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Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence

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Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015 By TCN...

गाय के नाम पर अब लखनऊ में दलितों की पिटाई

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TCN News लखनऊ : गाय के नाम पर गुजरात में दलितों की पिटाई के बाद अब दूसरा मामला उत्तर प्रदेश के लखनऊ में सामने आया...

नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...

बिजनौर : दलित-मुस्लिम एकता में खटास

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net बिजनौर: उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के मतदान से ठीक पहले बिजनौर जिले में सांप्रदायिक तनाव है. एक युवक...

Hyderabad varsity issue not Dalit versus non-Dalit: Irani

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New Delhi: The suicide case of Rohith Vemula, research scholar at University of Hyderabad, was not a "Dalit versus non-Dalit issue", and there was...

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

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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...

Attacks on Dalits rise under Modi-Yogi: Left

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New Delhi, (IANS): Left parties on Monday blamed the "callous attitude" of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for the caste violence in...

उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित वोटों का बंटवारा और बसपा का विकल्प

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विद्या भूषण रावत उत्तर प्रदेश में बहुजन और दलितों का नेतृत्व करने वालों की कतार लग गयी है. ये कोई बुरी बात नहीं है क्योंकि...

क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...

Two Dalits thrashed for refusing to clear carcass

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Rajkot : A group of self-styled cow vigilantes thrashed two Dalits in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region for allegedly refusing to dispose the...

Upper caste mob lynch Dalit man in Gujarat over land dispute; three detained

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Gujarat: Tension prevailed in Gujarat’s Sodhana village on Friday after Dalit people of the town refused to bury a person from...

Dalit girl raped in Odisha, four held

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Four men were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for the rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl two days ago, police said Friday.

Dalit groups unhappy with interim budget, says proportionate allocation to SC/STs denied

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: National Confederation of Dalit Organization (NACDOR) has expressed disappointment on the interim budget of the Government of India.

Caste System needs to be revised not the system of reservation

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By Manoj Kumar Paras India is the country of unity in diversity. Close look of Indian society give you more insight on diversity than unity....

Malegaon Muslims to hold mega rally to demand reservation

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Malegaon (Maharashtra): Cutting across their differences, many Muslim organizations decided to unite and hold a mega rally in the textile town...

In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...

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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...

Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Nitish Kumar

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Patna : Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be Bihar's chief minister, ending speculations over his...

Yogesh Wanjari: Translating Dalit literature so that Ambedkarite struggle can be looked through its...

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Yogesh Wanjari, an M.Phil Student of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai recently translated the book of J V Pawar...

Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...

Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste

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Celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ call Mahtama a ‘Reeactionary’ and regards him as not only castist but also racist. By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In an attempt to revisit the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate over caste hierarchy, celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ and Essayist Arundhati Roy spoke on “vicious sort of apartheid that functions in our society”, namely caste system.

बिहार : जमींदारों ने की भाकपा (माले) कार्यकर्ताओं की हत्या और मुसहरों के साथ...

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TCN News अररिया(बिहार): जब दुनिया नए साल की खुशी मना रही थी, उसी दौरान बिहार के अररिया जिले में जमीदारों ने अपने हक की मांग...

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani rejects invite to CPM programme in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Kerala CPI (M) leadership was left red faced after Jignesh Mevani, Una agitation leader, rejected the party’s invitation to attend...

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

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

दिल्ली में हाथरस जैसी वारदात, 9 साल की मासूम को बलात्कार के बाद जलाया

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net राष्ट्रीय राजधानी दिल्ली में 'हाथरस कांड' जैसी रेप वारदात सामने आई हैं। श्मशान घाट में लगे वाटर कूलर से पानी लेने...

Muslim leadership has always ignored Dalit Muslims: Dalit Muslim leaders

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By, Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: “We don’t want to criticize anybody but the fact of the matter is that, the entire Muslim leadership has always ignored Dalit Muslims. Be it Jamiat Ulema Hind, Milli Council or any other organization, their attitude towards Dalit Muslims can only be described as indifferent,” complained a group of Dalit Muslim leaders.

$“Shiv Kumar has multiple injuries, fractures in left hand, right foot,” says medical report, family demands release$

“Shiv Kumar has multiple injuries, fractures in left hand, right foot,” says medical report,...

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Shiv Kumar is president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) and a co-accused in the case against Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur. He was...

Does India face tyranny of the majority?

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Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...

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...

OBC quota in panchayats, civic agencies valid: Apex court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the validity of the constitutional provision for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) reservation in panchayats and municipal agencies, including the post of a chairperson. The chairperson's post could not be equated with solitary posts in the context of public employment, the court said. However, the court said: "The upper ceiling of 50 percent vertical reservations in favour of Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBCs should not be breached in the context of local self-government."

Hyderabad varsity teachers slam Smriti Irani

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Hyderabad : Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union...

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s 33rd mega gathering in Ajmer to focus on Dalit-Muslim unity

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In order to address concerns over the current communal condition of the country in which weaker sections are being targeted...

Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part One

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This is a first in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna politics espoused...

Anandiben resignation offer due to AAP’s growing popularity, says Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Soon after Gujarat Chief Minster Anandiben Patel offered to resign, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the development was the result...

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

Lal Singh Dil wrote about wretched of the earth: Dalit poet’s translator

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By Sourabh Gupta, IANS,

Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand

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Haridwar, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking...

संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला

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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...

Gujarat government will be taught a lesson: Kejriwal

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Ahmedabad : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday warned that the Gujarat government will be taught a lesson in the assembly elections next...

PM to inaugurate conference on Dalits

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Left alone to battle, Delta Meghwal’s father says he has little hope of getting...

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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,...

Jitan Ram Manjhi: Will he succeed in his gamble?

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Though the outgoing Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi earned political martyrdom, yet it is debatable who inflicted more wounds on him. True, the last bullet was fired by his mentor-turned-tormentor Nitish Kumar, the injuries caused to him by the BJP in the first seven months of his nine-month regime proved no less fatal.

Dalit-Muslim union creates a flutter in Maharashtra

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By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) When Prakash Ambedkar filed his nomination papers from the Solapur and Akola Lok Sabha constituencies as a Vanchit...

Savita Ali: Raising her voice to highlight atrocities against Dalit and Muslim women

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...

‘Summary and Recommendations’ of the Kundu Committee

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Post-Sachar Evaluation Committee, headed by Prof Amitabh Kundu, presented its final report to Dr Najma Heptullah, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs. The Centre has not yet clarified whether it has accepted the recommendations of the Kundu Committee, as it later came to be known as.

We sing to celebrate the agenda of equality and dignity: Yalgar Cultural Group

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Text and video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Yalgar cultural group (YCG), an association which propagates Ambedkarite ideas, performed at the KCA Hall...

Pratik Parmar: Challenging the Savarna hegemony with a camera in hand

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Delhi: On a slightly chilly November evening, Pratik Parmar sat with about 30 people in a conference hall in...

बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net आज आज़ादी के 74 सालों के बाद भी दलित उत्पीड़न की घटनाएं कम नहीं हो पाई हैं। नया मामला बुलंदशहर जनपद के नरसैना थाना...

New Gujarat CM sets up SIT in Thangadh case

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Gandhinagar : Bowing to pressure, the Gujarat government has finally reopened the sensational case of the killing of three Dalit youths in alleged police...

Why was the right arm of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue broken in UP’s Gautam Budh...

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Aatika S | TwoCircles As the internationally celebrated event of Dalit History month comes to an end, the Indian subcontinent is reeling with an increased...

Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...

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Text and Video by Shiva Thorat The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 4 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by...

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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...

Campaigning in Mumbai: Nightmare for candidates

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By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : From residential skyscrapers to the villas of the super-rich to the squalor of slums and starkness of pavement shacks, campaigning...

Fresh autopsy on Dalit youth’s body in Telangana

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Hyderabad, (IANS): A fresh autopsy was conducted on Monday on the body of a Dalit youth who died under suspicious circumstances in Peddapally district...

Rectify 1.4 crore errors in caste particulars, states told

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New Delhi: Amid demands by some opposition parties for releasing the data of the caste census, the government on Tuesday said there were over...

100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism

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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...

Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula

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By TCN News The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...

Dalit group angry over Saif’s role in ‘Aarakshan’

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Andhra minister booked for assaulting Dalit youth

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By IANS, Hyderabad : Hyderabad police Sunday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister and his aides for assaulting a Dalit supporter of the Telangana movement.

Mayawati rejigs party organisation, eyes set on 2017 polls

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati late Sunday affected major changes in the party hierarchy by sacking all the coordinator booth in-charges...

Mayawati names new party chief for UP unit

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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

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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...

30 years of SC/ST PoA Act: Lacks and loopholes

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: On 5 November, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that insulting a Dalit or tribal person would not...

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.

NCERT advisor’s office ransacked over cartoon

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Congress, BJP treat Dalits as vote bank: Mayawati

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Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at the Congress and the BJP on Tuesday, accusing the two...

NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits

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By IANS, Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.

A marriage of, for and with self-respect: Remembering Periyar 140 years after his birth...

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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...

Una assault lifts lid on atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat

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By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad : The brutal thrashing of four Dalit youths by self-styled cow protection vigilantes is no isolated incident in Gujarat. As many...

Unable to pay bribe, Dalit woman in Kerala denied treatment in government hospital

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kasargod: A Dalit woman in Kasargod district of Kerala has alleged that she was denied treatment by government hospital...

Congress MLAs suspended after Gujarat assembly ruckus over Dalits

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Gandhinagar : Gujarat assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora on Tuesday suspended all Congress MLAs -- barring Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and Balwantsinh Rajput --...

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

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

पुलिस ने रखा भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ पर 12 हज़ार का ईनाम

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने भीम आर्मी के नेता चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद उर्फ़ रावण की गिरफ़्तारी पर इनाम को घोषणा कर...

रियल बिहार : “हम घर से बाहर कम ही निकलते हैं। गांव के लोग...

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बिहार चुनाव: बिहार के मुसलमानों को क्यों पसंद नहीं है नीतीश कुमार का विकास- ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट प्रतिभाशाली रिपोर्टर मीना कोतवाल इस समय बिहार में है...

R.S. Katheria – a professor becomes minister of state

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Agra : BJP MP from Agra constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Shankar Katheria was Sunday inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the...

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...

BJP’s Dalit outreach under threat

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By Amulya Ganguli There is a long way to go before Uttar Pradesh can become Uttam Pradesh, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised after his...

Mayawati criticizes BJP government for ignoring Dalit icons in conferring Bharat Ratna

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has come down heavily against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government for discriminating against Dalit icons such as Kanshi Ram while awarding Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya.

Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat

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Dear Sir

The reason for Modi's victory (widely covered by Indian and international media) is following and simple as apprehended in my letter (dated October 30, 2007) published in international print media, some paragraphs of which are reproduced below:-

"[This refers to Thursday ''Tehelka' expose on Indian T.V. channels, which was also reproduced next day in prominent print media, exposing State sponsored gory massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat 2002 pogrom.

Dattu Thorat: A mechanic working to improve education levels in Shirpur

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Most people expect a cycle repair mechanic to do just that: repair cycles, and make a living. Dattu Thorat also does...

Supreme Court stays AP High Court Judgment in Tsundur Dalit massacre case

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The Supreme Court stayed the Tsundur judgment delivered by Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday and also sent notices to all the convicts who were released and gave four weeks time to respond.

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...

मुजफ्फरनगर में इज्जत के लिए दलित युवक का क़त्ल

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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...

बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...

How Santosh Thorat is helping rebuild homes, increase literacy in Mumbai’s Dalit colonies

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The idea of working for your community does not necessarily mean that you have to be at the forefront...

Bush & Condoleezza should listen to Wendy

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Ref: - Kashmiri leaders should also approach USA. Dear Sir

Hyderabad varsity teachers slam Smriti Irani

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Hyderabad: Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union minister...

शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप

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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...

Study finds only 66% of Muslim women using medical care for child delivery

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By TCN News New Delhi: A study published in the online journal PLos One has found poor migrant Muslim women to be one of the groups least likely to use safe medical care for child delivery.

Jaitanpur: A neglected village an hour away from Lucknow

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, Road to Delhi goes through Lucknow, so they say. After about an hour drive north of UP’s capital on a smooth two-lane Sitapur Road, take a sharp turn down a rickety dirt path and you will reach Jaitanpur, a small village surrounded by fields of wheat, sugar cane, rice, mustard seeds, and groundnuts. Driving past the fields, a mosque, and a traffic jam of trucks carrying bricks, and reach the home of the residents of Jaitanpur, a series of small shacks with haystacks for walls. Just 60 km away from the state capital, government services have yet to reach this part of the state.

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.

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.

BJP leader’s remark on Mayawati shameful: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's abusive remark against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and...

The political games behind a rape in Maharashtra

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Ahmednagar: On July 17, residents of Kopardi village, Karjat Tehsil, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, woke up to a devastating news...

Republic Day Eve marked by anti-caste vigil outside India House, London

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By TCN News London: Representatives of rights groups, Indian Diaspora and Dalit organisations marked India’s Republic Day eve by holding a candlelit...

Lok Sabha witnesses din as Opposition demands debate on lynchings

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the...

It feels like Babasaheb’s blessing: Woman whose Bhimgeet video went viral overwhelmed with response

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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...

जेलों में 64 फ़ीसदी आबादी दलित व पिछड़ों की, अल्पसंख्यकों की संख्या भी बढ़ी...

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net देश में जहां दलितों व पिछड़ों के ख़िलाफ़ अपराध में इज़ाफ़ा हुआ है, वहीं भारत के जेलों में भी...

Campaign against caste-based sexual violence highlights ‘pervasive discrimination faced by Dalit women in India’

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National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) said that its campaign will showcase caste-based sexual violence in 15 Indian states, sharing a selection of landmark...

जेएनयू विवाद: भूख हड़ताल से आगे का रास्ता

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जवाहरलाल नेहरू में चल रहा विवाद अब पूरे नए फलक पर आ चुका है. राष्ट्रद्रोह और देशविरोधी कार्यक्रमों के मामले में...

While SP fights, BJP prepares extensive roadmap for upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The Samajwadi Party may be busy with its infighting, but it is clear that the BJP is doing all it...

Jitan Ram Manjhi: A soft-spoken Mahadalit who was a shepherd (Profile)

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Patna : Jitan Ram Manjhi, the 70-year-old Mahadalit leader who quit as Bihar chief minister Friday nine months after assuming office in May 2014,...

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

Mob lynching: All India Momin Conference writes to Modi, questions ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter All India Momin Conference, an organisation of Muslim weavers and artisans, have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...

Tibetans not utilizing India

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Ref: - It is beyond Dalai Lama alone. Dear Sir On October 17, 2007 President Bush personally presented the Dalai Lama with the US Congressional Gold Medal and called on China's leaders to open talks with the Dalai Lama, which China resented, as it complained, "Dalai Lama is seeking independence for Tibet". But in his remarks at this award ceremony, the Dalai Lama reiterated his desire for the Tibetan people to have meaningful autonomy within China, which should have reasonably allayed the fears of China.

Seven get life term for lynching Dalits in Haryana

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By IANS, Jhajjar (Haryana): A court here Monday awarded life imprisonment to seven people for the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district. All the convicts were produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain, amidst heavy security. After the sentencing, the accused were sent to Rohtak jail. The court acquitted 19 people in the case Saturday.

Death of a Delta

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...

A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket

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By Priyanka, New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...

Gujarat CM Anandiben finally offers to quit

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Ahmedabad : Ending months of speculation, Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday offered to quit in keeping with the BJP's...

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...

A letter to NHRC

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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.

50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...

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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...

Activists protest deaths at home for mentally

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 150 people, mostly rights activists and members of NGOs, Tuesday protested the government's apathy towards the maintenance of a home for the mentally challenged, where several deaths and human rights violations were reported in the past month. They demanded action and even offered their help to the government.

Citizens demand heritage city status for Agra

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS, Agra : Ahead of the polls, several citizens' groups have asked candidates of various political parties to support their demand for heritage city status to Agra visited by millions of tourists every year. Party candidates are being asked to clarify their stand on various issues that concern the development of this historic city.

Different forms of untouchability among Muslims: Dalit Muslim Muhim

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By Khalid Anis Ansari, Mohammad Noor Hasan Azad, one of the founding members of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, discusses the contemporary lower caste movement among Indian Muslims

Kerala govt cancels aid to Dalit auto driver Chitralekha, Abu Dhabi organisation steps in

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Over the past decade or so, Chitralekha, a Dalit auto driver has been at the receiving end of abuse and threats...

Abducted woman untraced, husband still in hospital

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By IANS, Patna : An upper caste woman abducted in Bihar 12 days ago allegedly for marrying a Dalit against her family's wishes remains untraced, police said Sunday.

Owaisi seeks withdrawal of cases against Hyderabad varsity students

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Hyderabad : MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded withdrawal of cases against students and professors of Hyderabad Central University. The Member of Parliament from...

Empower NHRC to act against erring officials: Justice Dattu

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Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Wednesday sought amendment to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, to empower...

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...

The cruel irony of Human Rights Day

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By Abdullah Khan 10 December is internationally celebrated as the International Human Rights Day. In 1950, the United Nations declared 10 December as the International...

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

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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...

Is Sonia Congress nominee, Pratibha Patil is fit to be President of India?

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Dalit massacre in Lakshmipet is the result of Caste Vote Politics: CLMCI

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By TCN News

डेल्टा मेघवाल : सारे सरकारी आश्वासन झूठे निकले

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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...

Rahul set to visit disfigured Dalit girl in Kanpur hospital

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By IANS,

सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों के परिजनों की मांग, कोरोना योद्धा के तौर पर मिले 50 लाख...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net विश्व भर की विकराल समस्या बन चुका कोरोना वायरस से जान जोखिम में डालकर लड़ने वाले कोरोना फाइटर्स में सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों की बेहद...

Ramabai Nagar: 17 Years, 11 deaths, 26 injured and Justice is still awaiting

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By Yogesh Maitreya, Daisy Katta, “That firing was something as if it was firing of India and Pakistan war” said Bhante Kashyap, reminiscently, one of the eye witnesses of Ramabai Nagar homicide of 1997, in the heartland locality of Mumbai, Ghatkopar East. Another narrator and also an eye witness of this arrogantly brutal massacre of Dalits in Ramabai Nagar, has depicted how thirteen years old boy had been shot dead by police’s bullet hitting his skull and splintered it in two pieces. Few more eye witnesses as well as victims, after seventeen years of the incidence have gathered courage to come up on the stage, provided by ‘Ramabai Nagar Hatyakand Sangharsh Samitee’ at their arranged conference at Ramabai Nagar, on the seventeenth anniversary of this incidence.

भीम आर्मी के आह्वान पर सहारनपुर के दलितों ने नहीं मनाया होली का त्योहार

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर में इस बार दलितों ने होली नहीं मनाई. इसके लिए भीम आर्मी ने मुहिम चलाया था. इस...

125 years on, Dalits wait for a leader like Ambedkar

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Notwithstanding reservation in education, job, Lok Sabha and state Assemblies India is yet to produce as towering a Dalit personality as...

Dalit cattle skinners in UP desperate to resume work

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With cow vigilantism at its peak and a dearth of private skinning orders, Dalit cattle skinners of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have been left with...

Modi is anti-Dalit, anti-student: Rohith Vemula’s mother

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New Delhi : Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's mother on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being "anti-Dalit" and "anti-students". Speaking during a protest...

Dalits protest against grabbing of their funeral land in Jalana District of Maharashtra

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Partur : Dalits living in the vicinity of Partur town, district Jalana (Maharashtra) went to the Partur tahesil along with the dead body protesting against the encroachment of their funeral land by some people.

मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र

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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...

Four years of Modi government and communal divisiveness

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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...

“Bade maze ki baat hai, Dalit Muslim saath hai”

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Amreli, Gujarat: Yusuf Ghaffar, a man in his 50s, sipped his tea, as he watched a dozen or so...

We are watching you and your sadist medieval-era psyche: Dalit diaspora fumes over continued...

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By Suraj Yengde for Twocircles.net Cambridge: Mid-January in the New England area is infamous for the unfriendly cold shivers. Stepping out on a weekend after...

Protest against Tsundur Judgment at AP and Telangana High Court

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: On Monday, the Tsundur Dalits Struggle Committee For Justice, comprising seventy-five people’s organization, protested against the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which released the twenty-one accused in the Tsundur Dalit massacre case. The protest was a part of the long struggle the committee has taken up. In the history of dalit movement, this was the first time a protest has been staged in front of a High Court demanding justice for the Tsundur dalits. All of the protestors taken into preventive custody and were released in the afternoon.

13 years on, families hope for justice in Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre

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By IANS, Patna : Thirteen years after the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed by upper caste men, families of the victims are hoping that justice will finally triumph with a Bihar court Wednesday slated to pronounce its verdict on the case. "We are at last hoping for justice," Balram Paswan, a relative of one of the victim's who was killed, said shortly before the Patna court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijay Prakash Mishra pronounces his verdict.

जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net देश में एक बार फिर से दलित राजनीति गर्म हो गई हैं,उसकी वज़ह है पंजाब। कांग्रेस ने बड़ा फेरबदल करते पंजाब में...

Being Dalit means being casteless – Kavin Malar

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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...

Rupesh Kumar: A filmmaker, academic, journalist with the sole aim of destroying casteism

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net The world of activism cannot function within boundaries, and for Kannur resident Rupesh Kumar, this statement is apt: he is...

शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : भारत बंद आह्वान के बाद मेरठ में हुई हिंसा, मेयर पति योगेश वर्मा की गिरफ़्तारी और युवा नेता...

Kashmiris to emphasize and practise ‘Unified J&K’

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Ref: - Present goodwill of India , Pakistan & international community be utilized

Dear Sir

Normally any community which lays down the lives of its so many people does not remain without being master of its political destiny. But Kashmiris (despite sacrificing more than 80,000 people as per Nicholson's report adopted by EU's Parliament vide A6-0158/2007 on May 24, 2007) are still groping in the dark mainly due to:-