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‘English Vinglish’ encourages Dalit girls in Bihar

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,

Tribals are soft targets for police and rebels: Sociologist Nandini Sundar

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By Abu Zafar, IANS,

Man kills self, family in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : Driven by poverty, a man set his wife and three children on fire before killing himself in Bihar's Aurangabad district early Monday, police said.

UK-based South Asia Solidarity Group deplores burning alive of Dalit children in India

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By TCN News London: One of Britain’s key activist organisations, South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG), has applauded the courage of the more than 40 writers,...

Civil society members visit Sunped, condemn role of state and central governments

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By TCN News New Delhi: A civil society delegation that included activists and senior Gandhians visited the Sunped village of Haryana on Thursday, meeting the...

Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) celebrates Bhim Jayanti

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TCN News Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist ethos, on April 14, marked the birthday of B R...

Mayawati loses UP, BSP draws zero

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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,...

Death of a Doctor: A year later, family still looking for justice

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: For the 40-45 people who gathered near Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, it was a day to protest...

A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter

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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...

Reaching out to Bihar’s Mahadalits – by radio

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By Imran Khan, IANS,

Labour rights activist Shiv Kumar released from jail after 48 days, taken to hospital...

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Labour rights activist and President of Mazdoor Adhikar Manch (MAS) was released on March 4 after being incarcerated for 48 days in a case...

Atrocities against Dalits legitimises casteist orientation: Swaraj Abhiyan

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New Delhi : Swaraj Abhiyan National President Anand Kumar on Thursday said increasing incidents of atrocities against the Dalits had lent a kind of...

भीम आर्मी का नया रंग : शादी के कार्ड पर चंद्रशेखर की तस्वीर और...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : गुलशन की शादी हो रही है. 17 फ़रवरी को अनीता उनकी जीवनसंगिनी बन जाएंगी. 26 साल के गुलशन घड़कौली...

Several leaders from different parties, including Dalit faces from BSP, join AIMIM in Maharashtra

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aurangabad: In yet another rare success for the Assaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlees-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Maharashtra, as many as 15 local leaders including many corporators from different parties have joined it. Amongst these leaders, 10 are Dalits belonging to Panther Republic Party (PRP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Dalit Bahujan Mahasangh and Bheem Shakti.

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

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The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'. Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — In...

Poultry farming brings prosperity to Rajasthan Dalit village

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By IANS,

RSS-BJP want to end reservation in the country: Nitish Kumar

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Patna: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to end reservation in the country, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam

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Submitted by Syed Ziaur Rahman, Aligarh Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam was organized today (March 9, 2007) under the aegis of Aazar Academy (Aligarh). Some eminent poets of Aligarh founded Aazar Academy recently after the name of Late Janab Aazar Siyanvi, who was a noted poet and journalist of Aligarh.

Campaign to make minority and SC/ST women legally aware

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Ashray Welfare and Charitable Society (AWCS) organized an event on legal awareness for women belonging to SC/ST and minority communities living near Pant Nagar and Nizamuddin in the community hall of Pant Nagar neighbourhood.

Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests

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By Quaid Najmi, Solapur (Maharashtra) : Here's another traditional male bastion set to crumble. With a Supreme Court prod, the renowned 900-year old Vitthoba Temple...

जाति-धर्म के आधार पर बिहार के वोटरों को बांटता मीडिया

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net, पटना: बिहार में चुनावी जंग भले ही जंगलराज बनाम विकासराज के मुद्दे पर हो रहा हो, लेकिन इस लड़ाई में जाति...

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

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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...

Indian Americans’ mark Independence Day celebration by solemn pledge to protect pluralism

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Indian American Muslim Council organizes celebratory event in Florida; participate in protests against targeting of Dalits and minorities in the name of cow...

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

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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...

Students flock to Hyderabad varsity for protest

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Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in the University of Hyderabad on Monday with students from other states reaching here for a massive protest over the suicide...

Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT

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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...

Upgrade Mayawati’s security, BSP tells Akhilesh

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By IANS,

The wall of religion is the tallest for Dalits in Gujarat

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By Manjula Pradeep for Twocircles.net After finishing my Masters in Social Work from M. S. University, Vadodara, I immediately joined Navsarjan Trust, which I...

‘Come Eat With Me’: Exploring caste through cooking Dalit cuisine in upper caste kitchens

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In an interview with TwoCircles.net, award winning Dalit theatre artist Sri Vamsi Matta talks about his experiences as a Dalit which inform the questions,...

Film Review: From Hindu to Hindutva

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By Ram Puniyani, Kandhmal violence has been the most ghastly communal violence in the Adivasi areas in India. Close to two years after the violence the tragedy of the area continues, the victims of violence, the rehabilitation, the justice to victims, most of these are no where close to what they should be.

Violence-hit Saharanpur tense but under control: Official

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Lucknow, (IANS): A day after clashes between Dalits-Rajputs left one dead, the situation in a violence-hit village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district remained tense...

Bihar: Grand Alliance sweeps, opposition targets Modi

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish KumarÂ’s Grand Alliance scored a stunning win on Sunday in the assembly elections, dealing a major blow to the...

Dalit killed in clashes between protesters, police

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By IANS,

Dalit student accuses MP university of harassment

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Bhopal : A Dalit student pursuing M.Phil at the Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication here on Monday accused its authorities of...

Make eligibility of pre and post-metric scholarship for minority students same as that for...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The present eligibility criteria of scoring at least 50% marks in the previous year’s examination to claim pre-...

Betrayed by Congress, Dalit Christians should give a chance to BJP, casteism has no...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Christian organization Poor Christian Liberation Movements (PCLM), on 3rd April, has alleged that the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been luring three crore Dalit Christians by promising them to give the status of Scheduled Caste for the last two and half decades, but it has never been honest to its commitments.

Court tells MCD to compensate families of drowned kids

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay compensation of Rs.750,000 each to the families of the two boys who drowned November last year after falling in a pit at a park in Shakarpur area. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the MCD to pay compensation to the families of both children who died. It told the civic agency to pay Rs.50,000 to the mothers of Arshad, 4, and Armaan, 8, and deposit the rest in fixed deposits.

Mevani backs Dalits’ fast unto death in Gujarat

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Gandhinagar (IANS): Around 40 people from a Gujarat village, including women and children, have started a fast unto death in Detroj of Ahmedabad district...

Mahadalit women denied temple entry in Bihar

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Patna, (IANS): Tension gripped a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district where dozens of Mahadalit women were denied entry into temples, police said on Saturday. The women...

Jarawa women dance clip old, videographer will be held: Chidambaram

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By IANS,

‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...

Clarity or confusion: The word ‘Dalit’ has become a playground

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Recently, the debate on the usage of the word ‘Dalit’ was highlighted again. The petition of one Pankaj Liladhar Meshram...

Ensure proper implementation of SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act without diluting it: NCSPA...

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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...

Sonia raises ‘distressing rise’ in attacks on Dalits with Modi

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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday raised the issue of "distressing rise in incidence of atrocities against Dalits" with Prime Minster Narendra...

‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...

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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...

Congress and caste parties decimated, whither Indian Muslims?

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By Saeed Naqvi , Over 180 million Indian Muslims will stand on the margin looking stunned and petrified, watching Narendra Modi and the BJP make...

The battle for rights should be fought outside India: Rajratna Ambedkar

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net After the demolition of the Guru Ravidas Temple in the Tughlakabad forest area on August 10, there have been protests not...

बुलंदशहर में दलित युवक के साथ मारपीट

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अहमद खबीर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक दलित युवक के साथ बुरी तरह मारपीट की गई है आरोप स्वर्ण समाज के युवकों पर...

AMU Minority Character,OBC Reservation&Govt.of India

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How strong is the force of politically organised communities may be gauged from the impatience of the Government of India to get the stay on the implementation of 27% quota for OBC in elite educational institutions vacated. It may be remembered that while staying the operation of the impugned legislation, Their Lordships in the Supreme Court had reprimanded the government and directed it first to compile the details etc. of the backwards.

नवादा के कझिया गांव में सामंतों ने लगाया महादलितों के घरों में आग, वाम...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk पटना : नवादा ज़िले के अकबरपुर प्रखंड अन्तर्गत कझिया गाँव में वर्षों से बसे लगभग एक सौ महादलितों के घर में सामंती...

दलित समाज में बढ़ी सामाजिक जागरूकता : लक्ष्य

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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...

Harvard India Conference sees protests against Rohith Vemula’s suicide

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By TCN News, Cambridge (USA): The 13th annual edition of the Harvard India conference saw protests against the death of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research...

Meet Manjeet Sarkar: The Anti-caste Comedian

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Humour is often associated with comic enjoyment. The question of whether that enjoyment comes from subjugation or incongruity is rarely spoken...

हाथरस से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “ऊंची जाति के लोग अब हमसे बात नही करते,...

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रियाज़ हाशमी, हाथरस से Twocircles.net के लिए 19 वर्षीय दलित लडकी से गैंगरेप के बहुचर्चित मामले में सवर्ण जाति के चारों आरोपियों के खिलाफ सेंट्रल...

Memorandum to the Governor of Gujarat on Present law and order situation

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To, Sri Naval Kishore Sharma The Honorable Governor of Gujarat Gandhinagar. Sir, The Socialist Unity Centre of India, Gujarat State organizing Committee would like to draw your attention to some of the very vital problems of Gujarat haunting the state and taking a very ugly turn in an alarming scale. The Soharabuddin encounter case

Notice to Himachal over caste discrimination in temple

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Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the state over caste discrimination in the ancient Maheshwari Devi Temple in Shimla...

RSS, BJP hate the Constitution: Congress

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New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday asserted that the RSS and BJP hate the Constitution as it has kept their "idea of Hindu...

‘Liberal’, ‘Ambedkerite’ Islamophobia and communal violence: A counter narrative

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By Dr Mohammad Kamran Ahsan As hate becomes the fulcrum, and the new normal of Indian polity, various view-points have emerged analysing this institutionalised hatred...

जब जाट मुसलमान और दलित हुए एक तो फिर कैसे खिलता कमल का फूल!

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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...

Now vote for ‘The Greatest Indian’

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By IANS,

मुसलमानों को पिछड़ेपन से उबारने की अदुभुत कोशिश थी फ़ातिमा शेख़ की मुहिम

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net देश की पहली महिला शिक्षक फातिमा शेख की 191वीं जयंती देशभर में मनाईं गई। कोविड के चलते फातिमा शेख़ की जयंती पर कार्यक्रम...

‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich. “Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.

Sibal apologises after Ambedkar cartoon row rocks parliament

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By IANS,

Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.

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Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...

नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...

The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down

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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...

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

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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...

Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, (IANS): Police placed Dalit writer and social activist Kancha Ilaiah under house arrest here on Saturday to stop him from leaving for Vijayawada...

Mahadalit exodus: Bihar to develop Pura as model village

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Patna : Pura village, which witnessed an exodus by hundreds of Mahadalits who were threatened by upper caste men, will be developed as a...

Why mankind being denied the benefits of civil nuclear energy?

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Ref: - India should mobilize International community to clear nuclear mess. Dear Sir

Vidyarthi Sena goondagiri on Christian educational institutions

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URGENT PRESS RELEASE THE BOMBAY CATHOLIC SABHA CONDEMNS INTIMIDATORY TACTICS BY BVS ON SCHOOLS AND URGES THE DEPUTY CM / HOME MINISTER R.R PATIL TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO SCHOOLS AND ITS PERSONNEL. The Editor, Dear Madam / Sir, We are watching with dismay the goondagiri and strong arm tactics of the BVS on the Principals and Convent Schools in Dadar. We condemn such attempts to terrorise the Convent Schools and its Personnel. There are better ways to handle issues across the table and sort them out. We have also learnt through reliable sources that the grouse with

‘Jungle Raj’ in Rajasthan

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By IndScribe One after the other, shocking incidents of crimes and atrocities on the Dalits are being reported from Rajasthan. The latest incident has occurred in...

Attack on marginalised students shows SFI is losing the plot in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net For the past year, campus politics in India has taken up a sizeable space in the media; but the focus has...

बहन मायावती की वापसी के साथ ही शब्बीरपुर में फिर बवाल, एक की हत्या,...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCorcles.net सहारनपुर : बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती के शब्बीरपुर पीड़ितों से मुलाक़ात कर लौटने के तुरंत बाद बड़गांव चन्दपुर मार्ग पर शब्बीरपुर से...

On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley

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By TCN News Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...

IOS organises lecture on ‘Religious Minorities in India and Legal Perspective’

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Focusing on the constitutional provisions for the religious minorities to profess and propagate their religious belief, Professor Manzoor Ahmad, former IPS officer and vice chancellor of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, examined how the freedom of religion, right to equality and the right to maintain their cultural identity guaranteed under the Constitution were being allowed to be practised unfettered.

‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब

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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...

Dalits still fear returning home after arson attack

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By IANS, Hisar (Haryana) : Nearly 20 terrorised families are still camping outside Haryana's Mirchpur village after last month's arson attack on Dalit houses, in which two people were burnt alive. They refuse to return home despite assurances of financial help and security from the state government.

Christian group supports Anna, demands a Church Lokpal also

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By TCN News,

दलितों, आदिवासियों और मुस्लिमों को जेल ही दे पाया है हमारा लोकतंत्र – शिवमूर्ति

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By TCN News, लखनऊ : रिहाई मंच के तत्वावधान में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारी विरोध दिवस’ के तहत यूपी प्रेस क्लब लखनऊ में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारियां और इंसाफ का संघर्ष’ विषयक सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया.

Activists vow to fight on for complete freedom of thought, speech

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New Delhi : A number of academicians, writers, students and activists on Friday vowed at the Pratirodh forum here to keep resistance alive till...

‘गाय को मां बताने वालों के लिए दलित मां की क्या इज़्ज़त है, बलिया...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बलिया में सूदखोरों द्वारा ज़िन्दा जलाई गई दलित महिला रेशमी की मृत्य के बाद गांव में संघर्ष जारी है....

Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...

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

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

Dalit man murdered in Haryana

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By IANS, Jind (Haryana): A 31-year-old Dalit man, a resident of a village in this Haryana district, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in adjacent Sonepat district Sunday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Vijender Singh. His body was recovered from the fields in Sonepat. He worked as a farm worker in the fields of a Jind resident belonging the Jat community.

Beef Ban – A source of discontent in Khandesh

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Guna Pawara: 40-year-old Adivasi farmer lives in Sangavi, about 25 kilometres from Shirpur tehsil in Dhulia district of Northern...

Rights group condemns detention of activists

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the People's Union for Civil liberties and the Adivasi Mahasabha of the state have strongly condemned the illegal detention of two activists on "false grounds" and demanded their release. Activists Avinash Kulkarni and Bharat Pawar, who have been working with the tribals, were detained by police. "Is it a crime to work in a democratic and peaceful way for the empowerment of tribals," Rohit Prajapati and Xavier Manjooran said Tuesday.

So why’s this Modi worried in Bihar?

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By Imran Khan Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo -...

दुःखद : पानी पीने पर टीचर ने की थी जिस बालक की पिटाई, अब...

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खान इक़बाल Twocircles.net के लिए राजस्थान के जालौर में दिल दहला देने वाली जिस घटना में सायला गाँव में एक अध्यापक ने नौ साल...

Tribals demand release of detained villagers in Midnapore

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By IANS, Kolkata: Hundreds of tribal women Sunday staged a protest at a police station in West Bengal's West Midnapore district to demand release of 37 villagers detained during the joint forces' search for an abducted school teacher. The demonstration took place at Goaltore police station in the district. Police said the villagers were detained for interrogation as they tried to obstruct the security personnel during a search operation in the village.

Rahul ‘sorry’ for nation’s apathy to Dalit farmer-scientist

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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...

Challenges in Implementation of National Food Security Act discussed

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By TCN News New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...

USA ought to mobilize UN for transforming global monetary system

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Ref: To avoid man made financial Tsunamis, Federal interest cut not enough.

Dear Sir

Last week's interest rate cut by Federal Reserve of USA which again injected life in share market of India which got decimated after fall of SENSEX from 22,000 to 16,000 has proved (if at all any proof was needed) that sovereignty in contemporary world has no meaning in traditional sense of the term and USA is economically all powerful to influence economies of various countries including of India, especially in this age of globalization.

Dalit activists join DU teachers against four-year course

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By IANS,

NCERT advisor’s office ransacked over cartoon

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By IANS,

SASG urges UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the spiral of human rights violations in...

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TCN News London: The London based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging UN Special Rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye...

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

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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...

योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...

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लखनऊ से कौशल कुमार , Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...

Attack on human rights defenders Soni Sori

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By TCN News, Geedam (Chattisgarh): Reports are emerging that Soni Sori, the adivasi leader from Bastar, was attacked by few unidentified men in Geedam, Chattisgarh....

Ex-IAS Anees Ansari elected chairman of Momin Conference

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: The plight of silk weavers in Varanasi, brass workers in Moradabad and bangle artisans in Ferozabad will be raised by retired IAS officer Anees Ansari. The move is seen as the first step towards joining active politics like many of his brethren. Ansari was in news when he was suspended from the post of Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) of the state in 2008 after his fashion designer wife Asma Hussain hosted a fashion show at their official residence.

I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP

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New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...

Human Rights Watch criticises Modi government over increasing attacks on Muslims and Dalits

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: Hindu vigilante groups attacked Muslims and Dalits over suspicions that they had killed, stolen, or sold cows for beef....

Golden opportunity for both China and Tibetans

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Ref: - China should exploit political weakness of India and USA & its democratic allies. Dear Sir

Kejriwal meets Gujarat Dalit victims

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the Dalit victims at a hospital in Una on Friday and attacked the Gujarat government...

Congress, BJP trade barbs over JNU row, Rohith Vemula issue

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New Delhi : Amid heated arguments between the opposition and the treasury benches, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday discussed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor

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Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...

Adivasi, Muslim and Dalit organizations jointly hoist national flag and condemn growing atrocities

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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...

दलितों के भविष्य को मज़बूत बना रही हैं ये भीम पाठशालाएं

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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...

Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...

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By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net This is the third in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...

Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some...

Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group

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By IANS, Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations. The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).

Bhanubhai Vankar’s death: BJP leaders face heat in several parts of Gujarat

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): The political trinity of Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor on Saturday upped the ante against Gujarat government following the death of...

The Uphill Battle to Rejuvenate the Bahujan Samaj Party: Aakash Anand’s Daunting Task

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Asad Rizvi, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: Rejuvenating the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will be a formidable challenge for Aakash Anand. Despite his reinstatement as the national coordinator of...

Obama supports Raj Thackeray

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Ref: - MNS should resort to legal / international approach Dear Sir

Tension in Haryana’s Hisar after Dalit-Jat spat

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By IANS, Hisar : Tension prevailed in the Surya Nagar area of this Haryana district Tuesday after stray incidents of violence following a dispute between the members of the Dalit and Jat communities, police said. "Yesterday (Monday) night a buffalo, belonging to a member of Dalit community, collided with a vehicle that was owned by a Jat youth. At that time there were some heated arguments but the situation was somehow controlled," a police official said.

Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget

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New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...

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

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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...

Muslims join Dalits’ fight in Gujarat, thousands to attend big Sunday rally

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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...

Quota for backwards: Struggle for social justice

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By Ram Puniyani

बिहार चुनाव: जीतनराम मांझी का भगवा चोला

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.Net पटना/ नई दिल्ली: बिहार में विधानसभा चुनाव के संभावित समय का ऐलान होते ही अब सारी रणनीतियां रंग दिखाने लगी हैं. पुराने...

Gujarat law exam hit by reservation row

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By IANS,

Ex-judge to probe deaths in Tamil Nadu police firing

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By IANS,

Dalit politics beyond BSP

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.

Historic day for Mahadalits in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : The Mahadalits of Bihar, who constitute an overwhelming number among the state's downtrodden, are in a festive mood like never before ahead of India's 65th Independence Day.

Dalit groups submit their version of Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

Geeta Bharti: A Maratha lady dedicated to singing Kirtans of revolt and presenting the...

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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...

Notice to Tamil Nadu government over Dalits’ rights violations

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New Delhi : The NHRC Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government, demanding a report on the human rights violations of the...

All Dalit BJP MPs should resign: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that all Dalit Bharatiya Janata Party MPs should resign to protest the assault...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh

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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...

दलित-मुसलमानों की ‘बक्खो’ जाति बदतर जिंदगी गुजारने को मजबूर

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net वो कहते हैं न कि अपना घर सभी को अज़ीज़ होता है चाहे वो महल हो या झोपडी हर शख्स सुकून से...

डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...

Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear...

चन्द्रशेखर रावण रिहा : “बहनजी मेरी बुआ,खून का रिश्ता, उनका विरोध नही करूँगा, भाजपा...

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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...

Dalit group members try to damage Rajkot stadium pitch

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Ahmedabad : At least four members of the Rashtriya Dalit Mahasangh on Friday tried to damage Khanderi Cricket Stadium pitch in Rajkot to protest...

भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Poor Dalit, Muslim families in Gujarat decry failure of Modi’s free ration scheme

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By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net Gujarat: On 30 June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his government’s free ration scheme would benefit 800 million cash-strapped people...

Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.

Kishor Kharat appointed as CEO and MD of IDBI bank

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By Yogesh Maitreya, Twocircles.net, Mumbai: Kishor Kharat has been appointed as the CEO and MD of IDBI Bank. The announcement was made on August 14,...

No bail for activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon arrests even after a year; campaign...

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TCN News Last year on 6th June, the Pune police had arrested 5 activists on false charges of inciting violence on Dalits that took place on...

Remembering anti-caste leader T. M. Umar Farooq on 6th death anniversary

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T. M. Umar Farooq was born a Hindu as T. M. Mani, in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were bonded labourers...

Dalit tied to a tree, beaten up in Karnataka village

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Dalit man was tied to a tree and beaten up in a village in Vijayapura district on suspicion of helping...

बसपा ने 51 टिकट किए घोषित,23 मुसलमान बनाएं उम्मीदवार

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न्यूज़ डेस्क। Two circles.net बहुजन समाज पार्टी ने यूपी के दूसरे चरण के चुनाव के लिए प्रत्याशियों की सूची जारी कर दी है। बहुजन समाज...

I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...

Minor boy burnt alive in Bihar for goat’s grazing

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Patna : A boy's goat grazed some of a farmer's paddy crop. That really got the farmer's goat. He burnt the boy alive in...

Muslim fundamentalist militancy, the product of western secularism.

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Ref:- Improvised Shiv-Sena model (as UN controlled IPP) can be the solution Dear sir The various terrorist attacks like 9/11, terrorist attacks in UK, terrorist attacks in India, Lal Masjid fight etc. by Muslim militants, during last 6 years, have made the Muslim fundamentalism a burning issue which is testing the competence & sagacity of politicians / statesmen / political scientists of the entire world. And now after Glasgow terror attack in which three highly qualified Indian Muslims (Engineer and Doctors) are alleged to be accused, it has become a political head-ache for India.