatest thinker and social reformer of India
By Jaspal Singh
Today is the 642nd anniversary of the birth of Guru Ravidass also known as Raidas. He is one of the greatest thinkers...
SC to hear challenge to amendment to SC/ST law from March 26
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would commence hearing from March 26 on a batch of petitions challenging...
कोल्ड ड्रिंक की तर्ज पर 20-20 रुपये में परचून की दुकानों पर बिक रही...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर
हाल ही उत्तर प्रदेश और उत्तराखंड के सीमावर्ती इलाके सहारनपुर और भगवानपुर के देहात में हुई ज़हरीली शराब 100 से...
First ever Dalit Film Festival to be held in New York in February
By TCN News
For the very first time, a Dalit Festival is going to be held in New York on February 23 and 24 organised by...
Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019
Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...
The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (III)
By Atul Anand
On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to the Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue....
दिल्ली में पहला लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल,अपने अधिकारों के लिए दलित लेखकों ने बुलन्द की आवाज़
आसमोहम्मद कैफ TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली-
3-4 फरवरी को राजधानी के विश्वविद्यालय परिसर में किरोड़ीमल कॉलेज में दलित लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल का आयोजन किया गया.देश मे ऐसा पहली बार...
Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh
By Aas Mohammad Kaif, Twocircles.net
The announcement of an alliance between two arch rivals of UP Politics: Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party may...
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...
12 hours after arrest, court releases Dalit intellectual Teltumbde
Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune court ordered the release of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde,...
Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad
TCN News
Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...
Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official...
The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (II)
By Atul Anand
https://youtu.be/nUdGjND3_ps
On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue. It...
The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (I)
By Atul Anand
https://youtu.be/V8tz5fbDIYM
On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to the Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue....
दलित समाज में बढ़ी सामाजिक जागरूकता : लक्ष्य
TCN News,
दलित-बहुजन समाज में लक्ष्य द्वारा सामाजिक जागरूकता का अभियान तेजी के साथ आगे बढ़ रहा है। जहाँ दलित समाज की महिलाओं द्वारा इसे...
यूनाइटेड अगेंस्ट हेट: नफरती हमलों के विरोध छिड़ा आंदोलन
TCN News
पटना : यूनाइटेड अगेंस्ट हेट के बैनर तले पटना में आयोजित अबकी बार नफरत की हार कार्यक्रम का आयोजन पटना में किया गया।...
How a new documentary aims to break the “upper”-caste hegemony over who ‘explains’ Ambedkar
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
How does one interpret the life and works of Dr BR Ambedkar? Who speaks for, about him, and where? What is...
BJP MLA calls Mayawati an eunuch, sparks anger and protest from trans community
By Nikhat Fatima, Twocircles.net
Sadhna Singh, the BJP MLA from Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh while addressing a gathering in Chandauli, hurled insults at BSP Supremo Mayawati...
Call for “Chalo HCU” by Dalit Organisations on Rohit Vemula’s death anniversary
TCN News Hyderabad:
Several Dalit organisations in Hyderabad have given a call for “ Chalo HCU” to protest against the demolition of the Velivada this month...
Velivada will stand, say students, as HCU admin pulls down banners, posters of Dalit...
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Nearly three years after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the HCU administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile continues...
Dalit Literature Festival to take place at DU’s Kirori Mal College
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A two-day Dalit Literature Festival will take place at Delhi University's Kirori Mal College here on February 3 and...
Remembering anti-caste social reformer Savitri Bai Phule on her birth anniversary
TCN News
Today marks the 188th birth anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule regarded as an icon in the field of education for girls in India. Born...
Bhima Koregaon – One Year of Violence and Apathy
By Atul Anand
This Twocircles.net film recalls the violence near Bhima Koregaon memorial obelisk in Pune on January 1, 2018, left people shocked and angry....
Maharashtra braces for Koregaon-Bhima 201st anniversary
Pune, Dec 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Saturday geared up for the upcoming 201st anniversary of the Koregaon-Bhima war with a series of...
SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...
संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा,परिजनों को पुलिस की कहानी पर नही हो रहा यक़ीन,भीम आर्मी...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
आगरा पुलिस ने दिल दहला देने वाले संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा कर दिया है। 25 दिसंबर को जब देश भर दलितों...
UP Police make arrests in Sanjali’s murder case; Bhim Army questions findings and asks...
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
In a major breakthrough, the UP Police claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a Dalit girl who was...
Dalit activists organise second ‘Villuvandi Yatra’ in Kerala in wake of Sabarimala protests
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the famous ‘Villuvandi (ox-wagon) Yatra’ of Mahatma Ayyankali in Kerala. In commemoration of the historic...
आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
बीते मंगलवार को आगरा जनपद के ललाऊ गाँव की रहने वाली दसवीं में पढ़ने वाली 16 साल संजली दलित छात्रा जब...
Art festival at TISS celebrates the colours of Bahujan resistance
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences was abuzz with the colours of Bahujan Art the past weekend as...
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...
Anti-caste crusader Kausalya remarries
TCN News:
Kausalya whose husband Shankar was brutally murdered in a honour killing by her own family in 2016 re- married Sakthi in a self-respect...
Rajasthan has become a living hell for Dalits: Renu Meghwanshi, state secretary, Mahila Congress
Renu Meghwanshi is no stranger to fighting against Dalit atrocities. She might be contesting from the Congress now, but prior to this, she was...
Radhika Vemula inaugurates ‘United Against Hate’ programme in Ernakulam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The caste murders committed by the high caste to protect their caste honour have been commercialised, said Radhika Vemula, mother of...
राजस्थान तो दलितों के लिए नरक जैसा है: रेनू मेघवंशी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
रेनू मेघवंशी राजस्थान में दलित उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ लड़ाइयां लड़ने के लिए जानी जाती है,यह वही है जिन्होंने डांगबास में दलितों...
कोई महारानी हमारी किस्मत नही बदल सकती!हमें तो बस दो रोटी चाहिए!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
अज़मेर-
अज़मेर से भीलवाड़ा मार्ग पर महाविद्यालय के क़रीब राधा है,राधा 50 से ऊपर की है ,यह उसने ही बताया है सही...
तेवर बदलती भीम आर्मी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर
इधर ग्वालियर, बिजनोर और पटना में भीम आर्मी ने तीन रैलियां की है, इन सभी रैलियों में अच्छी खासी भीड़ रही,तीनों को...
मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र
TCN News,
वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...
Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...
Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...
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...
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex
By R L Francis
The Christians all over India observed November 11 as “Dalit Liberation Sunday” (DLS) with an avowed aim of bringing the Dalit Christians...
Book review: Loknath Yashwant’s Broken man might be too hard-hitting for ‘Ghalib’ fans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Mirza Ghalib is a celebrated figure in the vast world of poetry, and many times Ghalib produces a self-demolishing effect on...
Funds collected outside Pune mosques help rebuild 74 Dalit homes in Pune
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
In a heart-warming story of Dalit-Muslim unity from Maharashtra, an NGO managed to rebuild homes of 74 Dalit families who lost...
Kaamgar Patrika: A magazine of – by – and- for sanitation workers to be...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is one of the largest and richest Municipal corporations in the country, with an annual budget...
पंजाबः मज़हब से हटकर राजनीतिक होती दलित गायकी
मनीषा भल्ला
बीएसपी दा आ गया हाथी, बणेया जो सबना दा साथी, गरीबी अते गुलामी वाला, जेकर अंत कराणा जी, इस बार वोटां ते सबणे...
It feels like Babasaheb’s blessing: Woman whose Bhimgeet video went viral overwhelmed with response
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kakhet lekru, Hatat jhadan, Doi war Shenachi Paati, Maye Bhima na sonya ne bharli woti”
(Child in arms, broom in the hand...
Popular Front condemns arrest of Waman Meshram
TCN News
Popular Front of India general secretary M. Mohammed Ali Jinnah in a statement issued today condemned the illegal arrest of Bharat Mukti Morcha...
कलम की ताक़त को जिंदगी की धार बना रहे हैं दलित युवक
आस मोहम्मद कैफ| नॉएडा/सहारनपुर/मुजफ्फरनगर -TwoCircles.net
9 मई 2017 को सहारनपुर में शब्बीरपुर हिंसा के विरोध में सड़क पर उतरी भीम आर्मी के उग्र प्रदर्शन के...
बिहार: डायन करार देकर महादलित बुज़ुर्ग महिला की चाकू से काटी जीभ
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार में महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार, छेडछाड़, अपहरण, दहेज के लिए हत्या एवं प्रताड़ना के मामलें तेजी से बढ़ा है। बिहार में...
Dying of hunger in an age of food apps
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
For most of us especially those living in urban spaces, food items are now available at the mere touch of a...
Fact-finding team demands SIT investigation to ensure justice for Telangana honour killing victim
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
A fact-finding team from Civil liberties monitoring committee (CLMC) visited Miryalguda and the house of Permulla Balaswamy, father of the late...
Prakash Ambedkar, Asad Owaisi announce alliance in Maharashtra to unify Dalit-Bahujan-Muslim votes
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a move that has the potential to play a major role in Maharashtra politics, Adv. Prakash Ambedkar of BHARIP (Bharatiya...
A Bill to tackle identity based discrimination in educational institutions
By TCN News:
A National Convention ‘Towards Zero Discrimination in School Education’ was jointly organized by Swadhikar-National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ-NCDHR), Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion (CSEI) and...
A marriage of, for and with self-respect: Remembering Periyar 140 years after his birth...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The news of the caste killing of Pranay in Telangana has sent shockwaves throughout India. This is not an isolated incident...
Ensure proper implementation of SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act without diluting it: NCSPA...
By TCN News:
National Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination based on Caste (Work and Descent) was organized on 27th September in Constitution...
Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism
By Badre Alam & Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net
Editors: Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 263
Price (Hardbound): Rs 850
Professor Christophe Jaffrelot...
Yet another couple attacked over intercaste marriage in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A man attacked his daughter and son-in-law with a machete and baldy injured them here on Wednesday, in another case...
दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, सहारनपुर-
छूटमलपुर से 90 किमी दूर बिजनोर बाईपास के पास मीरापुर में कुछ लड़के क्रिकेट खेल रहे है,गेंद को अपनी रेंज में...
Striving to Ensure Budget Justice: Voices from the Grassroots
A report on the " National consultation on “Budget Justice: Agenda for the Next Five Years” by Pervez Bari
New Delhi, September 19: D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of...
7 arrested in Telangana honour killing case
Hyderabad/Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) Telangana Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested seven accused over the killing of a Dalit youth, who was...
Dalit youth beaten to death in Bihar
Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) A Dalit youth was bludgeoned to death by a mob on suspicion of theft in Bihar's Nawada district, police said...
चन्द्रशेखर रावण रिहा : “बहनजी मेरी बुआ,खून का रिश्ता, उनका विरोध नही करूँगा, भाजपा...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर-
भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चन्द्रशेखर रावण को शुक्रवार सुबह 2:45 पर रिहा कर दिया सहारनपुर जेल से रिहा कर दिया...
JNU students’ elections put BAPSA in the national spotlight
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In two days time, students will be voting for representatives in the university-wide student union elections in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi....
Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California
A report By TCN:
California: The first annual conference of Ambedkar King Study Circle took place in Cupertino, the Bay Area Silicon Valley, California on...
Activists disrupt Hindu supremacist conclave in Chicago, evoke violent reaction from extremists
By TCN News:
The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella organization of progressive South Asian groups across the United States in coordination with...
2-year-old girl dies in Bihar on way to hospital as roads blocked due to...
Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) A critically ill two-year-old girl died on Monday on her way to a hospital as Bharat Bandh supporters blocked roads...
Protest in Boston against arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders in India
By TCN News:
Boston, MA, US:
Over 50 people assembled at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to protest against the arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders...
पूर्व कर्नल बनाम एडीएम विवाद: क्या दलित होने की सज़ा भुगत रहे है एडीएम...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नॉएडा/मुज़फ्फरनगर
मुजफ्फरनगर में शनिवार को दलितों ने जिलाधिकारी आवास पर प्रदर्शन किया,दलितों के कई संगठन बेहद नाराज थे.नाराजगी उत्तर प्रदेश के...
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...
Dalit samaj continue strike for special component plan
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Saturday that he will meet members of Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkar...
APCR ensures freedom for seven marginalised prisoners on Independence day
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Seven prisoners got back their freedom on the occasion of Independence Day this year through Association for protection of Civil Rights...
Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Artist Navin Chahande does not like to prove his point using abstract forms. He says his art is direct. Navin is...
‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
भीम आर्मी संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर के खिलाफ रासुका की कार्रवाई के विरोध और उनकी रिहाई के लिए भीम आर्मी ने दिल्ली के संसद मार्ग...
A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter
Dear All,
Jai Bheem and Namo Buddhaya,
The loss of my dear friend Rajkumar D Kamble (I call him mottu with love, for which he never...
Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...
पश्चिम में दलितो का उबाल निकाल न दे भाजपा के अभियान की हवा
आस मोहाम्द कैफ | TwoCircles.net
मेरठ:
पिछले सप्ताह मेरठ में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की बैठक में दलितों पर विशेषतौर पर विचार विमर्श किया...
बाढ़ : सुशासित बिहार में 250 दलित सड़क पर रहने को मजबूर
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बेलसर : बिहार सरकार द्वारा विकास के दावों के बीच आज वहां गया जिले में बेलसर गाँव के दलित टोले में रहने...
SC to hear plea against siphoning off of SC/ST scholarships money
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear next week a plea against siphoning off of thousands of crores of scholarships money...
मुसलमान बनने की धमकी क्यों देते है दलित
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : पिछले दिनों मेरठ के एक मंदिर में एक नवांगतुक पुजारी ने दलितों को पूजा करने से रोक दिया उन्हें...
SC/ST amendment bill to be introduced in Parliament in this session
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said a bill to amend the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act, approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday,...
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...
Ladai Seekhle: The story of Sumeet Samos, rap and annihilation of caste
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The list of atrocities against marginalised communities in India can make for a small book, but the forms of resistance against...
बिहार : एक जिला, दो महीने और 21 दलितों की हत्या
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार : बिहार में जहां एक तरफ राजनीतिक सरगर्मियां बढ़ती जा रही हैं वहीँ दूसरी तरफ आपराधिक घटनाओं का ग्राफ भी तेजी से बढ़ा...
Will not allow any dilution in SC/ST Act: Rajnath
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 18: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured the Rajya Sabha that the government will not allow any dilution in any...
Shut courts if they can’t protect rights: SC/ST Act vedict judge
By IANS
New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who headed a bench which delivered the judgment forbidding immediate arrest under SC/ST Act, on Friday said...
Dalit chamber of commerce signs MoU with EDII to incubate Dalit enterprise
By IANS
Ahmedabad: The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), in a first, has signed an MoU with the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and...
Let the world hear our stories of defiance and resistance to caste-violence: Dalit women...
By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
On June 21, issues and stories of Dalit women were presented at the UN level for the first time ever...
Citizens’ Solidarity with Voices of Democracy
TCN
This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five...
संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...
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...
Polimer TV’s coverage of Akshay Dev’s suicide shows how lives of trans-men are reduced...
By Charupriyan for TwoCircles.net
Translation by Uma Murugan
This piece is being written in condemnation of the deeply transphobic and unethical journalistic coverage by Polimer Television,...
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...
Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well
Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...
Rahul ‘sorry’ for nation’s apathy to Dalit farmer-scientist
Nagpur (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the family of late Dalit farmer-scientist Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, and apologised for...
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,...
Athawale’s remark exposes BJP’s double speak on Bhima-Koregaon: Congress
New Delhi (IANS): Demanded a fair investigation into the Bhima-Koregaon riots, the Congress on Friday slammed BJP's double speak after NDA ally and Union...
Six activists arrested by Pune Police in relation to Bhima Koregaon, protests in Mumbai...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Six months after the Bhima Koregaon incident, Pune police along with Deonar Police, Mumbai barged into the office of Dalit Activist...
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...
How Tamil Nadu government turned Thoothukudi into a living hell
By Grace Banu for TwoCircles.net
The people of Thoothukudi, who were asking for relief from cancers were given bullets as medicines. Common struggling people were...
जब जाट मुसलमान और दलित हुए एक तो फिर कैसे खिलता कमल का फूल!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
कैराना लोक सभा उपचुनाव में सब कुछ था--मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी, पांच लाख मुसलमान, प्रत्याशी किसी दल का, सिंबल दूसरे दल का, जिन्ना...
जातिवाद के विनाश बिना देश का लोकतंत्र कमज़ोर: उर्मिलेश
TCN News
"हम देश को लोकतान्त्रिक राज्य तो कहते हैं पर सहभागी लोकतांत्रिक व्यवहारों से परहेज करते हैं. देश नागरिक सामान्य तौर पर आधार को...
Should caste matter?
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Caste system in India, according to a large number of historians and intellectuals began with the advent of the Aryans and...
Four years of Modi government and communal divisiveness
By Ram Puniyani
The coming to power of Modi in 2014 gave a signal to the so called fringe groups that now it is their...
Mayawati names new party chief for UP unit
Lucknow (IANS): BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday effected a major shake up in the party organization, naming R.S. Kushwaha as the new president of...
दलित बहुल गांव के लोगों का झलका दर्द
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार के औरंगाबाद जिले में बसा नारायण खाप गाँव, जहां 4000 आबादी वाले गाँव में 1200 से भी अधिक दलित परिवार रह...
In Maharashtra, a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Apart from fasting, the pious month of Ramadan is also seen as an ideal time to spread the messages and teachings...
सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद बदल गई है भीम आर्मी की कहानी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद के भीम आर्मी गहरे बदलाव की और है इसके लिए भीम आर्मी के...
Gorakhpur infant tragedy: After months in jail, Dalit doctor Satish Kumar gets bail
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Dr Satish Kumar, one of accused in the tragedy at Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur in August 2017, was granted...
Congress appoints two observers in MP to placate Dalits
New Delhi (IANS): In its bid to strengthen its outreach among the Dalit community in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Friday appointed two...
मुजफ्फरनगर में इज्जत के लिए दलित युवक का क़त्ल
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर : शहर की बचन सिंह कॉलानी में 19 साल के एक दलित युवक को ऊंची जात की लड़की से मोहब्बत...
एक साल बाद आज भी सहमा है शब्बीरपुर ,बदल गई है दलितो की जिंदगी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : "पिछले साल 5 मई, हम सब लोग अपने खेतों में काम कर रहे थे औरत मर्द सब...इतनी भीड़ इस...
BJP’s Dalit outreach in UP a pretence: Congress
New Delhi (IANS): As Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana courted controversy by ordering food from a restaurant instead of eating at a Dalit's house,...
JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary quits party over ‘anti-Dalit’ policies
Patna (IANS): Senior ruling JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary, a former
Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, on Wednesday said he was quitting the ruling
Janata Dal-United...
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...
SC to hear review pleas on SC/ST recall verdict on May 3
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court will hold further hearing on May 3, on Centre's plea seeking the recall of its judgement holding that arrest...
“Change in the social system and need of a better future”: Ambedkar’s 127th Birth...
By Sidharth Dhamma
On Sunday, April 15, 2018, various progressive organizations from Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, USA organized a program to commemorate Dr....
‘शिक्षा ही बहुजन समाज को एक नई दिशा दे सकती है’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ की काकोरी टीम ने बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर...
दलितों के भविष्य को मज़बूत बना रही हैं ये भीम पाठशालाएं
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर/मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : “वो क्या है जिसे हम देख तो सकते हैं, मगर छू नहीं सकते. इस सवाल पर कक्षा के...
‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...
By Ira Anbazhagan for TwoCircles.net
The Southern India Buddhist Vihar re-opened in Perambur after renovations in January this year, going from a 1-storey to a...
Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT
New York, April 17 (IANS) Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra's silence over rape cases in India, the New York Times in an editorial on Tuesday...
Bhima-Koregaon: Maharashtra police raids Dalit activists who supported protest
Mumbai, (IANS): The Maharashtra Police carried out multi-city raids on Tuesday against prominent Dalit activists and supporters in a fallout of the January 1...
Dalit-speak of PM Modi, BJP a sham, says Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his words and the acts...
योगी को दलित मित्र का सम्मान देने की मुख़ालफ़त करने वाले पूर्व आईपीएस एसआर...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यानाथ को अम्बेडकर महासभा से ‘दलित मित्र सम्मान’ देने का विरोध करने पर अभी-अभी पूर्व...
Sikhs protest over atrocities against minorities, Dalits
By Arul Louis
United Nations, (IANS): A group of Sikhs held a protest against atrocities against minorities and Dalits in India during B.R. Ambedkar's birth...
Raju Chalwadi: Helping migrant Dalit-Bahujan students crack higher education
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a small room located on the first floor of a tiny two-storey house in the migrant colony of Baiganwadi area...
Unhappy with cases against Dalits, Chandrashekhar Ravan sits on fast until death inside prison
By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan', the founder of Bhim Army, has decided to fast until death inside the prison,...
Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance
New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...
चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर है चन्द्रशेखर रावण, मां ने किया ख़ुलासा
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर रावण चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर हैं. यह जानकारी खुद उनकी मां कमलेश देवी ने...
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...
‘दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोग अब बहुजन समाज को कमज़ोर समझने की भूल न करें…’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ द्वारा बहुजन समाज के अधिकार, उन पर बढ़ते हुए अत्याचार...
शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : भारत बंद आह्वान के बाद मेरठ में हुई हिंसा, मेयर पति योगेश वर्मा की गिरफ़्तारी और युवा नेता...
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...
Modi is anti-Dalit, will defeat BJP in 2019: Rahul
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of being anti-Dalit and said his party will...
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...