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

TCN News, वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...

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

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...

JNUSU calls commission findings on Vemula suicide ‘stupid’

New Delhi, (IANS): The report that said Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and that his suicide was not a result of any political and...

Let the world hear our stories of defiance and resistance to caste-violence: Dalit women...

By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net On June 21, issues and stories of Dalit women were presented at the UN level for the first time ever...

Congress appoints two observers in MP to placate Dalits

New Delhi (IANS): In its bid to strengthen its outreach among the Dalit community in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Friday appointed two...

SC moved seeking benefits of backward class quota to ‘most deserving sections’

New Delhi : Haryana-based Kumhar Maha Sabha on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government to undertake revision of the...

थाने के मालखाने से चोरी हुए थे 25 लाख, सफाईकर्मी पर शक,पुलिस की पिटाई...

विशेष संवाददाता।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में पुलिस हिरासत में एक और मौत हो गई है। मामला आगरा ज़िले का हैं जहां थाना जगदीशपुरा के मालखाने...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One

By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

Dalits angry as Bihar massacre accused are acquitted

By Imran Khan, Patna : Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar's Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia Ranvir Sena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...

(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...

Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile: Displaying centuries-old songs, and artworks on anti-caste struggle of Maharashtra

The project aims to collect Maharashtra’s long history of social reform, accessing 500-year-old traditions of song-writing, performances and poetry against caste-based exploitation and untouchability. Riya...

Government will ensure complete freedom of faith: Modi

New Delhi: Coming out unequivocally for the first time against recent attacks on churches and controversial utterances by right-wing fringe elements, Prime Minister Narendra...

Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts

33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM). Riya...

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

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.

Modi calls for protecting Dalits, ending discrimination

Hyderabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for protecting Dalits and said if the country has to progress, peace, unity and harmony...

The Old Boys’ Public School (OBPS) Implementation Scheme

The Association has launched an ambitious project of establishing a chain of English medium schools with the brand name Old Boys' Public School (OBPS) under clause 2 (vi) of the rules of the association. The objective is to nurture pure morality, free inquiry and large hearted tolerance in students and impart purposeful education so that they can face the challenges posed by the modern and emerging societies. The OBPS board of management has worked out an effective scheme for implementing the OBPS project. The management is offering

Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...

NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder

New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...

Maharashtra CM faces serious threats to life: Prakash Ambedkar

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...

Indian Americans hail California Democratic Party’s designation of caste as a protected category

The California Democratic Party is the largest state party in the United States to take a stance on caste discrimination, marking an important step...

मेरठ में आरएसएस समागम को लेकर फिर विवाद, तिरंगे को लेकर उठा सवाल

Aas Muhammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Meerut: A controversy over the insult of Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas in the hoarding of RSS in Meerut was not...

Writer returns award, says Dalit suffering won’t end

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

In Maharashtra, Dalits rise to claim grazing land that was promised to them decades...

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net The question of land ownership for people who work and toil on it has been asked for over 50 years now...

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

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

Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...

बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...

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

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

दलितों की दर्दनाक व्यथा कथा है गुना और दरभंगा की घटना

मध्यप्रदेश के गुना, बिहार के दरभंगा और उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ में यूं तो हजार मील का राऊंड बनता है। मगर दलितों की दशा...

Rajya Sabha disrupted over Selja’s claim of caste bias

New Delhi : The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari...

Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US

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...

Varun Gandhi for abolishing death penalty, BJP says personal view

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

Real-tough times ahead for Kashmiris

Ref: - 'Kashmiri Nationalism' is the reality. Dear Sir The first-ever Indo-Pak poll sponsored by Indian Express, Dawn News and CNN-IBN published on August 12, 2007 along with survey carried out by CSDS and Jammu University in 2002 should be enough for the Kashmiris to wake them up from their slumber and gird up for the arduous diplomatic fight and tough periods ahead. Without going into the details of the entire findings of these surveys what is presently relevant is that: -

Tent of Bhagana protesters removed from Jantar Mantar by police; asked to leave

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The tent of Bhagana protesters at Jantar Mantar has been removed by the Delhi Police today morning and they have been asked to leave.)

सहारनपुर : ‘पुलिस पीड़ित दलितों के खिलाफ़ ही मुक़दमे दर्ज कर रही है’

TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : सहारनपुर में पुलिस संरक्षण में दलितों पर हो रहे हमले और हाशिमपुरा-मलियाना जनसंहार की तीसवीं बरसी पर रिहाई मंच, गोंडवाना...

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

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...

Police file charge sheet in Kerala woman’s rape-murder case

Kochi : The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law...

JNU and Quest for a Just World

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

दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद

आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net नियुक्तियों और प्रमोशन में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को लेकर दलितों में आक्रोश बढ़ता जा रहा है। दलित इसके...

SDPI appeals to Governor of Gujarat to compensate the family of youth killed by...

By TCN News, Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Sunday submitted a memorandum with the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad addressed...

Kashmiris to emphasize and practise ‘Unified J&K’

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

Dear Sir

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

Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat

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.

Jaitanpur: A neglected village an hour away from Lucknow

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.

Dalits of West Medinipur district facing social boycott for past two years, state government...

By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, Twocircles.net The 2012 data released by National Crimes Record Bureau had one surprising, albeit slightly unbelievable number: West Bengal, with 2.14...

Dalit Bihar Legislator Alleges Caste-Based Harassment, Police Register FIR

TCN News A shocking incident of alleged caste-based harassment has surfaced in Bihar, where CPI(ML) legislator Gopal Ravidas was allegedly denied the right to inaugurate...

Does India face tyranny of the majority?

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

Kerala police closing in on murderer of Jisha

Perumbavoor (Kerala) : Even as the rape and murder of a Dalit law student continued to rock the poll-bound state of Kerala, police on...

क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?

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

Caste or Creed? Dalit Christian Identity Sparks Reservation Row in Karnataka Census

TCN News Desk Bengaluru: Identity of Dalit Christians has become a hotly debated and controversial issue amid the ongoing census for internal reservation of Scheduled...

Sikhs protest over atrocities against minorities, Dalits

By Arul Louis  United Nations, (IANS): A group of Sikhs held a protest against atrocities against minorities and Dalits in India during B.R. Ambedkar's birth...

Budget casts gloom on Dalits: Udit Raj

By TCN News New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, National President, Indian Justice Party and All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations said that this budget has again cast gloom on Dalits. Rs. 4,500 crore have been allocated for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment which will be utilized not only for the welfare of Dalits but also for the welfare and upliftment of backwards and senior citizens etc.

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

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

Construct memorial for Ayyankali: SDPI to Kerala Govt

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government should be ready to construct a memorial for the noted Dalit leader Ayyankali, said Abdul Majeed Faisy, state general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India. He was delivering the chief address at the Ayyankali memorial conference organized by the party in Thiruvananthapuram. Ayyankali was a famous Dalit leader and reformist who fought for Dalit rights in the state.

Lok Sabha passes bill increasing list of SC communities

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill to add more communities to the existing list of scheduled castes in...

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

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

Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...

By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.

BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

By IANS, New Delhi : Alleging that funds meant for Scheduled Castes had been diverted by the Delhi government to the Commonwealth Games, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha. Soon after the house re-assembled at 11.40 a.m. following an adjournment, the BSP MPs created an uproar. BSP's leader in Lok Sabha, Dara Singh Chauhan, alleged that Rs.750 crore meant for the welfare of Dalits had been diverted by the Delhi government for the October Games.

Rahul Gandhi’s Mandsaur visit raises political temperature

Mandsaur/Bhopal, (IANS) Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh was calm on Thursday, two days after police shot dead five protesting farmers, but Congress Vice President Rahul...

Appointment of non-Brahmins in Kerala temples widely lauded, Brahmin sect warns of agitation

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: The decision by Kerala Government to follow reservation norms in appointing priests from backward communities in temples under the Travancore...

“We should record our history, our victory” Dalit poet Mercy Margaret

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit literature that revolves around the struggles and lives of Dalits first emerged in the 1960s and has seen exponential growth since....

Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad

TCN News Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...

दलित समाज में बढ़ी सामाजिक जागरूकता : लक्ष्य

TCN News, दलित-बहुजन समाज में लक्ष्य द्वारा सामाजिक जागरूकता का अभियान तेजी के साथ आगे बढ़ रहा है। जहाँ दलित समाज की महिलाओं द्वारा इसे...

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance

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...

The wall of religion is the tallest for Dalits in Gujarat

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

Mahadalits unwilling to return to their homes

Patna: Nearly 300 Mahadalit families who fled their village after being threatened by upper caste men refused to return to their homes Saturday despite...

जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’

आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...

Properties of seven murder accused attached in Bihar

Patna : The properties of the seven accused who killed four Dalits for refusing to share fish caught by them in Bihar's Patna district,...

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.  Tabeenah...

Mayawati threatens to resign from RS

New Delhi, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise...

Unmarriageability: the unspoken stigma behind dishonour killings

By A.B.Karl Marx Siddharthar Unmarriageability  noun 1.       (in India in the present) the practice of not marrying outside one’s caste 2.       refers to the caste-based endogamous practice 3.       a form of discrimination...

आगामी दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव में अल्पसंख्यक

By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter, नई दिल्ली: जैसे-जैसे दिल्ली में जल्द मुमकिन विधानसभा चुनाव की करीबी बढ़ती जा रही है, उसी तरह से तमाम राजनीतिक पार्टियों में सरगर्मी बढ़ती दिख रही है. आम आदमी पार्टी और कांग्रेस ने अपने-अपने उम्मीदवारों की पहली सूची हाल में ही जारी की है.

डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net 2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands

Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...

Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives

Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon.

Dying of hunger in an age of food apps

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net For most of us especially those living in urban spaces, food items are now available at the mere touch of a...

Christian Council welcomes St Stephens reservations for Dalit Christians

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.

Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra

Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...

कोरोनाकाल मे दलित महिलाओं की हालत चिंताजनक,सह रही है अधिक उत्पीड़न

सुमन देवठिया समय कोरोना महामारी पूरे देश मे फ़ैल रही है जिसकी चपेट मे भारत भी है, इस कोरोना ने ना केवल इंसान के स्वास्थ्य...

Notice to Tamil Nadu government over Dalits’ rights violations

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

Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California

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...

Caste on my back

By Aishik Chanda for TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: “Jai Mahar” read one, “Jai Maratha” read another. Several autorickshaws of Greater Mumbai region display caste identities on the...

Demolition of Bogada Chawl: 205 residents displaced in heavy monsoon

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...

‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाने वाले छात्रों को किया गया सम्मानित

TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में ‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाना वाले छात्र रामकरन, अमरेन्द्र और सुरेन्द्र को रिहाई...

पटना के महादलित परिवार के बेटे को अमेरिका में ढाई करोड़ की स्कॉलरशिप

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net बिहार के पटना के एक दलित दिहाड़ी मजदूर परिवार का बेटा अमेरिका में अपना भविष्य संवारेगा। पटना के फुलवारी शरीफ के गोनपुरा गांव...

Associating Buddhism with violence is fashionable: Expert

Kolkata: Buddhism is increasingly being associated with violence and now emerging as a sensitive issue between India and China, a Buddhist studies expert has...

Why Dalit organisations stopped Bandaru Dattatreya and NDA’s celebrations in Nanded

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Nanded: Over the past couple of months, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has spent considerable time and resources in celebrating two...

Hyderabad varsity JAC reiterates demand for arrests in Rohith case

Hyderabad : The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice at University of Hyderabad has reiterated the demand that union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and vice...

Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report

The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall. Suchitra...

JNU gets solidarity from American University of Beirut

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...

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

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...

समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

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...

Safai karamcharis demand a separate Ministry to rehabilitate Manual scavengers

TCN News Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan released a 10 point manifesto for Safaikaramcharis to ensure that political parties take note and implement their demands. The Safaikaramcharis...

How independent publishers ensure Ambedkarite literature continues to reach the masses

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Every year on December 6, millions of people from all over India gather at Chaityabhoomi in Shivaji Park, Mumbai to pay...

Saddened by Rohith Vemula’s death: Modi

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke his silence on the suicide of Dalit scholar from University of Hyderabad, Rohith Vemula, saying that...

Farmers committed suicide due to personal reasons: Odisha Minister

Bhubaneswar : Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Wednesday said farmers in the state committed suicide due to personal reasons and no farmer took...

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

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...

Death sentences commuted for six in Khairlanji massacre case

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.

ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU

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...

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

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

BJP relies on caste factor in Bihar last phase

By Imran Khan, Patna : More than Narendra Modi's appeal, the BJP seems to be banking on the caste arithmetic when the last lot of...

आज़मगढ़ में दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आजमगढ़ जिले के एक गांव में दलितों पर पुलिस उत्पीड़न का मामला सामने आया है। गांव में दो पक्षों...

The background of caste-based reservations

THE BACKGROUND OF CASTE-BASED RESERVATIONS Dear all Assalam alaikum The basic need for the Muslim intelligentsia at present is to make concerted efforts to forestall these ignorant maulanas from interfering into every affair of the community, whether they know it or not. I would like to give the background of this caste-based reservation as I and our party All India Muslim Forum have remained deeply associated with the issue for many years. The backward castes(both Hindus and Muslims) which were covered by the Mandal Commission

‘Minorities, Dalits & Adivasis affected acutely due to urban poverty and informal settlements’

By TCN News, London: Minorities and indigenous peoples have been among the last to benefit from the rapid growth of Asia’s cities, according to Minority...

Maha dalit killings: Film industry faces to join demonstration in Mumbai

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Social activists, common citizens and even some faces from the film industry are likely to participate in a demonstration march on Saturday in Mumbai to show solidarity with three dalit victims from Ahmednagar district.

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

(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...

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

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

Triangular contest in Dhamdaha revives memories of caste wars in Bihar

By Brajendra Nath Singh Dhamdaha (Purnia) : Shambhu Bhagat (48) of Haldibari village in Dhamdaha was emotional while recounting the murder of his...

Bhima Koregaon: Dalits in search of icons from history

By Ram Puniyani for TwoCircles.net Maharashtra witnessed unprecedented violence against the Dalits who had congregated to pay tributes to the Dalits soldiers (1st January 2018),...

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

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...

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

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...

Dalit scholar suicide: Presidency students on token hunger strike

Kolkata : A section of students of the Presidency University here launched a token hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with the nationwide protests...

Jharkhand Dalit Minister was prevented from inaugurating Shravani Mela: JMM

Ranchi : Main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has alleged that state Tourism Minister Amar Bawri, who belongs to the Dalit community, was...

Man kills self, family in Bihar

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

Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

Vemula’s friends, academicians back Jadavpur University against ABVP

Kolkata : Friends of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, as also some academicians on Sunday backed the Jadavpur University...

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

In this interview with TwoCircles.net, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare talks about the production of films and the social landscape that constitutes film-making...

मेरठ : दलित व जाट में खूनी संघर्ष, दलितों पर एकतरफ़ा कार्रवाई का आरोप

आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : गंगानगर थाना क्षेत्र के रजपुरा में शुक्रवार की शाम बुग्गी टकराने को लेकर हुए मामूली विवाद ने शनिवार को...

Doms in Varanasi seek justice through honorable rehabilitation

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.

Searching for the ‘real anti-Indian’

By Parayi for Twocircles.net Everything is well with the republic. ‘Nationalist’ gundas are beating up students and police is combing the hostels of...

A letter to the Financial Reforms Committee of Planning Commission of India

By Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai proposal for joint ventures in islamic banking in collaboration with international islamic banks and/or international banks with islamic banking operational expertise Financial Sector Reforms are needed, as per Mr. Raghuram G. Rajan's introductory remarks, to

Complaint filed against caste panchayat in Rajasthan

Jaipur : A complaint was registered Tuesday against some members of a caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district after they allegedly ostracized members of...

मज़हब की राजनीति में गायब होते मुस्लिमों और दलितों के सवाल

आसिफ़ इक़बाल यह अजीब मज़ाक़ है कि राजनीतिक नेता न केवल विभिन्न धर्म के मानने वालों के मार्गदर्शक बने हुए हैं बल्कि समाज भी आमतौर...

राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...

राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है। हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...

Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net New Year’s eve was a time of joy and happiness everywhere, and Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, was no different. But...

How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack

By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net The elephant of BSP has arrived, The one that will be a companion to all, To end poverty and slavery, This time...

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

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...

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

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...

A lawyer for the community

By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, Indore: K.P. Gangore, a 35-year-old lawyer from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party, lives with his extended family in a depressed slum area of the city called Solanki Nagar. On the inside, the foyer of the three-room house has a nothing but a cot for a bed and a few chairs. The surrounding area of dirt roads consists of small homes where the heat beats down on the residents. According to Gangore, the neighborhood he lives in is predominantly scheduled caste. While he could possibly afford to move, he chooses to stay in that area to make a point that his interests are in community advocacy.

Dalit for President: Tokenism wins

By Amulya Ganguli It's a no-brainer, for the result is known before the contest. The support which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able...

Bihar cabinet stays Manjhi’s 36 decisions

Patna : The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday stayed 36 decisions taken by the government of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi last month, officials...

Act against those who burnt Ambedkar’s posters: Dalits

Ghaziabad : Members of the Dalit community here on Tuesday urged strict action against unidentified miscreants who burnt the posters of Bhimrao Ambedkar and...

Dalit land remains loyal to Mayawati

By IANS, Agra : Agra, the Dalit capital of northern India, Tuesday dominantly stood by Chief Minister Mayawati even as her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suffered blows elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh.

Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat

Dear Sir

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

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

An open letter to Rohith Vemula on behalf of murdered Muslim techie

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The whole country is soothing with sad demise of Rohith Vemula, 26, a research scholar from a Dalit community who was...

Cow vigilantes should be declared terrorists: Vemula’s online diary

Preetha Nair New Delhi : Back in December 2015, well before politics over bovines took centrestage in India, the late Rohith Vemula, the Dalit...

Around 1,700 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

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...

Dalit man chops off finger after accidently voting for BJP

Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has chopped...

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

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...

‘शिक्षा ही बहुजन समाज को एक नई दिशा दे सकती है’

TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ की काकोरी टीम ने बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर...

‘दलितों व मुस्लिमों पर अत्याचार, दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोगों की एक सोची समझी चाल’

TwoCircles.net News Desk सीतापुर : दलितों के बीच काम करने वाली ‘लक्ष्य’ नामक एक संस्था की सीतापुर टीम ने बहुजन जनजागरण अभियान के तहत एक...
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