Opposition parties condemn Bhagwat’s call on debate on reservations for SC/ST
TCN News
Political leaders of congress, activists, Dalit leaders including Bhim army leader, Welfare party of India have all condemned the call made by Mohan...
22 years on, justice eludes Dalit victims of Bathani Tola massacre
By Nafis Haider, TwoCircles.net
Bihar: On 11 July 1996, Bathani Tola was painted red with the blood of Dalits and poor farmers which included women,...
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 |...
Every cloud has a silver lining
After the darkest of dark clouds of uncertainty prevailing over AMU, the acting Vice Chancellor Prof Saleem Uddin has taken a courageaous and bold step to appoint a very competent team of administrators (Registrar-Prof. Jawed Masarrat; Controller of Exams – Prof. Akhtar Haseeb; and Proctor- Prof Muzaffar Ahmad Siddiqui), to beam a ray of hope among the student community. I take this opportunity to congratulate the VC and all the newly appointed stalwarts, for accepting the challenge and wish that their dedicated efforts will shed all fears among students and their parents.
Una agitation can usher a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics
By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net
The Una incident has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘Gujarat model’ as...
Mayawati loses UP, BSP draws zero
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : The Modi blitzkrieg Friday destroyed the BSP, leaving Mayawati, who once harboured hopes of becoming India's first Dalit prime minister,...
Allowing such huge foreign capital in real estate is anti-people
Ref: - Are PM, FM, RBI Governor & SEBI Chairman listening?
Dear Sir
When in mid 2003 after retirement, I shifted in my present 3 bed room rented flat at Dwarka, New Delhi, it used to cost Rupees 1.2 million. Because due to personal reasons I am required to stay in Delhi hence my relatives and friends advised me to purchase similar flat in Delhi. Hence I started managing Rs 1.2 million for the purchase of similar flat which I succeeded within few months.
But to my dismay the price of such flats rose hence I started managing additional funds in order to take care of this price rise.
I have a dream for India …
Martin Luther King Jr. famous "I have a Dream" speech reimagined in Indian context"
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Dalit students attacked allegedly by SFI cadre for organising a collective in Kottayam
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
A Dalit student was beaten allegedly by SFI activists at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam on Thursday. Vivek Kumaran, an M...
Why hundreds of Dalits were unable to vote in Bhagana, Haryana
By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net
Initial reports from Haryana are indicating that neither the BJP nor the Congress is emerging as a clear winner in the...
देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल
तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...
Politics of Religion
By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net,
When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...
Tension rises in Manipur following attacks on Kuki youths
Imphal: Manipur Police beefed up security measures on Sunday as Kuki organisations condemned the "unprovoked" gun attack on February 3 on Kukis in Molnom...
Ambedkar’s fight was for equality, dignity: PM
Mhow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the constitution, fought against injustice in society and his...
DHRM for a new Dalit movement in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) has decided to form a new Dalit movement by the time of the coming Assembly elections, reports say. The DHRM will also reportedly vote against the CPI (M) in the coming panchayat elections.
Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state's Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations.
Rohith Vemula’s brother to get job: Delhi government
New Delhi : The Delhi government said on Wednesday it would give a job to the brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula of...
File case against Ramdev: Rajasthan court to police
Jodhpur : A court here in Rajasthan Saturday ordered police to file a case against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against...
In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...
Karthick Annan is a 35-year-old Dalit folk artist from Chennai, mastered in different folk art forms produced from an indigenous culture in Tamil Nadu...
Gujarat Dalits not to lift carcasses, want firearms
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands...
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...
USA should help Pakistan to institutionalize military rule
Ref: - Tested old ally deserves better treatment.
Dear Sir
There is nothing more relish-able for Indians than to have news of any trouble in its sworn rival Pakistan (if political trouble then all the more welcome as it symptomize the Pakistan State, as untenable). Hence the wide spread coverage in print & electronic media of India about the following political problems of Pakistan should though be taken as quite exaggerated: -
(i)- As per chief of ruling PML-Q, Shujaat Hussain, emergency in Pakistan is still an option.
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...
17-party alliance in Maharashtra to take on Cong and BJP
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Mumbai: Seventeen political parties of Maharashtra have recently announced that they have formed ‘Force One’ to contest upcoming Loksabha and state...
Christian of Dalit origin will be Dalit if he embraces Hinduism
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said that a Dalit whose parents or grandparents embraced Christianity will get the benefits of reservation meant...
NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages
Panaji : A day after Subhash Velingkar, who heads the RSS in Goa, attacked the BJP for alleged betrayal of Indian regional languages over...
Anna Hazare’s Campaign against Corruption
A Perspective from India’s North East
By Madhu Chandra
50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...
Agra gears up for biggest Dalit empowerment show
By IANS,
Agra: Agra is gearing up for the annual three-day Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations starting April 14 that are seen as a demonstration of Dalit empowerment over the past decades.
Each year, a Bheem Nagri - the venue of the celebrations - comes up in a different area, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Arvind Pushkar told IANS.
"The main focus is on the Bheem Manch that has a new theme each year. Last year, it was the Parliament House. This year, the theme is Buddhist culture and trends," Pushkar added.
Mayawati calls BJP anti-Dalit
Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Thursday attacked the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of...
बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...
‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands
Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...
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...
Some notes on MIM Assembly success in Maharashtra with tales of monkey and rabbit
By Pramod Mandade,
One week after the Maharashtra assembly election results I went to my village in Latur district (Marathwada). AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) won two seats one in Aurangabad and another in Mumbai plus they took considerable votes in many other places.
Defeating BJP in 2019 is the key to save constitution, says resolution drafted by...
TCN News
New Delhi: Jolted with the recent violence, suppression of Muslims and Dalits in the country and to chalk out a solution senior Dalit...
Mayawati slams Khattar over Dalit attacks
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Haryana government and its Chief Minister M.L. Khattar of being insensitive to the attacks on Dalits.
She...
Saddened by Rohith Vemula’s death: Modi
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke his silence on the suicide of Dalit scholar from University of Hyderabad, Rohith Vemula, saying that...
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...
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)...
Jharkhand Dalit Minister was prevented from inaugurating Shravani Mela: JMM
Ranchi : Main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has alleged that state Tourism Minister Amar Bawri, who belongs to the Dalit community, was...
100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism
Amreli (Gujarat), (IANS): At least 100 Dalits in Amreli district in Gujarat on Thursday embraced Buddhism in protest against government inaction over the death of...
SDPI alleges atrocities against dalits increased under new regime
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Nagpur : In the wake of increasingly changing political conditions in the country, the state unit of...
Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years
Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city
By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.
Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...
Kashmiris should support United Punjab, a precursor to “United States of SAARC”
Ref: - India need not be over sensitive to revival of Punjab movement minus terrorism.
Dear Sir
This refers to last week news in Indian 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...
‘Chalo Thiruvananthapuram’ will bring forth issues of Dalits and Adivasis, expose Kerala model of...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: On the lines of Chalo Una movement in Gujarat followed by Chalo Udupi in Karnataka, Kerala will see the Chalo...
‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by...
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI –On March 28, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the...
Vitthal Umap: A versatile folk artist who will be remembered for his enthusiasm
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...
For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: “Dalits are victims of both Hindu atrocities and Hindutva, and for the liberation of Dalits, Dalit-Muslim unity is must,” said Dalit leader and President of Ambeker Samaj Party, Bhai Tej Singh. He was speaking at a function for release of the book “End Of Casteism”here in on Sunday.
The book is written by T M Mani, a well-known Dalit leader from Tamilnadu who waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. The book is documentation of his own struggle, sufferings and achievements.
BHU anti-reservation scam: How the University is denying jobs to Dalit-Bahujans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Earlier this month, we had written about how Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was defying reservation in the appointment process and discussed...
Maharashtra ministers visit Dalit victims of atrocities
Mumbai : Two senior ministers Saturday visited the Dalit victims of recent atrocities against the community in the state - the honour killing of...
Two drones seized in Patna rally, two held
Patna : Two drones were seized while video recording a rally of the extremely backward classes here on Sunday and two people were detained...
Haryana village appeals to Dalit families to return home
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana): Residents of a Haryana village Monday made an appeal to Dalit families, who had fled after clashes and arson attack, to return home.
Nearly 20 families of Valmiki community in Mirchpur village fled after an arson attack April 21. At least 15 houses were damaged and a 70-year-old Dalit man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were burnt alive.
परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी
TCN News
जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...
युवाओं में निराशा और हताशा बढ़ा रही है बेरोजगारी, दलित-मुस्लिम बहुल गांव से ग्राउंड...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़
मोदी सरकार के कार्यकाल के दौरान बेरोज़गारी एक गंभीर समस्या बनकर उभरी है। बेरोज़गारी की इस समस्या का ग्रामीण भारत पर क्या...
Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US
New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...
Dalit settlement in focus of Modi’s Clean India mission
New Delhi: Dozens of municipal workers were busy Wednesday sprucing up Valmiki Colony, a settlement of poor, once-outcast Dalits where Mahatma Gandhi once dwelt,...
Almost 60 years later, Deekshabhoomi continues to draw Ambedkarites
By Nivedita Khandekar
Nagpur (Maharashtra): Hemlata Sontakke, 60, was too young to remember the epoch making event she had attended with...
How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thousands of miles from Bihar, Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan of Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) talked about their...
Contemporary Dalit Politics and Ambedkar’s Goal of Caste Annihilation
By Ram Puniyani,
On 28th Feb (2014) Ramvilas Paswan of Loktantantrik Jan Party joined the NDA alliance. Same Paswan had left the NDA twelve years ago with the beginning of Gujarat carnage, saying that with the violence in Gujarat he cannot be part of NDA. This time his son formulated the face saver when he said that Modi has received clean chit in the Gujarat carnage. Few days ago another dalit leader Udit Raj directly joined BJP, with the assurance of being given a ticket for forthcoming elections. In Maharashtra, Ramdas Athwaley of Republican Party of India had become part of NDA, and succeeded in being nominated for Rajya Sabha, Upper house of Parliament. There are many others dalits in the fold of BJP directly or in alliance with BJP to be in NDA, for pre poll alliance. Most of these leaders claim to be working on the path shown by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Ambedkar was committed to annihilation of caste and was totally opposed to the concept of Hindu nationalism, as propounded by RSS-BJP.
Golden opportunity for both China and Tibetans
Ref: - China should exploit political weakness of India and USA & its democratic allies.
Dear Sir
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...
Flag march by police in violence-hit Saharanpur villages
Lucknow, (IANS): Police conducted a flag march in the Shabbirpur, Badgaon, Chandrapura and Maheshpur villages of violence-hit Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday,...
Beating of 3 Paraya boys in Kozhikode unpack existing caste-violence in Kerala
By Ashfaque EJ, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: “It’s been a week after we got beaten and casteist slurs were used against us. The police have failed to...
Government working for Dalit empowerment: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government was working for the empowerment of Dalits.
"Our government is your government. We...
Adivasi, Muslim and Dalit organizations jointly hoist national flag and condemn growing atrocities
By TCN News,
Jaipur: As many as fifteen Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi organizations jointly celebrated Independence Day here and hold a program in favour of...
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...
Year after journalist Siddique Kappan, 3 others were booked under UAPA on way to...
Even after a year has passed in the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan and three others under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),...
Can a Savarna apply for a ‘Dalit’ job? No, says RSS
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: It is no secret that when it comes to doing menial jobs in our society, it is almost always seen...
In Vaishali ‘birthplace of democracy’ parties pinning hope on caste equations
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Sahebganj/Vaishali: At a rally in Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur District (under Viashali Constituency) Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav arrived almost two hours late that originally scheduled time of 3 PM (normal for all leaders in election season with hectic schedule). His supporters though braved the scorching Sun taking refuge in water-melon and shadow of tree, but waited to listen to their leader.
Boston NRIs condemn Telangana Government brutality at University of Hyderabad
Demands resignation of VC Podile Appa Rao
By TCN News,
On Sunday March 27, several dozen NRIs in Boston gathered to express outrage at the brutal...
Lawless laws leading to exclusion of marginalized: Professor Upendra Baxi
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Ambedkar University, Delhi organized the 5th Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on 5 March in India Islamic Cultural Centre. The lecture was delivered by Professor Upendra Baxi, eminent legal expert and scholar, on “Restoring ‘Title Deeds to Humanity’: Lawless Law, Living Death and the Insurgent Reason of Babasaheb Ambedkar”.
‘Safar-e-azadi’ by JKLF may usher in Federation of India.
Ref: Federation of SAARC in the making.
Dear Sir
The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik reportedly said that JKLF would resume its 'Safar-e-Azadi' (March for freedom) from May 20 for the inclusion of Kashmiris, in the ongoing process for the resolution of Kashmir problem.
डेल्टा मेघवाल : सारे सरकारी आश्वासन झूठे निकले
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : राजधानी दिल्ली में बलात्कार व उसके बाद हत्या की कोई घटना होती है तो हमारी संवेदना सड़क पर...
भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में आए ओवैसी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में अब ओवैसी की पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) भी आ गई है.
इस...
Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day
An open letter from Radhika Vemula to the Prime Minister
Jai Bhim everyone,
My name is Radhika Vemula. I am Rohith Vemula’s mother. This International Women’s...
Lok Sabha passes bill increasing list of SC communities
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill to add more communities to the existing list of scheduled castes in...
In murder of Dalit man in Rajasthan, caste atrocities surface despite lockdown
In spite of the ongoing country wide lockdown in India, enforced by the government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, caste based violence reared its...
‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA
BY TCN News,
Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...
In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations
By TCN News
Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...
Why the Left parties are unlikely to achieve much without support from Ambedkarites
By Badre Alam Khan and Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net
The current debate within the CPI (M) has generated intensive discourse on the dilemmas to formulate...
RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...
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...
Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...
The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...
बुंदेलखंड : वोट के लिए दलितों को प्रताड़ित कर रहे हैं भाजपा प्रत्याशी
प्रियंका कोटमराजू और अंशु ललित, TwoCircles.net
बुंदेलखंड : 'वोट नहीं दोगे, तो देख लेंगे. सरकारी नल से पानी नहीं पीने देंगे, सरकारी रोड पर चलने...
Another exercise in deception
Ref: - International Kashmir conference held at Uruguay.
Dear Sir
The first ever Kashmir Conference in Latin America was held on July 31, 2007 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay where eight point hollow resolution was unanimously adopted except one relevant point that is 'right to self determination by people of J&K'.
Dear Sir
The first ever Kashmir Conference in Latin America was held on July 31, 2007 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay where eight point hollow resolution was unanimously adopted except one relevant point that is 'right to self determination by people of J&K'.
Makhdumpur: Road that cuts through, divides politics of caste
By Brajendra Nath Singh
Makhdumpur (Jahanabad): It is just a road which divides the residents of Makhdumpur assembly constituency of Maoist effected Jahanabad...
Muslims join Dalits’ fight in Gujarat, thousands to attend big Sunday rally
By Darshan Desai
Ahmedabad : Prominent Muslim body Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind has declared support for a massive public rally being organized in Ahmedabad on Sunday by around...
शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...
Geeta Bharti: A Maratha lady dedicated to singing Kirtans of revolt and presenting the...
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
Revolt came early in the life of Geeta Bharti. Born in 1943 and married her early 20s, that event was also...
A letter to NHRC
Chairman, Human Rights Commission.
Chairman, National Commission for Minorities.
Dear Sir,
With regard to the two alleged bomb blasts that took place in `Lumbini-Park' and `Gokul Chat' at Hyderabad, we would like to express our deepest grief and regret at this turn of events and join with the government in trying to identify the perpetrators and bring them to book.
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...
“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”
By TCN News,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.
Haryana told to arrest all Dalit attack accused by Monday
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Haryana government for its failure to arrest all those who looted and burnt Dalit houses in Mirchpur village in Hisar district April 21 and told it to arrest by Monday all accused who are on the run.
If those responsible for committing atrocities could not be arrested then what right does the director general of police have to continue in office, asked an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly.
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...
Boston event links Black Liberation and Palestinian movements with the Anti-Caste Struggle
By Paul Malachi, TwoCircles.net
The #DalitWomenFight United States tour reached Boston on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 with a panel titled “Dalit Women Fight – Moving...
Knowledge is power and the government controls it
By Saundarya Verma
India is a country so vast that even after inhabiting the worlds’ largest population, we have space for more people. We make...
BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...
‘Doors of opportunities are closed for Dalits and tribals because of caste prejudices’
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Vaibhav Chhaya is a poet, writer, social media analyst and political commentator. He has published a book of poetry. His political...
हाथरस कांड : राहुल -प्रियंका के दम से काँग्रेस ने लड़ी मुख्य लड़ाई
महमूद रियाज़ हाशमी
महान वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंसटीन ने कहा था, “फीजिक्स से ज्यादा पॉलीटिक्स कठिन है” और जो लोग इस बात से सहमत हुए बिना...
SDPI protests at Jantar Mantar against thrashing of dalits in Gujarat
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today held a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and termed the incident...
Untouchability cuts across regions and religions in India
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Waltham, Massachusetts: Two-day symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar concluded here on Sunday. The symposium was organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.
Symposium saw participation by a number of Indian and American academicians and Dalit activists and sympathizers with Dalit cause.
An open letter to Sabra Bano
To
Ms Sabra Bano
Director
Gender Concerns International
Benoordenhoutseweg 23
2596 BA, The Hague
Email: [email protected]
Site: www.genderconcerns.nl
Phone: 00 31 70 3142461
Fax: 00 31 70 3142462
Dear Madam
Demolition of Bogada Chawl: 205 residents displaced in heavy monsoon
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Kishor Jagtap is on fast again. The eminent activist and senior social worker from Mumbai, known for his history of...
Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn-in as Bihar’s new CM
Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, a 68-year-old Mahadalit leader, was Tuesday sworn-in as the 23rd chief minister of Bihar.
Manjhi along with 17 ministers took oath...
Three weeks after Una Rally, Dalits in Gujarat continue to pay for raising their...
By Amit Kumar. TwoCircles.net
The Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised in the wake of attacks on Dalits in Una, Gujarat by cow vigilantes might have...
Dalit Bihar Legislator Alleges Caste-Based Harassment, Police Register FIR
TCN News
A shocking incident of alleged caste-based harassment has surfaced in Bihar, where CPI(ML) legislator Gopal Ravidas was allegedly denied the right to inaugurate...
India to stop humbug on Tibet and to launch official forum.
Ref: - India under legal obligation towards Tibetans, China & UN.
Dear Sir
This refers to controversy reported in Indian media about visit of Dalai Lama to Australia where China objected Dalai Lama's meeting with Head & Ministers of Government and other political leaders of visiting country.
Two Years of Modi Sarkar- Broken Promises: Sectarian Agenda
By Ram Puniyani,
The performance of the Modi Government during last two years has to be seen in the light of the promises made in...
AIC files amicus curie after Indian worker faces caste discrimination by a major tech...
Commenting on the case, Ambedkar International Center (AIC) said that American workplaces must be caste-free zones.
TCN News
A Washington DC based organization Ambedkar International Center...
The decline of Dalits in Bihar politics
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
In election rallies in Bihar recently Narendra Modi would often be seen flanked by two Dalit leaders–– Ram Vilas Paswan...
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...
Bihar CM includes Paswan caste in Mahadalit category
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has approved a proposal to include the Paswan caste in the Mahadalit category, an official said...
After Uddhav expose, Athawale’s RPI-A heads for split
Mumbai : Hours after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's sensational revelation regarding Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale, the latter's Republican Party of India-A virtually split...
Computerise Capital’s mosques, suggests Delhi Minorities Panel
Dear Sirs,
Computerizing the mosques and minorities is a very good idea for empowerment of the minorities and poverty alleviation of the marginalized and deprived class of society.
Biometric registration of every minority and tracking their health, education, skills, employment and old age pension would go a long way in alleviating poverty.
The Zakat payments can also be tracked effectively using the biometric smart cards.
Computerizing the mosques and minorities is a very good idea for empowerment of the minorities and poverty alleviation of the marginalized and deprived class of society.
Biometric registration of every minority and tracking their health, education, skills, employment and old age pension would go a long way in alleviating poverty.
The Zakat payments can also be tracked effectively using the biometric smart cards.
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...
‘One million post cards campaign’ launched to press for inclusion of Dalit Christians &...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
प्रयागराज में दलितों की हत्या से प्रदेश का राजनीतिक पारा गर्म
उत्तर प्रदेश के इलाहाबाद में एक दलित परिवार के चार सदस्यों की बेरहमी से हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं।मृतक के परिवार के अन्य...
एसआईटी करेगी सहारनपुर के दंगों व जातीय संघर्ष की जांच, डीआईजी ने बना दी...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : यूपी के ज़िला सहारनपुर में पिछले एक माह में हुए सभी 5 दंगों या जातीय संघर्षों की जांच एसआईटी को...
Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs of the area tried to take a procession parade on Maharana Pratap...
Provide job quota to Muslims, demands Samajwadi Party
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday urged the central government to bring a bill to provide reservation to Muslims in jobs, saying their condition was worse then that of the Dalits.
SC declines early hearing of PIL for SIT probe into Saharanpur violence
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to...
BJP promises economic, social security to city’s Dalits
New Delhi : Going all out to woo the city's Dalit community, BJP leaders Monday took part in a rally here promising to dedicate...
दम है मायावती बनने का!
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष बहन मायावती हमेशा से ही अपने फ़ैसलों से राजनितिक पंडितों को आश्चर्यचकित करती रही हैं. शुरुआत...
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...
Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Bharatiya Dalit Church (BDC), committed to preach good news to the socially outcaste and economically poor dalits, will be inaugurated tomorrow here.
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...
UP Polls: Congress attempts to woo Dalit voters with eight-point agenda
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Ahead of assembly polls, Congress has begun its attempt to woo Dalits with ‘eight’ promises.
UP Congress President Raj Babbar...
Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA
By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net
Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...
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...
Wardha Gandhi Ashram offers Una victims 25-year stay, land
Ahmedabad : Mahatma Gandhi's Sevagram Ashram at Wardha has offered the Dalit victims of Una to shift to its premises in Maharashtra after they...
Rectify 1.4 crore errors in caste particulars, states told
New Delhi: Amid demands by some opposition parties for releasing the data of the caste census, the government on Tuesday said there were over...
Mayawati did nothing for Dalits, says Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a frontal attack on Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, saying she was unlike her mentor and...
कन्हैया के चुनाव लड़ने से किन्हें और क्यों परेशानी?
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net
बात 2016 की है. जेएनयू स्टूडेंट्स यूनियन के उस वक्त के अध्यक्ष कन्हैया कुमार जमानत पर जेल से छूट कर आये थे. कन्हैया...
Left alone to battle, Delta Meghwal’s father says he has little hope of getting...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
On March 29, 2016, when the news of the brutal murder of Delta Meghwal first flashed across TV screens and websites,...
‘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...
We sing to celebrate the agenda of equality and dignity: Yalgar Cultural Group
Text and video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Yalgar cultural group (YCG), an association which propagates Ambedkarite ideas, performed at the KCA Hall...
Rashtriya Ekta Manch organizes protest and peace rally against killings of Muslim techie and...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: With the intention of spreading environment of peace and harmony in the state and to express solidarity with the...
























































