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Dilution of minority status of AMU and Jamia is an assault on democratic pluralism...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The national seminar organized by the Welfare Party of India at Indian Law Institute here has expressed deep resentment and...

JD-U leaders slam Manjhi for ‘upper castes’ remark

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Patna : At least six leaders of ruling JD-U, including ministers and legislators, have openly criticized their own Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for...

‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices

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A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance

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New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...

Dalit woman paraded naked in Punjab, one held

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By IANS, Batala (Punjab) : One person has been arrested for allegedly parading a Dalit woman naked in Punjab's Bhagwanpur village Aug 10, police said Monday. According to the police, the woman was allegedly paraded by her neighbours, who belong to an influential family. "They forcibly took me to their house and thrashed me. Then they tore my clothes and forced me to go round the village," the victim told reporters. The neighbours were angry as the victim's brother-in-law Gagandeep Singh was having an affair with a girl from the family.

Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author

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By IANS, Pune: A few Dalit activists in Maharashtra have demanded action against a Pune-based author for his anti-Brahmin comments in a book while Brahmin groups are yet to decide on any action.

Upper caste BJP leaders upset over OBC as Bihar chief

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Patna : A powerful lobby of upper caste Bihar BJP leaders is disappointed over the appointment of OBC leader Nityanand Rai on Wednesday as...

Muslim women attacked by police in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad 5th March 2008: Muslim Women and Childeren were attacked by police at Saidabad police Station when they went to inquire the arrest of their son Mr.Mohtashim an Enginering Student.mr.Mohtashim was picked up by plainclothsmen in a tata sumo with plain Number plate. submitted by Amjed Ullah Khan

9 months on, families evicted during building of RSS stalwart’s statue in Varanasi still...

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By Rohit Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Varanasi: Every season is harsh in Uttar Pradesh. Temperature touches the 45 degree Celsius mark in summers, while floods ravage the...

Delhi University gets court notice on dalits’ admission

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By IANS,

Gujarat to give 10 percent quota for economically backward classes

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Gandhinagar : Ten percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions will be given to the economically backward classes (EBCs) in Gujarat, the ruling...

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.

Time running out for Kashmiris

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Ref:- Invocation of Kashmiri martyrs , the only leverage left for Kashmir solution. Dear Sir This refers to the statement of Indian prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at a function on Sunday in Jammu where he proposed (a)- the turning of LOC into a line of peace with free flow of ideas, material and people across the border and (b)- Land and water resources of entire J&K (including PAK) can be used jointly for the benefit of people of J&K living on both sides of LOC.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: UP Government appropriates Ambedkar’s name for ‘unknown’ reasons

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday night, passed an order to all government bodies of the state...

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...

Students protesting for Rohith Vemula detained in Delhi

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New Delhi : About 250-300 students, staging a demonstration here commemorating the death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were on Tuesday detained when they...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 1 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing with due permission the long form report in parts...

अलीगढ़ : खेत मे मिला दलित किशोरी का शव,ग्रामीणों में आक्रोश

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.Net अलीगढ़ में जंगल मे चारा लेने गई एक लड़की का शव मिलने के बाद हड़कंप मच गया है। लड़की दलित समुदाय...

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

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

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...

Caste triumphs over other identities among Dalit and Lower Castes of Laxmanpur Bathe

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Rajan Jha for TwoCircles.net, Laxmanpur Bathe: Many political commentators have contended that development would be the key issue in Bihar elections. However, a field visit...

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...

Mayawati slams Dikshit for diverting Dalit funds to CWG

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By IANS, Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has lashed out at her Delhi counterpart Sheila Dikshit for allegedly "diverting" huge amount of funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games. Mayawati also questioned the constitutional validity of the Delhi government's decision to divert Rs.750 crore in this manner.

Indian Muslim Organizations memorandum on Gaza

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Presented to the Hon'ble Prime Minister and Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, India
Respected Sir,

The Indian civil society, in general and Indian Muslims in particular, are horrified by the unfolding events in the open air prison called "Gaza", housing 1.5 million people, which the Israeli occupying power has condemned to slow death by imposing a complete siege since 20th January 2008. This was the culmination of the policy of throttling Gaza into death unleashed by the occupying power since June 2007.

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...

Una incident organised crime against Dalits: Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the thrashing of Dalit youths in Gujarat's Una and...

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

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

Despite improvements, gaps between Dalits and upper castes persists: Prof. Thorat

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Waltham, Massachusetts: Economic conditions of Dalits have improved in the last sixty years but the gap between Dalits (Scheduled Castes) and higher continues continue to persists, argued Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. Prof. Thorat was giving the opening lecture at the two-day Symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar which began here on Saturday. The symposium is being organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.

Kerala forests suspected to shelter Maoists: Police

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By IANS, Alappuzha: Police suspect the presence of Maoists in the forests across Kerala but is unsure of their activities, a top police officer said here Wednesday.

AMU Minority Character,OBC Reservation&Govt.of India

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

UP officials not taking Akhilesh seriously: BSP

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By IANS,

SDPI protests at Jantar Mantar against thrashing of dalits in Gujarat

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today held a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and termed the incident...

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,...

Rahul Gandhi meets assaulted Uttar Pradesh girl

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By IANS, New Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday met at a hospital here a Dalit girl who was blinded by her assailants after she resisted rape in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

‘गुजरात में अल्पसंख्यकों, दलितों को लेकर क्राईम ब्रांच का रवैया भेदभावपूर्ण’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk अहमदाबाद : पिछले दिनों विधायक जिग्नेश मेवाणी की क्राईम ब्रांच द्वारा अचानक गिरफ़्तारी को लेकर अल्पसंख्यकों और दलितों के अंदर गुस्सा पनपता...

Towards an Organic unity of the marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance...

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By Hisham ul wahab P Towards an Organic Unity of the Marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance in JNUSU Elections The JNU student community will elect a...

Students flock to Hyderabad varsity for protest

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

ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU

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They disrupted a program featuring a JNU professor, threatened TCN reporter By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Varanasi: Earlier today Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) members tried to stop...

Protest against Lokmat Chairaman Vijay Darda for his anti-reservation article

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Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Pune: An editorial written by editor and chairman of Lokmat Vijay Darda has come under severe criticism from Dalit activists. The editorial published...

Some notes on MIM Assembly success in Maharashtra with tales of monkey and rabbit

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By Pramod Mandade, One week after the Maharashtra assembly election results I went to my village in Latur district (Marathwada). AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) won two seats one in Aurangabad and another in Mumbai plus they took considerable votes in many other places.

सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद बदल गई है भीम आर्मी की कहानी

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद के भीम आर्मी गहरे बदलाव की और है इसके लिए भीम आर्मी के...

RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu

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Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...

बहराइच : प्रधान की मौत के लिए अब तक परिजन मांग रहे इंसाफ,मायावती ने...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बहराइच में लगभग 2 महीने पहले हुए एक नवनिर्वाचित दलित प्रधान की हत्या का मामला अब तुल पकड़ता जा रहा है। मृत...

17-party alliance in Maharashtra to take on Cong and BJP

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Mumbai: Seventeen political parties of Maharashtra have recently announced that they have formed ‘Force One’ to contest upcoming Loksabha and state...

Know the law: How to register Trusts

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By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net -- Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...

Ramdas Athavale appointed as MoS in cabinet reshuffle

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Ramdas Bandu Athavale, 57, president of the Republican Party of India (Athavale fraction) and Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the...

Dalit Muslim leaders urge Baba Ramdev to lead their fight

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

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...

SC junks PIL seeking job quotas based on income

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday junked a PIL seeking to do away with caste-based job reservation for Dalits, tribals and others and...

In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...

Dalit literature festival to be held in December

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New Delhi : The first edition of the Dalit Literature Festival will be held from December 6 to 8 on the 62nd death anniversary...

A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report

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New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...

Maharashtra ministers visit Dalit victims of atrocities

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Mumbai : Two senior ministers Saturday visited the Dalit victims of recent atrocities against the community in the state - the honour killing of...

Dalit samaj continue strike for special component plan

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New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Saturday that he will meet members of Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkar...

My fight against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) can help all Safai Karamcharis: Sunil Yadav

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Text and video by Shiva Thorat A lot of us are taught as children that if you want to study, there are no barriers...

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...

JNU gets solidarity from American University of Beirut

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Members and affiliates of the American University of Beirut (AUB) have issued statement in support of students and faculty at...

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...

Tribal villagers help nab kidnappers in Orissa

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: Residents of a tribal hamlet in Orissa helped police rescue a man within a few hours after his abduction, an official said Saturday.

Aaghaz Foundation awards second Rohith Vemula memorial scholarship to female student from Gorakhpur

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Lucknow: An economically weak female student from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's constituency has won the second Rohith Vemula Memorial...

USA Prez elections should motivate India to make party elections, the State responsibility.

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Ref: - Without inspiring & disciplining parties, democracy is meaningless.

Dear Sir

There is any number & type of democracies being practiced in contemporary world and one need not ape the other. But there is always some radical element in one democracy which if adopted by another democracy (may be in a modified form) then it can prove to be a panacea for quite a number of problems faced by that ailing democracy. In this context the fundamental difference between democracies of USA and India needs highlighting.

Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN

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Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...

Swami Prasad Maurya vows to form a majority BJP government in UP

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Lucknow : Former Leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swamy Prasad Maurya, who joined the...

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

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

चित्रकूट : गेंगरेप के बाद दलित युवती ने कर ली थी आत्महत्या, अब...

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विशेष संवाददाता। चित्रकूट। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार की बेहद शर्मनाक घटनाओं की श्रेणी हाथरस की तरह चित्रकूट में भी एक दिल...

California textbooks: new battleground for Hindutva groups

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By TCN News Every six years, the California Board of Education reviews its History and Social Science frameworks in a multi-year series of public hearings....

Laxity in MGNREGS will not be tolerated: Naveen Patnaik

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Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed concern over districts not matching up to the needs of the rural masses for...

We committed no crime, only followed Babasaheb; say youth as combing operations intensify in...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As combing operations intensifying throughout Maharashtra, Mumbai Police is not far behind. Already, hundreds of youngsters have been apprehended by police...

Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat

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Panaji : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said B.R. Ambedkar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K.B. Hegdewar always put the nation before self...

BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...

Andhra to challenge acquittal of accused in Dalits massacre case

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Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh will challenge in the Supreme Court an order of the state high court acquitting all 56 accused in Dalits massacre...

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...

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...

Shootout at ISRO facility, hunt on for two men

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By IANS, Bangalore: Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network (DSN) facility of India's space agency ISRO near here after a shootout early Tuesday between two unidentified men and security guards. Police said hunt was on for the men and maintained it was not a terror attack. The incident occurred at Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) complex in Byalalu, 40 km from here. "There is no injury or damage," ISRO director S. Satish told IANS.

Unspent money for Dalits/tribals, $42.6 bn = 8 times agri budget

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By Nikhil M. Babu It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai's youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only...

भीम आर्मी भी आई किसानों के साथ, राकेश टिकैत से मिले चंद्रशेखर

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net चंद्रशेखर आजाद शुक्रवार को भीम आर्मी के सदस्यों सदस्यों के साथ यूपी गेट स्थित गाज़ीपुर बार्डर पहुंचे और उन्होंने लोगों को संबोधित...

Dalit girl attacked for resisting rape, one held

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By IANS,

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story of an Indian’ to his music video titled ‘Raven’, he did so...

Hundreds gather at Jantar Mantar against Citizenship Amendment Bill

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By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net Hundreds of students, activists and citizens gathered in Jantar Mantar on Dec 7 under the banner of United Against Hate (UAH) to...

UK Dalits infuriated over PM Modi unveiling Ambedkar Memorial in London

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, London : Two leading Dalit (the former untouchables) organisations have condemned the inauguration of Dr Ambedkar...

Mayawati contests charges of maximum harassment of Dalits

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By IANS,

An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

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On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

If Owaisi can criticise every leader in UP, why does he spare Mayawati?

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By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net The strategy of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is different from the one adopted during the campaign ahead...

What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?

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By Shamsul Islam While speaking at RSS headquarter, Resham Bagh, Nagpur in the 3rd week of March Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief declared: “Now...

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...

I Feel Unmistakable Sense of Belonging: Rishab Dahiya, the Photographer Behind Powerful Photographs of...

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Aatika S | Twocircles.net Aatika S. interviews Rishab Dahiya, a dalit photographer and a filmmaker who is famous for clicking powerful pictures of members of...

Hussain Rizvi: A resident of Patna with international recognition for his selfless services

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Patna: On most weekdays, Hussain Rizvi works as an area in charge of Kent RO System Limited. The 27-year-old, who...

Amit Shah woos Delhi’s Dalits ahead of election

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New Delhi : BJP chief Amit Shah Tuesday urged the city's Dalit community to support the party and ensure its victory in the upcoming...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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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...

Dalit, minority kids pushed out of schools: HRW

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New Delhi : School authorities in India have persistently discriminated against children from Dalit, minority and other marginalised communities, pushing them out of education,...

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

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...

Lok Sabha begins debate on atrocities against Dalits

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New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday began general discussion on the "atrocities against Dalits" in the country under Rule 193. Communist Party of...

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.

सहारनपुर : दलितों पर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही का आरोप, मुश्किल घड़ी में मुसलमान...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...

NCW issues notice to Ramdev

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New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Wednesday issued a notice to yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul...

Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai

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Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official...

Raj Thackeray may work for India’s transformation

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Ref:- Mumbai can be equated with USA regarding immigrants. Dear Sir

Fact-finding team demands SIT investigation to ensure justice for Telangana honour killing victim

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net A fact-finding team from Civil liberties monitoring committee (CLMC) visited Miryalguda and the house of Permulla Balaswamy, father of the late...

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.

“हाईस्कूल में सवर्ण मुझे मारते-पीटते थे” – बिहार आयोग के चेयरमैन हुलेश मांझी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार राज्य महादलित आयोग के चेयरमैन डॉ. हुलेश मांझी ने हाल में ही बेहद हैरान करने वाला बयान दिया है....

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

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

National Commission for Minorities: A year of inaction

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Minorities Commission as a non-statutory body was set up in 1978. In the days following Babri Masjid demolition it was made a statutory body and in 1993 it came to be called National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Its main object is to safeguard the interest of minorities but its power is even less than the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and National Human Rights Commission. Lacking any effective tool it is merely a spectator that can make some noise but not be part of the game.

“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 bets on Modi to check Congress in Karnataka

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By Fakir Balaji, Bangalore : A staggering 46 million voters will elect 28 lawmakers when Karnataka votes Thursday in the sixth phase of the general...

Atrocities on Dalits following pattern during NDA rule: Congress

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New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday said atrocities against the Dalits across India during the National Democratic Alliance government's rule since May 2014...

Christian Council welcomes St Stephens reservations for Dalit Christians

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ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL President: Dr. Joseph D'souza Secretary General: Dr. John Dayal PRESS STATEMENT NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE 2007 CHRISTIAN COUNCIL HAILS `HISTORIC' ST STEPHENS QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS; WELCOME NEW CATHOLIC EDUCATION POLICY FOR MARGINALISED All India Christian Council president Dr Joseph D'souza and Secretary General Dr John Dayal have welcomed as 'historic' the move by the St Stephen's College to give preferential admissions to brilliant students from the Dalit Christian community in the prestigious institution of higher learning.

Man kills daughter’s lover for family honour

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By IANS,

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.

A letter to Rohith Vemula from a young Muslim

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Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Dear Rohith, I am not sure how or whether this letter will ever reach you. However, after reading and rereading your heartbreaking...

Will torch myself if not given a home, says poor Dalit

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By IANS, Patna: Many rural poor are upset over alleged corruption in getting houses under a central government scheme and a 30-year-old Dalit woman has threatened to set herself on fire if she does not get a home due to her. Ramvati Devi, a resident of Begusarai district, has threatened to set herself on fire April 1 if she is not provided a house under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) before that. She says her name was in the 2008 waiting list of the scheme. "I will set myself on fire to protest injustice. I am a victim of injustice and corruption in the scheme.

Doms in Varanasi seek justice through honorable rehabilitation

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Hundreds of pilgrims seek to see the sunrise on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi and the boatmen go on live commentary of these ghats narrating the mythological details.The most poignant moment come when you see the Manikarnikaghat, Dashashwamegha Ghat and Harishchandraghat reminding you the stories of Raja Harishchandra’s loyalty to his ‘profession’. In an indirect reference, these are the same ‘preachings’ which ask you to do thy duty while ‘result’ is not thy concern.

Myth of meritocracy: Dalit rapper, anti-caste activist Sumeet Samos’s journey from a boarding school...

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Sumeet Samos is an anti-caste rapper and an activist from Odisha, India. His rap fiercely confronts the caste system with a searing critique of...

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

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

Rajya Sabha disrupted repeatedly over Dalit atrocities

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New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was disrupted repeatedly on Monday over atrocities against Dalits in Punjab, as Congress leaders protested the gruesome chopping...

चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर है चन्द्रशेखर रावण, मां ने किया ख़ुलासा

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर रावण चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर हैं. यह जानकारी खुद उनकी मां कमलेश देवी ने...

Violence and ‘clean chits’: Sangma backs BJP on Kandhamal

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By Ram Puniyani

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...

Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi

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New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...

A temple where upper castes bow to Dalits

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow : Stories of socially marginalised people not being allowed into places of worship are common in India. In such a scenario, a Dalit family presiding over an Uttar Pradesh temple for ages is nothing short of exemplary. It's only Dalits who have been priests of the Kali Mata temple, dedicated to goddess Durga, in Lakhna town in Etawah, some 300 km from Lucknow, ever since the shrine came up around 200 years ago.

Jamiat calls for Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis to unite and fight against injustices

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net AJMER: Not only cutting across various sects in the Muslim community, prominent religious leaders of different other faiths were also perched...

Himachal tribal women don’t come under inheritance law

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By IANS, Shimla: Tribal women in Himachal Pradesh do not come under inheritance law if there is a male member in the family, Revenue Minister Kaul Singh said Tuesday.

BJP’s Dalit love a sham, says Mayawati

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Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh and said the Chief...

The works of a restless Dalit mind: Understanding Prabhakar Kamble’s art.

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net The history, and the baggage, of the caste system in our country have always been felt the most by the...

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...

Apex court notice to Haryana over Dalit arson attack

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Haryana government on the plight of 150 Dalit families who were driven out of their village in Hisar district after an arson attack on their homes last month. A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were killed and at least 18 houses were damaged April 21 in an arson attack allegedly by members of the Jat community on Dalit families in Mirchpur village in Hisar, some 300 km from state capital Chandigarh.

Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well

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Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...

Will Congress’ faith in dynastic politics save it in Dima Hasao?

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Haflong: Dima Hasao, the least populated district of Assam, goes to polls on April 4 and like most of the state,...

Indian diaspora in London mark Republic Day with protests against Hindutva, attacks on Dalits...

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By M Ghazali Khan for TwoCircles.net Instead of hosting and participating in festivities, the UK-based Indian Diaspora marked the Republic Day by organising a protest...

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...

Nearly 500 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

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Patna : Nearly 500 Hindus, including women and children, converted to Buddhism Saturday in half a dozen villages in Bihar's Gaya district, officials said. All...

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...

Backward classes panel for quota in private sector

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New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...

दलित युवा फाड़ रहे हैं अपने घरों में लगे धार्मिक पोस्टर, 3 गिरफ़्तार

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मंसूरपुर : दलितों मे असंतोष लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है. भीम आर्मी के प्रभुत्व वाले क्षेत्र में एक अन्य संगठन...

2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

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...

Dalit killings: Haryana orders CBI probe, Rahul slams Khattar

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Faridabad/Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the arson attack by upper castes in Faridabad district that left two...

JD-U may oust Manjhi as Bihar chief minister

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Patna : Speculation is rife in Bihar's political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said...

Dalit leader accepts Islam, pens a book

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By The Milli Gazette, New Delhi: After 52 years of struggle, a well known dalit leader in Tamil Nadu, T. M. Mani, accepted Islam. The English version of his book "End of Casteism" will be released in New Delhi on Sunday, 18 April 2010. Mr. T.M. Mani waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. He fought ferociously for 52 years and at the end, accepted Islam. His struggle's sufferings and achievements are detailed in this book. Venue of the book release will be Ghalib Academy, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi and time: 10.30 am-2 pm

Research scholars’ fellowships face fund crunch, students left in the lurch

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Fund for SC students worst affected. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Several research scholars, enrolled in M.Phil and PhD courses in different subjects in universities across the country are not getting their fellowships on time. Students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) seem to be most hit since Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has not released the fund for the year so far.

Funds collected outside Pune mosques help rebuild 74 Dalit homes in Pune

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net In a heart-warming story of Dalit-Muslim unity from Maharashtra, an NGO managed to rebuild homes of 74 Dalit families who lost...

मध्यप्रदेश में एक और अमानवीय घटना, आदिवासी युवक को गाड़ी से बांधकर घसीटा

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मध्यप्रदेश में लगातार अमानवीय घटनाओं में बढ़ोत्तरी देखने को मिल रही है। इंदौर,देवास के बाद अब नीमच ज़िले में एक आदिवासी के...

The colonization of Ambedkar: Caste politics behind Arundhati Roy-Navayana’s appropriation of ‘Annihilation of Caste’

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By Yogesh Maitreya and Daisy Katta for TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: A discussion on ‘Caste Politics behind Arundhati Roy-Navayana’s Appropriation of ‘Annihilation of Caste’ was held at the Kalina campus of the University of Mumbai on 21st December 2014.