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समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

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पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे राजन झा रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...

Untouchable in life, untouchable in death: Story of two dalit workers

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, Rs. 200,000 each for the lives of two- a Madiga and a Mangali. Kaleikuri Prasad's Poem 'Karma Bhuumilo' For whom do you search, for what saviours do you wait? If they poison you or burn you, or even if they strangle you with a rope No doctor shall testify for you, no court shall protect you All the laws and the courts promise illusory hope They’re only mirages for the common man (Translated by Kuffir Nalgundwar)

Will Modi make it as the first low caste PM?

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By Saeed Naqvi, IANS, Should Narendra Modi actually be crowned the prime minister in May, the post-Mandal social justice political platform will finally have prevailed...

Demolition of Bogada Chawl: 205 residents displaced in heavy monsoon

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Kishor Jagtap is on fast again. The eminent activist and senior social worker from Mumbai, known for his history of...

Why atrocities on Dalits, minorities, farmers: Mevani asks Modi

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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why atrocities were being committed against...

To remember violence against Dalits & Christian Adivasis, NSF to commemorate Kandhamal Day on...

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The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) on August 25 will remember the victims of targeted violence against Christian Adivasis and Dalits that occurred in Odisha...

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

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Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

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By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल

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तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...

NHRC notice to Odisha on torching of Dalits’ houses

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By IANS,

Dadarao Patekar: Fighting for the rights of Mumbai’s Safai Karamcharis

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net It would not be an exaggeration to say that manual scavenging remains one of the worst forms of caste atrocities in...

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.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – 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...

Gangrapes, murders and broken busts of Babasaheb: How Jind in Haryana has become a...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Several stories are coming out Jind related to how the state has been failing Dalits in the region. On Jan 18,...

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...

Revisiting Babasaheb on India at 70: For Dalits, there has never been much to...

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net All photos by Daisy Katta August 15 has come and gone; delved into, reflected upon, and discussed at length. Yet, the familiar...

Dalit woman in MP sees ‘conspiracy’ to remove her as Sarpanch

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Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : A Dalit woman here has accused Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Mallya of engaging in a "conspiracy" to have...

Yechury seeks Mukherjee’s intervention in Hyderabad varsity issue

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Hyderabad: CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in the University of Hyderabad issue, where a Dalit research scholar...

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.

NCP apologizes for Goa tribal murders

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By IANS,

12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for stealing wheat from the fields, police said Friday. Three men have been booked for killing the Dalit boy, police said. Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of Kashipur village in Hardoi, about 110 km from Lucknow, was Thursday repeatedly assaulted with wooden sticks and iron rods, following which he died in the fields. According to police, Kumar was initially spotted hiding in the wheat fields of Neeraj Singh.

Anil Kumar N S of Dalit Human Rights Movement passes away

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

Activists disrupt Hindu supremacist conclave in Chicago, evoke violent reaction from extremists

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By TCN News: The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella organization of progressive South Asian groups across the United States in coordination with...

Modi pitches for AIJS, inclusion of oppressed

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the 50th anniversary function of the Delhi High Court here on Monday, called for inclusion...

Congress leader to meet Uttar Pradesh Dalit rape victim

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By IANS,

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...

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.

“His head was blooming like a lotus,” recalls mother of slain 9-year-old Dalit boy...

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By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: “His head was blooming just like a lotus”, recalls Mangesh Shivsharan’s mother, who collected parts of his nine-year-old son’s brain,...

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...

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...

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

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

Cancelling Andhra court bail to Kobad Ghandy meaningless: SC

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By IANS,

A plea to the Election Commission

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Election Commission should ban political parties that directly or indirectly organise communal riots and reap communal votes to win elections

Next President should be a Dalit: Manjhi

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Patna, (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister and an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday demanded that the next...

The Bhagana protest in Delhi

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The four school-going Dalit girls were allegedly kidnapped and raped March 23 by upper caste men in Bhagana. The protestors have been demanding the arrest of the village head and his son along with others whose names have not been included in the police complaint.

बनारस में कौमी एकता का महासम्मलेन, गूढ़ प्रश्नों पर खामोश रहे वक्ता

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: कल बनारस में कौमी-एकता को लेकर एक बड़ा कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया, जिसमें नगर और देश के बड़े मौलवियों, धर्मगुरुओं और महंतों ने शिरकत की. इस ‘कौमी यकजहती सर्वधर्म एकता महासम्मेलन’ का आयोजन बनारस स्थित अस्थायी हज हाउस में किया गया था.

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...

Shah woos Dalit voters in Delhi

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New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Friday wooed thousands of Dalit voters and appealed to them to vote for his...

बिहार में दलित उत्पीड़न : शर्मसार कर देने वाली ये घटनाएं आख़िर कब तक?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दलितों पर अत्याचार कोई नई बात नहीं है. ये ऊंच-नीच का भेदभाव आज भी बदस्तूर जारी है. आज भी ऐसी घटनाएं हर...

Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Ram Vilas Paswan

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : There is a "sea change" in the perception by Dalits, backward class and scheduled tribes in the last two...

Cleaning India, but dying a slow death: How manual scavengers pay with their lives

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Ghaziabad (UP): It is a busy but regular weekday in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. At the tea point in Sector 10,...

Beyond Homosexuality and AMU: Why ‘Aligarh’ is a must-watch movie

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By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Last week, a day after Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh was released for public viewing in theatres across the country...

Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits

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By Amit Kumar For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...

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...

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

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...

SP to vote against promotion quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday said it will vote against the bill to provide reservation in promotion for Dalits and tribals in government jobs.

Dalit IAS officer explores law to preach Christianity

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Chennai : Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer C. Umashankar is looking at legal options to challenge a government directive forbidding him from preaching...

Saharanpur violence: Bhim Army demands justice for Dalits

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New Delhi, (IANS): Newly formed Dalits' rights group Bhim Army on Thursday issued ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the perpetrators of...

ज्योतिबा फुले से उपेंद्र कुशवाहा तक…

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काशिफ़ यूनुस जो लोग उपेंद्र कुशवाहा के उन दिनों के संघर्ष से वाक़िफ़ हैं, जब वो राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी के गठन का प्रयास...

NHRC notice to Karnataka over ragging of Dalit student

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to Karnataka over reports that a Dalit nursing student from Kerala...

Thousands of tribals protest government neglect

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By IANS, Raipur: Thousands of tribals from the interior areas of Chhattisgarh Saturday held a rally in this state capital to protest their "neglect" by the central and state governments. Tribal men and women marched through the main streets of the capital to the rally at the sports complex ground, where over a dozen tribal leaders cutting across party lines and including three ministers of the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as also several Congress leaders, addressed them.

‘अखिलेश को दलितों के घर फुंकवाने वाले आपराधिक तत्व प्रिय हैं’

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TCN News बलिया : जहां एक तरफ़ बलिया सदर विधायक नारद राय को दोबारा कैबिनेट मंत्री बनाए जाने को लेकर उनके समर्थकों में खुशी व...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

Man weds widow in front of Gandhi statue

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Patna : Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, whom they termed a 'witness' like...

Raju Chalwadi: Helping migrant Dalit-Bahujan students crack higher education

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a small room located on the first floor of a tiny two-storey house in the migrant colony of Baiganwadi area...

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...

It is the duty of all secular and democratic groups to foil designs of...

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By TCN News, Bhopal (MP): All India Muslim Majlis-E-Mushawarat (AIMMM), an apex forum of Muslim organizations and institutions of national eminence held a meeting of...

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.

“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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Ref: - ECI being allowed to derelict in BJP CD case Dear Sir What communal politics did to Muslims of India during last two decades can not be fully comprehended merely by the stories of demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 (despite Supreme Court's observe over there) and by the horrifying details of the massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims since late eighties including in 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

I got Rajya Sabha seat for Athawale: Uddhav

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Mumbai : Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Monday made an embarrassing revelation here that he had personally intervened to secure a Rajya Sabha seat...

Constitution should be amended for reservation in higher judiciary: Madras High Court Judge

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Chennai: Raising the pitch for reservation to backward classes in the higher judiciary, the Madras High Court sitting judge D....

‘Sangma not representative of tribals’

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By IANS,

Politics of Religion

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By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net, When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...

Caste prejudices hit Bihar’s anganwadi centres: Report

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By Imran Khan

BJP ally in Maharashtra opposes beef ban; many other organisations join hands to pressurize...

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Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR), Mumbai calls beef ban in Maharashtra ‘unconstitutional’. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: The Republican Party of India...

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.

Matto Ki Saikil highlights everyday gendered, casteist reality of Indian villages

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Aatika S., a fellow at TwoCircles.net interviews Pulkit Philip, the screenplay writer of film Matto Ki Saikil The newly released film, Matto Ki Saikil (2022) directed...

मायावती :दलित महिला का 4 बार सीएम बनना, ब्राह्मणवादी-पितृसत्ता पर है सबसे बड़ी चोट

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मीना कोतवाल।Twocircles.net मायावती का नाम सुनते ही दिल और दिमाग पर छा जाती है एक दलित महिला की पहचान, जिसने छाप छोड़ दी है लगभग...

AAP to pick Punjab Deputy CM from Dalit community, says Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab will be from the Dalit community...

Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019

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Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...

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...

Dalit teenager commits suicide after being humiliated by Kerala Police; Congress demands action against...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Kozhikode: The suicide of a Dalit teenager in Kasargod has been turned into a political tussle, with Congress leaders visiting the...

एक ‘संत मुख्यमंत्री’ जो लाइफ़बॉय साबुन से नहाए दलितों से ही मिलते हैं…

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter कुशीनगर : जब यूपी की कमान योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभाला था, तो पूरे मीडिया में उनके ‘व्यक्तित्व’ को लेकर खूब गुणगाण किया...

Dalit boy beaten to death for collecting wood from orchard

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By IANS,

Torture is one of the most common forms of human rights violations

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By Justice K. G. Balakrishnan

India’s human rights record to be discussed at US Capitol

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Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 3:00pm Location: 1334 Longworth House Office Building By TwoCircles.net special correspondent Washington DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet again...

Five bodies found missing from Bihar graveyard

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Patna : In a bizarre incident, miscreants have dug out five bodies from a graveyard in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said Wednesday. Purnea superintendent of...

‘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...

Taking cue from Black Lives Matter, ‘Dalit, Minorities, Tribal Lives Matter’ campaign launched in...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Taking a cue from the ongoing mass campaign Black Lives Matter, South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association has decided to launch a...

Thousands gather to pay respect to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas: A photo...

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December 6 marks the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Like every year, thousands of people from across the nation gathered at Chaitanyabhoomi in...

Rohith Vemula’s brother to get job: Delhi government

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New Delhi : The Delhi government said on Wednesday it would give a job to the brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula of...

I have a dream for India …

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Martin Luther King Jr. famous "I have a Dream" speech reimagined in Indian context" By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

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...

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.

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...

Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale

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Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them. "You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...

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

Vemula case shows government is anti-Dalit: Congress

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New Delhi: Scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in Hyderabad University shows the "anti-Dalit attitude" of the central government, the Congress said on Thursday. "HRD Minister (Smriti...

Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US

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New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...

CM meets Dalits; sporadic protests, partial shutdown in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister...

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...

Kanhaiya Kumar’s family objects to Mayawati remarks against him

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Patna : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's family on Friday took a strong objection to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's remarks...

Three of Dalit family killed in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Three members of a Dalit family were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Jyotiba Phule Nagar Tuesday, police said. Mukhram, 55, his wife Gyanwati, 50, and their son Rahul, 22, were found murdered inside their house in Dhanaura area, about 300 km from here. "Prima facie it appears the three died of injuries inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon," police inspector Sanjay Tiwari told reporters in Jyotiba Phule Nagar. "We are yet to ascertain the exact reason behind the killings. Investigations are on to nab those involved in the incident," he said.

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...

साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट

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टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म...

‘This Is Our Land, We Won’t Be Silenced’: Dalits Demand Land Rights After Arson,...

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MI Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In a harrowing display of community strife, Dalit victims in Bihar are pleading for “patta” (lease deeds) of land to resolve a...

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...

This time, Sangh Parivar should not be allowed to get away

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Ref: - Great implications of Ram Setu controversy on Babri Masjid dispute & on future of SAARC. Dear Sir

TCN launches an internship program

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By TCN News Come learn about exciting world of online journalism. TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a US-based non-profit news organization working on unreported stories of the...

Disabled not at par with SC/ST in Delhi University’s MBBS course: court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a physically handicapped candidate seeking relaxation in the eligibility criteria for admission to Delhi University's medical course. "The physically disabled persons should be extended all the rights, privileges and benefits under the said act (Indian Medical Council Act, 1956) so as to see they are not discriminated against and that they come within the social stream mainstream," said a division bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Veena Birbal.

Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade

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By TCN News Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...

Kejriwal invokes Vemula, laments atrocities against Dalits, tribals

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Panaji : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invoked the suicide of Rohith Vemula while lamenting atrocities against Dalits and tribals, especially in...

‘बहन जी ने ठीक किया, अब भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ सभी को एकजुट हो जाना...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री आैर बसपा सुप्रीमो के राज्यसभा से इस्तीफ़े के बाद एक बार फिर से सहारनपुर का...

Apex court to go into quota for Dalit Christians, Muslims

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By IANS,

Government formulates umbrella scheme for ST students

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New Delhi : The union tribal welfare ministry has formulated an umbrella scheme for education of Scheduled Tribes (ST) students by merging a few...

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.

Ambedkar’s ideology: Religion, nationalism and Indian Constitution

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By Ram Puniyani, In order to gain larger legitimacy, the RSS has been making claims of sorts. One that was made few months back was that Gandhi was impressed by functioning of RSS. Now, came another distortion that Ambedkar believed in Sangh ideology (Feb 15, 2015). This was stated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Recently on the occasion of Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary many programmes were held by RSS combine giving a pro-Hindutva tilt to presentation of Ambedkar.

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

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Stella Simona is a Bangladeshi origin designer, who before starting her jewelry store was a model and a fashion photographer. The...

JNU students’ elections put BAPSA in the national spotlight

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In two days time, students will be voting for representatives in the university-wide student union elections in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi....

AIMMM delegation meets victims of Una violence case, asks for CBI inquiry

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net A four-member delegation of All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat, led by its President Navaid Hamid, visited the...

Empowerment Conference by AMU Alumni Forum- UAE to revive the Aligarh Movement

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By TCN News Sharjah, UAE: In an attempt to revive the spirit of Aligarh Movement of Sir Syed Ahmad, an Empowerment Conference 2016 is being...

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 |...

दलित मुस्लिम जाट एकजुटता का संदेश दे गई महागठबंधन की पहली रैली

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ, Twocircles.net देवबंद- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAweqEVvo4Y&feature=youtu.be भायला गांव महागठबंधन रैली स्थल के एकदम करीब है. राजपूत बहुल इस गांव के सैकड़ों लोग रैली में पहुंचे थे. इसी गांव के राजेन्द्र...

Without invoking 80,000 martyrs, Kashmiris will achieve nothing

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Ref: - Time running out fast for Kashmiris in view of impending elections. Dear Sir As per September 1 media reports Huriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, asked people of J&K to completely boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.

Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The opposition Congress staged a walk-out from the Gujarat assembly Thursday, protesting remarks from the treasury benches that many of the tribals were Maoists. The walk-out came at the end of a daylong debate on the budgetary demands for the forest and tribal welfare department when Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel was giving his reply.

Dalit woman gangraped in Greater Noida

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By IANS, Greater Noida : A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped at gunpoint in the Jewar area of Greater Noida, police said Tuesday. The incident came to light Tuesday when the woman complained to the police. "Shalini (name changed) was sleeping on the terrace of her parents's house in Karoli locality of Jewar area Monday night when two neighbourers, identified as Bunty and Bhura, raped her at gunpoint. She was sleeping alone as her parents were away and her siblings were sleeping inside the house," said Superintendent of Police Atul Saxena.

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...

Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case

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Hyderabad : In a dramatic judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday set aside an order of a special court that sentenced 21 people...

Attack on Dalit students in Osmania Unv condemned

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC)has condemned the attack on Dalit students and burning of Sarath Naliganti room who is a student leader, research scholar of Osmania University and MLA contested candidate of MIM from Amberpet constituency by Hindutva student wing ABVP at Osmania University campus.

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

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Sumeet Samos is a 28-year-old Dalit rapper whose memoir, published earlier this year, offers a fresh perspective on the Dalit autobiographical tradition. Riya Talitha |...

Provide job quota to Muslims, demands Samajwadi Party

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday urged the central government to bring a bill to provide reservation to Muslims in jobs, saying their condition was worse then that of the Dalits.

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...

Attack on Sarath has hidden agenda of breaking Dalit – Muslim unity

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By Kaneez Fathima, Ethnic cultures and their manifestations in the public sphere has become target for authoritarianism. BJP government under the leadership of Narendra Modi has been trying to efface the multiculturalism and secularism from the society. Fascist authoritarianism never tolerates the democratic and secular nature of the people’s constitution.

Road work begins in Orissa industrial hub opposed by tribals

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: Four years after 14 protesters were killed in police firing in Kalinga Nagar in Orissa's Jajpur district, the authorities Monday started construction for a common corridor road in an industrial area opposed by local tribals. About 25 platoons of police forces were deployed as the district administration started construction in Kalinga Nagar industrial area.

When elections are round the corner, even a suicide and a robbery become political

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Baudhwada, a village in Shirpur of district Dhule, Maharashtra, has been a quiet area, consisting of Buddhists and Mahar population. Until...

Bihar chief minister to learn Urdu

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will soon take lessons in Urdu and may hire a teacher for the purpose. "I will try...

FIR lodged against Mayawati in Lucknow

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Lucknow : An FIR was lodged against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and three others by the family of former BJP Vice President...

Dalit boy in UP commits suicide after being boycotted for killing a Calf

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Lucknow: On Saturday, an 18-year-old Dalit boy named Ramu committed suicide in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by jumping in front...

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...

Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence

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Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur...

SC to hear contempt PIL against three violent lawyers

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear plea for initiation of contempt proceedings against three lawyers who were caught on camera...

NCERT advisor’s office ransacked over cartoon

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By IANS,

Manjhi quits, claims threat to life

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Patna : Embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday dramatically resigned just ahead of a floor test, the move coming despite the BJP...

Haryana village appeals to Dalit families to return home

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By IANS, Hisar (Haryana): Residents of a Haryana village Monday made an appeal to Dalit families, who had fled after clashes and arson attack, to return home. Nearly 20 families of Valmiki community in Mirchpur village fled after an arson attack April 21. At least 15 houses were damaged and a 70-year-old Dalit man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were burnt alive.

Irked with denial of water by upper castes, Dalit man digs up well in...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Washim (Maharashtra): In an exemplary display of courage and commitment, a dalit man from a drought-hit village in Washim district...

British aid worker killed in Afghanistan

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By DPA, Kabul : Taliban fighters killed a British woman aid worker for "spreading Christianity," Monday as she was going to her office in the western part of Kabul, officials said. The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area after the shooting, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said. Bashary had earlier said that the aid worker was from South Africa and was working with an aid organization that was helping disabled people in Afghanistan. But the British embassy in Kabul later said that one of the its nationals was killed in the city.

Gita: Not a Religious book?

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By Ram Puniyani

VCK gets one more constituency

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Chennai: Mollifying its dissatisfied ally VCK, the DMK Saturday offered one more Lok Sabha seat to the Dalit party. With this, the VCK will...

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...

उन्नाव प्रकरण में भ्रामक ट्वीट पर 8 के खिलाफ मुकदमा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उन्नाव के असोहा थाना क्षेत्र के बबुरहा गांव में बुधवार को घटित हुई घटना को लेकर ट्वीटर पर भ्रामक ट्वीट करके ग़लत...

Indian Constitution violates Itself

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By Madhu Chandra,

Toilet tales: Why Divya Bharathi’s Kakkoos is a must-watch documentary

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By Sibi Arasu for TwoCircles.net Strap: Kakkoos (Latrine) is a Tamil documentary that is a powerful indictment of society’s apathy towards the thousands who are...

Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks

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By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...

Indian Americans demand CBI inquiry into atrocities against Dalits and Muslims under the pretext...

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By TCN News, The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos today joined millions of Indians and...

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

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‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.