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A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 5 – Janvi’s...

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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...

दलित, आदिवासी और पिछड़ो के हज़ारों पद ख़ाली, संसदीय समिति ने मोदी सरकार...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net देश में 2014 में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद से ही उस पर आरक्षण विरोधी होने आरोप लगते रहें हैं। लगातार कहा...

For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader

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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.

SC to hear challenge to amendment to SC/ST law from March 26

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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would commence hearing from March 26 on a batch of petitions challenging...

Velivada will stand, say students, as HCU admin pulls down banners, posters of Dalit...

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Nearly three years after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the HCU administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile continues...

Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Prime accused Hindutva leader sent to police custody

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Pune (IANS): A Pune court on Thursday sent to police custody till March 19 Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote who has been accused of provoking...

Three murders and a lynching

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By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net Laws of nature cannot be applied to human society so directly. Still, sometimes, these have been used to explain...

Panel wants SC status for Chain community across Bengal

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Kolkata : With the West Bengal government erroneously according Scheduled Caste status to the 'Chain' community only in four districts, the National Commission for...

Hyderabad protest part of fight against intolerance: Trinamool

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Hyderabad/Kolkata: Expressing solidarity with the protesting Hyderabad university students, the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said it was part of the fight against "intolerance". A two-member...

The need to implement Dalit Bahujan ideas of social justice

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By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net The tragic death of Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University (HCU) has created a strong public...

Parliamentary panel slams JNU on SC/ST vacancies

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New Delhi : A parliamentary panel has flayed the JNU administration for what it said was "insouciant attitude" on faculty vacancies meant to be...

Congress will fight injustice to Dalits, tribals, says Rahul

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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the NDA government over "centralisation" of power and de-recognition of a student group...

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...

Close fight between BJP and Congress in Muzaffarpur, both sides claiming victory after May...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Muzaffarpur: In Muzaffarpur, where caste-sentiment is deeply rooted, both the BJP and Congress candidate (in alliance with the RJD) sounded “confident of victory” as it polled on May 7.

Mayawati to begin UP campaign Thursday

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati would begin a whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh, her home state, from Thursday, a party leader...

Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus

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Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...

Haryana rape victim cremated, two more held

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By IANS, Narwana (Haryana) : Two more people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a Dalit girl in Haryana's Jind district, police said Sunday.

Why keeping a moustache continues to be deadly for some Dalits

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

Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...

National Dastak barred from sharing content on its Facebook page

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In what seems like a case of an attack on Dalit-Bahujan spaces in social media, Facebook has barred National Dastak from...

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.

Set up special courts for Dalit cases: Wasnik

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By IANS, Shimla : States should set up special courts to try cases related to atrocities on Dalits, union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said Friday.

Meira Kumar files another plea in land-grab case

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Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has filed yet another petition in the Patna High Court that some people have occupied a land...

Bihar shutdown disrupts rail, road traffic

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Patna : A shutdown in Bihar Tuesday to protest the arrest of three men for the alleged gang rape of six Mahadalit women has...

#BreakingCaste: Sujatha Gidla shines reading from Ants Among Elephants

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By Valli Karunakaran, TwoCircles.net New York City, March 10, 2018 — Sujatha Gidla was among the authors invited to speak at #Breaking Caste, a literary...

Dalit groups to make SC status poll issue in state elections

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits

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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...

Former village head booked for ‘threatening’ Dalits in Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad : A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said...

सवर्ण छात्रों को दलित भोजन माता से हुई नाराजग़ी, नौकरी खत्म !

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net देवों की भूमि कही जाने वाले उत्तराखंड में एक दलित समाज से आने वाली एक भोजन माता को सिर्फ इसलिए हटा दिया...

“Anti-nationals” of the world unite: Umar Khalid back in JNU campus

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The JNU campus was enlighten on Sunday night when Umar Khalid, an accused of raising anti-national slogans, returned to the...

BJP ally RLSP announces candidates for two Bihar seats

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Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s ally in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), Tuesday announced candidates for two of the 3...

यूपी की एक दलित महिला की विडंबना गाथा…

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net बघरा (मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर) : दो साल पहले एक दलित की कैंसर से मौत हो गई. श्रम विभाग ने उनकी पत्नी को...

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

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Chennai : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday announced its candidates, including two women, for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Releasing the...

Maharashtra celebrates Ambedkar’s birth anniversary

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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...

Is Onam an inclusive festival?

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As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition. By...

MPs demand special session for Ambedkar’s birth anniversary

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New Delhi : A Lok Sabha member on Friday demanded a special session of parliament to commemorate 125th anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. Biju Janata Dal...

Congress accuses Modi of anti-Dalit agenda

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By IANS, Gandhinagar : The Congress party's Gujarat unit Monday accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of pursuing an anti-Dalit agenda and held him responsible for the demolition of over 200 of their houses by the Ahmedabad civic agency, rendering over 1,000 people homeless. The party threatened an agitation if the repression is not stopped forthwith.

बाढ़ : सुशासित बिहार में 250 दलित सड़क पर रहने को मजबूर

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बेलसर : बिहार सरकार द्वारा विकास के दावों के बीच आज वहां गया जिले में बेलसर गाँव के दलित टोले में रहने...

MIM goons attacked a social worker

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Hyderabad : Mr.Masood Khan a Social Worker of Hafiz Baba Nagar Under Chandrayangutta Assembly Constituency who was rectifying Street Lights along with GHMC (Electrical ) Workers was attacked by Majlish Ittehadul Musleemin (MIM) goons.Later he was sfifted to Osmania General Hospital in a Serious condition.MBT leader Mr.Amjed Ullah Khan Visited the hospital and demanded stern action against the culprits by the police.

Submitted by Amjed Ullah Khan

Dalit riot victims attack Hisar district official in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : A protest by Dalit (Balmiki) families who fled from Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district turned ugly as the district's Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Singh was attacked and manhandled by angry protesters here Wednesday. "The deputy commissioner of Hisar district came to meet the protesters to convey the instructions given to him by the Supreme Court. He was attacked by the angry families as they did not want to move back," an eyewitness said at Mandir Marg where the Mirchpur families have taken refuge for the past two weeks.

Parents protest ‘lower caste’ women cooking food in schools

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By Adnan Alavi, The outrage among parents over Dalit or Lower Caste [sic] women cooking food for their children in schools has once again demonstrated the casteist face of our society. 'Upper caste' families are insistent that they would not send the kids to school if the children are served food cooked by Dalit women. In several places, villagers have turned violent and the cooks had to be sent away.

Salwa Judum never existed: Raman Singh

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By IANS,

UP people should vote for a government that ensures safety, security to Dalits and...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net The Federation of Social Justice, an organisation that seeks to give a platform to all the marginalised voices in the country,...

In Sangrur, Dalit face ostracisation, death and Jail for demanding land

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, TwoCircles.net For the past few weeks, most of the attention towards Punjab has been regarding the upcoming elections, and whether...

‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net (The following is a first-person account of a youth from Amreli district) Amerli, Gujarat: My name is Sagar Bagada. I am...

AAP main focus for BJP’s Delhi candidates

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New Delhi : The seven Lok Sabha candidates of the BJP in Delhi have their eyes set on their opponents from the AAP while...

Sons, daughters-in-law arrested for parading widowed mother half naked

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NHRC notice to Odisha on torching of Dalits’ houses

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SIO to distribute school kits to 25,000 students

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent Kozhikode: The Students Islamic Organisation will distribute school kits to about 25,000 poor students of Adivasi families, coastal areas, etc in the beginning of the academic year, state office-bearers said in a press conference. Education Minister MA Baby inaugurated the service-oriented programmes prior to the SIO state conference by receiving the organisation’s contribution to the Kerala Higher Education Scholarship Fund.

Reservations and Muslims in Telugu States

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By Shaik Amer Arafath for TwoCircles.net, When our Constitution was framed, the framers made a special provision with intention to provide equal opportunity in the...

बिहार : एक जिला, दो महीने और 21 दलितों की हत्या

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार : बिहार में जहां एक तरफ राजनीतिक सरगर्मियां बढ़ती जा रही हैं वहीँ दूसरी तरफ आपराधिक घटनाओं का ग्राफ भी तेजी से बढ़ा...

The Telegraph redefine newspaper front pages

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By IndScribe Telegraph, the Calcutta-based English newspaper, has redefined the front pages of newspapers. Creative, catchy and often shocking headlines, apart from unique presentation has...

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...

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

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Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...

Controversial cartoons: From arrests to murder attempts

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By IANS, New Delhi : A cartoon on Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar printed in a textbook created a storm Friday forcing the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal to apologise.

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).

Jamiat Ulama supports NCM chief over SC status to Muslim Dalits

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By TCN News,

अपने अधिकार के लिए संगठित हो रही हैं इस गांव की महिलाएं

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मधुबनी (बिहार) : मधुबनी ज़िले के कलुआही प्रखंड के काज़ीटोला व हरपुर के ग्रामीण इन दिनों अपने गावं में हो...

नैतिकता का पाठ पढ़ाकर, रोहित के दोषियों को बचाने की फ़िराक़ में मोदी

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में रोहित वेमुला की आत्महत्या के लिए मोदी को जिम्मेदार मानते हुए ‘मोदी गो बैक’...

Politics lures another senior Maharashtra ex-IPS officer

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Mumbai : The lucre of politics has lured yet another Maharashtra senior IPS officer. Former additional director general of police P.K. Jain joined the...

AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra

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New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...

Even today people treat me as an untouchable: Bihar CM

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that he is still treated as an "untouchable" by some "powerful people" as he...

Knowledge is power and the government controls it

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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...

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.

If you believe in Babasaheb, you will understand the importance of December 6 and...

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net For the past eight years, November 26 has become synonymous with the terror attacks in Mumbai, but while no one...

JNU and Quest for a Just World

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What JNU and Kanhaiya have done is hold a mirror to the great democracy that seems to have lost its way Aijaz...

Jairam Ramesh invites corporates to work for tribal welfare

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By IANS, Mumbai: In a first major initiative, the government has reached out to India Inc to involve itself in rural developmental works involving the tribals in central and eastern India.

Death sentences commuted for six in Khairlanji massacre case

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By IANS, Nagpur : The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentences of six people accused in the massacre of a Dalit family in Khairlanji in 2006 and gave them life imprisonment of 25 years each. The much awaited verdict was given by a division bench comprising Justices A.P. Lawande and R.C. Chauhan that turned down a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the lower court's ruling giving life to two of the eight accused while sentencing to death six people.

Mayawati our leader and will always be so, say Dalits

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS,

यूपी चुनाव में ओवैसी, दलितों-मुसलमानों को साथ लाने की कोशिश

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन(एआईएमआईएम या एमआईएम) के नेता असदुद्दीन ओवैसी इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश के तीन दिनों के दौरे पर हैं....

Two men arrested for attacking Dalits in Karnataka village

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Raichur (Karnakata) : The Karnataka police have arrested two men so far for barging into the Dalit colony and attacking...

Sub inspector in Maharashtra booked for Dalit woman’s rape

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Nagpur: A Dalit woman has filed a rape complaint against a police sub-inspector (SI) alleging he sexually exploited her for...

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.

बिहार : घर में काम करने से इंकार किया तो दबंगों ने कर दी...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net आज 21वीं सदी में भी धर्म और जाति के आधार पर हो रहे अपराधों का आंकड़ा थमने का नाम नहीं ले रहा और...

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

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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.

On Bhima Koregaon, your Janaeu was shining brightly on Republic TV: An open letter...

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By Disha KR for TwoCircles.net Dear Mr Arnab Goswami, Your debate #Endcastepolitics on both 2nd and 3rd of January is a perfect example of a casteist...

DMK allots Chidambaram constituency to VCK

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Chennai : The DMK Thursday inked a seat sharing agreement with Dalit party VCK. allotting it Tamil Nadu's Chidambaram constituency for the general elections. A...

First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States

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TCN News For the first time in the United States a Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination is going to be hosted on 22nd May at...

Panchayat ousts newly-weds from village in gotra row

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By IANS, Hisar: In another gotra (clan) row, Khanda village panchayat (council) in this Haryana district Tuesday directed a newly-wed couple to stay away from the village periphery as they were not permitted to marry as per village customs. The panchayat observed that no boy of Khangwal gotra, who lives in Khanda village, can marry a girl of Nagar gotra. "We have taken a decision to bar the entry of this newly-wed couple in the village. Many girls of Nagar gotra already live in our village so we consider them our daughters," said panchayat chief Rati Ram Nagar here Tuesday.

20 sentenced to life for murder of 3 Dalits

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‘मूकनायक’ जैसी पत्रकारिता आज भी जरूरी क्यों है!

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मीना कोटवाल, twocircles.net नई दिल्‍ली। ‘मूकनायक’ के सौ साल पूरे होने की खुशी में देशभर में इसका आयोजन किया गया। देशभर के आंबेडकरवादियों ने एकजुट होकर...

Film advocating philosophy of Ambedkar screened in Boston, US

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Boston Study Group (BSG), a not-for-profit organization based in Massachusetts, United States screened a movie Jayanti. The movie is based on the influence of Dr Babasaheb...

Dalit man lynched in Ghaziabad by seven youths

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by seven higher caste youths over a minor altercation in Ghaziabad, neighbouring the national capital, police said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday night in Chitaura locality of this city. According to police, the man, Surendra, 45, went to Hapur to buy a cow and was returning to his home in Noorpur with the purchase alongwith his wife and daughter when he was accosted by seven youths near Chitaura locality on the Upper Ganges canal.

विशेष : कांशीराम परिनिर्वाण दिवस पर एच -एल दुशाध का लेख

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जिसकी जितनी संख्या भारी : बदल सकती है राजनीतिक परिदृश्य ! -एच.एल.दुसाध,Twocircle.net के लिए चुनाव जीतने में नारे बहुत अहम् रोल अदा करते हैं, ऐसा राजनीति...

Govt. to give 27% of petrol pumps to OBCs

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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...

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...

Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as "murder of democracy, social justice...

Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told

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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.

पसमांदा मुस्लिम समाज के राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में CAA का जबरदस्त विरोध

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ- शनिवार को आयोजित किए गए पसमांदा मुस्लिम समाज के 8वें राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में CAA का मुद्दा छाया रहा।यहां वक्ताओं...

Muslim women beaten up in MP for allegedly carrying beef; uproar in Rajya Sabha

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In yet another violence caused due to suspicion of possessing beef, two Muslim women were thrashed and abused by...

Central ministers drove Rohith to commit suicide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused central ministers of driving Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, of the University of Hyderabad,...

Delhi Congress’ women’s wing protests

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New Delhi:Hundreds of female activists of the Delhi Mahila Congress protested at the BJP headquarters here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his recent...

Dalit family embraces Islam, media loses objectivity

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

In the name of Najeeb : Left and exclusion of Muslims in JNU

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By Waseem R S for TwoCircles.net On October 30, 2016, a solidarity meeting was organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student Union demanding justice for...

भारत में सरकार नाम की कोई चीज़ है या नहीं?

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डॉ. खजान सिंह हाल ही में दबंगो द्वारा गुजरात के ऊना में दलितों के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार ने सारे देश के बहुजनो को...

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...

इस काम में जान का ख़तरा भी है और कमाई भी कुछ ख़ास नहीं…

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TwoCircles.net News Desk नई दिल्ली : दिल्ली शहर की घनी आबादी के बीच ओखला के एक कमरे के घर में 25 साल का रंजीत अपने...

Bihar outcome a referendum on Modi: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: The BJP-led coalitionÂ’s defeat in Bihar was a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra ModiÂ’s working style, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said...

सहारनपुर में फिर गरजी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर के लिए चलाएगी जेल भरो आंदोलन

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : ‘सरकार के बढ़ते अत्याचार से दलित और अधिक मज़बूत हो रहा है. चन्द्रशेखर भाई दलितों की आवाज़ हैं....

Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya

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Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...

Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California

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A report By TCN: California: The first annual conference of Ambedkar King Study Circle took place in Cupertino, the Bay Area Silicon Valley, California on...

Maharashtra CM faces serious threats to life: Prakash Ambedkar

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Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis faces serious threats to his life from certain pro-Hindutva elements, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh President Prakash...

Around 1,700 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

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Patna : Around 1,700 Hindus in Bihar have embraced Buddhism citing the religion's emphaisis on unity and no discrimination among its followers, an official...

TCN seeks a full-time reporter for its Dalit section

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TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a platform for the news of the marginalized communities of India, particularly Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis. For the past 10 years,...

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...

Bahujans exhorted to remain united at Forward Press event

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: “Your identity – as a dalit, as ST or OBC – is imposed on you. You fight that and then you get locked in it. This is what they want. They want the dalits, Muslims, Christians, tribals etc to fight. The upper caste hegemony is a ‘demonically clever system of administration’ wherein the conflict is not from top to bottom, but the fight is at the bottom with each other,” said author Arundhati Roy on Wednesday.

Vijay Sampla – a first-time BJP MP from Punjab (Profile)

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Chandigarh : Vijay Sampla, who took oath as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet Sunday, is a first-time BJP MP from the...

Dalit girl burnt alive in UP village

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Lucknow, (IANS): A young Dalit girl was burnt alive in an Uttar Pradesh village in Unnao district late last night, police said. Eighteen-year-old Moni was...

Students allege discrimination against Dalits, Tribals and Muslims after being denied entry into EFLU...

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Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad has come under attack from students for allegedly discriminating against Dalit-Muslim students of the campus,...

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...

Anti-beef ban march in Mumbai on Tuesday

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Mumbai: Thousands of people, including butchers, students and political leaders, will walk together in a march here on Tuesday to protest the ban on...

2016-17 saw over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits

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Kolkata, (IANS): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits were...

Varun Gandhi for abolishing death penalty, BJP says personal view

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday came out against the death penalty, noting most of the death row convicts are...

Two Dalit boys suspected to be thieves lynched in Bihar

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Patna : Two Dalit students, awaiting their Class 10 results, were lynched in a Bihar village on suspicion that they were thieves. Two of...

Radhika Vemula pays a visit to Faisal’s family in Malappuram

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Malappuram, Kerala: Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohit Vemula, has lashed out at the Centre saying the government was under the control...

50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna

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Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...

Members of Muslim community celebrated the spirit of harmony on Prakash Utsav

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By TCN News, New Delhi: On the occasion of “Prakash Utsav” of Guru Nanak, members of the Muslim and Dalit community celebrated the spirit...

Writer returns award, says Dalit suffering won’t end

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Ahmedabad : Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got to protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the...

The BJP Parivar created the Gau Raksha Dals; now it must face the heat...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Gau Raksha Dals can stand and take notice now. For the past few years, these vigilantes, in the name of...

Challenge to Gujarat CM as Patidars on warpath

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Ahmedabad: Keeping their promise, the agitating Patidar community on Tuesday swamped the city in a 10-km long revolution rally demanding caste reservations, posing a...

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...

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।...

Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister

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Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...

Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day

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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...

आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net बीते मंगलवार को आगरा जनपद के ललाऊ गाँव की रहने वाली दसवीं में पढ़ने वाली 16 साल संजली दलित छात्रा जब...

Gorakhpur: SP alliance to pose a tough challenge to BJP thanks to NISHAD party’s...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net A few kilometres east of Gorakhpur railway station, there is a lake named Ramgarh Tal. Walking along the banks of the...

रायपुर में गोमांस के नाम पर महिला से छेड़छाड़

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TCN News रायपुर (छत्तीसगढ़) : मध्यप्रदेश में दो महिलाओं के साथ मारपीट के बाद अब छत्तीसगढ़ में गोमांस के नाम पर एक महिला के साथ...

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...

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...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

Man kills daughter’s lover for family honour

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By IANS,

Maya govt. is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers: Dr. Udit Raj

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, president of the Indian Justice Party, said that the Maya Government is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers, and has gone upon fueling the privatisation in U.P. “Recently, the government sold four sugar mills, viz. Chandpur (Bijnor), Jarwal (Behraich), Shishwan Bazar and Amroha and three of them are making profits. The Chandpur Sugar Mills has been sold to a liquor baron who had amassed thousand of crores through manipulation of business activities in liquor, mines, mid- day meal, etc.” alleged Dr. Raj.

Christian of Dalit origin will be Dalit if he embraces Hinduism

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said that a Dalit whose parents or grandparents embraced Christianity will get the benefits of reservation meant...

200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, probe ordered

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday ordered a probe into the conversion of 40 Mahadalit families comprising 200 people to Christianity...

Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition

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By IANS, Mumbai : Social activist Medha Patkar Friday tried to stop the razing of hutments at Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar here, demanding that the slum dwellers be first provided alternative accommodation. Patkar and her supporters dubbed the demolition as anti-Dalit and vowed to stop it. "They (Dalits) are the backbone of this city. Their rights should not be taken away just because they are poor," she said. She said about 10,000 residents of the area in Mumbai's northeast suburb had nowhere to go.

BJP has done nothing for farmers: Kharge

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New Delhi : The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the central government of "not doing anything for farmers"...

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

‘जिग्नेश मेवाणी की गुजरात पुलिस द्वारा ‘अवैध हिरासत’ लोकतंत्र की हत्या है’

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : ऊना दलित अत्याचार लड़त समिति के संयोजक जिग्नेश मेवाणी को दिल्ली से लौटते हुए गुजरात पुलिस द्वारा हिरासत में...

To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card

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By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi : To end the impasse in parliament, the government is planning to bring out next week its...

For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles

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In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...

Plea against Scheduled Caste, woman seats in MCD polls dismissed

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By IANS,

Worshipping Gods in the times of Elections

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By Ram Puniyani, Arun Shourie, who was part of NDA, a fellow traveler and an ideologue of BJP wrote several books, many of them against minorities and dalits in particular. One of these which was strongly protested against by large sections of people, dalits in particular, was his “Worshipping False Gods”. In this book he expressed the mind set of RSS-BJP politics towards Ambedkar. In this long bulky volume he was heavily critical of Ambedkar’s ideology, his agitations for democratic values and his struggles for social justice. Now a decade and half later on one side many a dalit leaders, Ramvilas Paswan, Udit Raj, Ramdas Athwaley are vying to sit in the lap of the politics of BJP for apparently their own personal gains on one side and on the other the BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi is going miles to woo the sections of dalits. It is another matter that while doing this in his usual trade mark style he has no qualms about misrepresenting the events, speaking lies and putting the blame of all that has not taken place to his political adversaries.