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Untouchables in predatory world of EdTech industry: Making a case for recognition of critical...

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How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India

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Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

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In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

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“Azad fights war of weak in a powerful way,” well-wishers of Bhim Army leader...

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Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

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Protest held in Latur against mob lynching and inaction of government bodies

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Indian Americans hail California Democratic Party’s designation of caste as a protected category

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Facing atrocities, Dalits in this Gujarat hamlet on verge of mass migration

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9 months on, families evicted during building of RSS stalwart’s statue in Varanasi still...

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Chandrashekhar’s Letter from Prison shows Bhim Army is far from over

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Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won.  Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...

Coalition of 100+ South Asian and American organizations oppose APPWW’s hate campaign

TCN News More than 100 community organizations in the US have condemned Alliance for Persecuted Peoples Worldwide (APPWW) in a latest open statement over its...

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“Aren’t we human?,” ask Dalit families after demolition of their settlement in Chennai street,...

Nearly seventy-seven Dalit families in Thangavelu Street, T. Nagar, Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are stranded in the streets after...

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...

Anil Kumar N S of Dalit Human Rights Movement passes away

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: Anil Kumar N S, chairman of the Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) and among the foremost activist who led the...

Beef Ban – A source of discontent in Khandesh

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MIM’s Dalit candidates give impressive performance in Maharashtra elections

By TCN Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Since its entry into the Maharashtra politics, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) often spoke about Muslim-Dalit political alliance. Assembly election 2014 – the party did walk the talk, considering the performance of all its Dalit candidates.

आरएसएस समागम के होर्डिंग को लेकर विवाद, वाल्मीकि समाज ने किया आंदोलन का ऐलान

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Why keeping a moustache continues to be deadly for some Dalits

Unable to digest upward mobility of many erstwhile untouchables, Dalits now face caste violence over the most mundane things including a moustache.  Smitha R  |...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One

By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

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Family members of Bhima Koregaon accused, cyber experts raise questions on investigation following reports...

Besides demanding the release of all the accused, the speakers pointed out that the Arsenal report has raised some serious questions such as, “Why...

Bihar Assembly election: Pasmanda Muslims may support BJP

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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,...

Rahul has agreed to implement our demands if congress comes to power : Jignesh...

Navsari (Gujarat), (IANS): After OBC leader Alpesh Thakore joined the Congress, Gujarat Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here on...

Ensure the Dalit voice is not stifled: Amnesty tells Indian states

New Delhi, (IANS): Day after a Dalit activist immolated himself in Gujarat, Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the state governments to ensure Dalit protestors...

In EFLU, five Dalit students ‘defamed’ a professor. How? By speaking against oppression

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net On January 17, Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student at the University of Hyderabad, committed suicide. For the whole year, his...

Students protesting for Rohith Vemula detained in Delhi

New Delhi : About 250-300 students, staging a demonstration here commemorating the death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were on Tuesday detained when they...

With Chandrashekhar in jail, Dalits of Saharanpur seek to rekindle struggle

By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Bhim Army is trying to ensure that the fight for justice and equality continues even as its...

Court sentences death to Ameerul Islam for rape and murder of Kerala law student

Kochi (Kerala), (IANS): A sessions court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced to death Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, who on Tuesday was...

‘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...

Social distancing being used to reinforce caste bias, justify Manusmriti, says Dalit activist Ramesh...

Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net  The COVID-19 continues to spread in India, with latest death toll figures close to over 20,000. While many reports and studies have...

Visually challenged Dalit labour rights activist jailed in Haryana, family alleges ‘torture’

Shiv Kumar is a Dalit labour rights activist who is named in the same FIR as incarcerated activist Nodeep Kaur, but according to eyewitnesses,...

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Seven years and counting: No justice in sight for Dalits of Bhagana

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The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

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Dalits still converting to Buddhism, but at a dwindling rate

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Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition

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Malegaon Muslims to hold mega rally to demand reservation

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Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California

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Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti

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Setting up of Balakrishnan Commission is a delaying tactic: Dalit Christian Groups

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कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए भीमा-कोरेगांव में हुई हिंसा का मामला थमता नज़र नहीं आ रहा है. प्रमुख आरोपियों को गिरफ़्तार करने की मांग करते...

Dalit ring draws controversy, designer says ‘ring aimed at creating awareness on plight of...

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6 days after being kidnapped by ‘upper-caste men’ in village in Bihar, 20-year-old Dalit...

The killing of the twenty-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Bihar after being kidnapped by upper-caste men saw a protest by members...

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Amid pandemic, rains, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless

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Dalits in Punjab bank on land reforms for economic, social prosperity

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‘My memoir is on inter-relational experiences of caste’: Dalit rapper Sumit Samos

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Situation of Dalits in India similar to Blacks in US, says renowned HR activist...

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Remembering Guru Ravidassji: One of the greatest thinker and social reformer of India

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MIM to appoint Dalit mayor if it wins Aurangabad civic polls

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has decided to appoint a Dalit face as Aurangabad city mayor if it manages to...

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After Moradabad, 180 Dalit families of Saharanpur to convert to Buddhism if atrocities do...

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Kerala youth congress ‘purify’ the spot where a Dalit MLA sat for protest

TCN News Geetha Gopi, a Dalit MLA of CPI, from Nattika constituency, Thrissur District, Kerala, sat down in front of the PWD (Public Welfare Department)...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story of an Indian’ to his music video titled ‘Raven’, he did so...

Here’s what explains Mayawati’s rout in UP election

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Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’

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Religious leaders stress on strengthening mutual love, harmony in India

TCN News New Delhi: A get-together of the prominent leaders of different religions was organised at the Archbishop House here on Monday to strengthen mutual...

What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?

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Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives

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Ambedkarite youths ensure peaceful protests in Mumbai, offer legal help to those arrested

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Anti-caste crusader Kausalya remarries

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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...

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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...
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