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Exploring the Rich Legacy and Future Challenges of Urdu Journalism: A Workshop by Karnataka Urdu Academy
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In the heart of Bangalore, amidst the vibrant culture of Karnataka, Urdu journalists gathered for a two-day workshop hosted by the esteemed Karnataka Urdu Academy, Bengaluru on 28 & 29 February 2024. Stepping into KMDC Bhawana, the air was filled with the soulful notes of Geet, setting a tone of reverence and anticipation for the days ahead.
Dr. Mazuddin...
Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut
Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net
Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from the time she was in school. However, she initially did not regard her God-given gift as exceptional and concentrated on her education.
One day, while browsing the internet, she came across a video on resin art...
Police Brutality and Fear Grips Muslim Neighborhood in Haldwani
Nuzhat Khan, TwoCircles.net
On the evening of February 10, Mehreen, 21, and her husband Arif, 24, who works at a local hardware store, were startled by screams from the street outside in their small neighbourhood of Malik ka Bagicha in Banbhoolpura, Uttarakhand's Haldwani. Moments later, at least four policemen forcefully entered through the front door.
The police began detaining Arif for...
Interview with Zeyad Masroor Khan on his book ‘City On Fire: A Boyhood In Aligarh’
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles
As a four-year-old boy, Zeyad Masroor Khan did not know the pitfalls of living in Aligarh, a city he called his, but only in fragments as he lived in a Muslim ghetto.
So much removed from the communal realities lurking around him, Khan’s first encounter with the truth of the city crystallised when he first turned...
‘God Has Finally Answered Our Prayers’: Fresh Snowfall Revives Dying Business in Kashmir
Irshad Hussain / Mubashir Naik , TwoCircles.net
After a months-long dry spell, the Kashmir valley finally received the much-anticipated first snowfall of the season in both the upper and lower elevations. The snowless winter hampered winter tourism and farmers and interrupted winter sports activity. The delayed snowfall harmed Kashmir's key economic sectors, leaving thousands of people involved in winter sports...
Class 11 Student From Hyderabad Publishes Her First Book Chronicling the Syrian Conflict
Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles
A class 11 student from India hopes to bring a new level of awareness to the Syrian Civil War with her debut novel, 'When the Sky Wrote Back'. The book has been published by Delhi-based Bluerose Publishers and is 341 pages long.
The author, Mariyam Imbisat, is a 16-year-old student at Azaan International School in the...
A Physics Project: Two 11th Graders Build Affordable Electric-Powered Car
Imran Inamdar | Two Circles
Mohammad Sehab Beig and Muhammad Shaan Sheikh, two classmates from Shantadurga Higher Secondary School in Goa's Bicholim town, were assigned a 20-mark physics assignment for 11th grade. The two youngsters, together with their friend Moun Mamlekar, a commerce student, worked for a month to develop an electric car powered by a lead acid battery.
The car...
Muslim Women Study Circle: Reclaiming Agency of Muslim Women in India
A Kolkata-based collective Muslim Women Study Circle is working towards reclaiming the agency of Muslim women at a time when Islamophobia has been reared into the country’s social and political fabric.
By: Tasneem Khan and Nuzhat Khan
New Delhi: In April 2019, a collective of Muslim women predominantly belonging to Metiabruz, a suburb in Kolkata, came together to understand the Quran,...
Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations
Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on the forehead), and leaves home in a hurry for work.
She is a municipality sweeper in Hojai town in central Assam’s Hojai district.
“This is what I have been doing for the last 15 years,” she said,...
66-Year-Old Jharkhand Man a Beacon of Hope for Abandoned Girls
Tauseef Ahmad/ TwoCircles.net
Hari Ram Pandey, a 66-year-old man from Deogarh in Jharkhand, has been raising abandoned girls on his own for the past two decades. He recently made news after appearing on television in October after being invited to participate in a reality show hosted by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
Silent Guardian and Saviour of 35 ‘daughters’
Pandey discovered a baby...
Interview With Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan on His New English Translation of the Quran
Hasan Zia Rizvi/ TwoCircles.net
Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, a 75-year-old Indian scholar, has published a new translation of the Quran, the holy book of the Muslims. It is the first significant contribution to the English translation of the Quran by an Indian scholar since the popular 1930s translation by Indian barrister Abdullah Yusuf Ali, which has long held sway in...
Bakerwal Children Still Struggle for Education
Shaizan Nadaf and Kaisar Ali/ TwoCircles.netAashiq Hussain Chopan, 14, and seven other children in tattered clothes sit on a mat under open sky while a government teacher instructs them in Doodhpathri, which is located at an elevation of 2,730 metres and 42 kilometres from Srinagar in Kashmir. Chopan, a fifth-grade student who barely understands any written alphabet,...
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 : Congress emerges the winner toppling BRS
TCN Staff
Hyderabad
After making its mark in Karnataka in May 2023, India’s grand old party INC (Indian National Congress) has now won the Telangana Assembly Elections held on 30th November 2023, the results of which have been declared yesterday, 3rd December. With this win, the INC has gained power in two southern states of India.
A Clear Lead for Congress
The INC has...
A Muslim Woman Is Helping Patients of Sickle Cell Disease Get Treatment in MP’s Chhindwara
By Shaba Manzoor and Nuzhat Khan
At the age of two and a half years, Swaleha Naaz Khan fell down the stairs while playing and broke her hand. This incident marked the first time she visited a hospital. However, for Khan, a patient of Sickle cell disease, it set off a cycle of sickness, incorrect medications, hospital visits, and unsuccessful...
Two Circle Network’s Seed Fellow Sufi Parween Wins Laadli Media Award
TCN News
We are happy to announce that TCN’s SEED Fellow Sufi Parween has won the 13th Laadli Media Award for her exceptional contribution to gender-sensitive reporting. Her award-winning story, “Bihar: These Muslim women break taboo by learning Madhubani painting – TwoCircles.net,” focuses on a transformative initiative among Muslim women in Bihar who have broken social norms by learning Madhubani...
Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital
Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network
There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital. The once-pristine walls have faded with time, much like the woman who lives here. Saima Noor, in her twenties, wears once-white clothes, now tinged with a ghostly grey. Her hands,...
‘Going Back Is a Dream’: Kuki Women in Assam Now Cope New Fear of Going Back And Making a New Home
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles
Since she left her home with her family in strife-torn Manipur’s Jiribam District in May and reached Assam on a boat, Ngaichong Singson, a 20-year-old Kuki girl, has not been able to put the trauma of leaving her native land behind.
“It was so sudden, so abrupt that the only thing we were allowed to carry...
Meet the Tribal Girls From Jammu & Kashmir Who Cracked Neet
Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles.net
Several girls from the Bakarwal community, a nomadic ethnic minority in India's Jammu and Kashmir area, recently cleared the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test, also known as NEET, for admission to undergraduate medical courses in all Indian medical institutions.
Aasiya Choudry, 20, of Jasrota village in Jammu's Kathua district, is one of the Bakarwal girls who...
Ashraful Madaris Urdu medium school of Hyderabad bags the K-12 WOW award
TCN News
At the recently concluded Global K-12 Summit, organised by Business Reconnect in Hyderabad on 8th September 2023, Ashraful Madaris High School, an Urdu Medium High School of Hyderabad was awarded for “Excellence in imparting value education and spirituality”.
Global Business Reconnect, is an event management company based in New Delhi. Started in 2000, it has executed corporate events PAN...
‘It Destroyed His Five Years’: Drug Addiction Shatters Dreams of Countless Families in Kashmir
Tauseef Ahmad/ Abdul Basit | Two Circles
Five years ago, Hanan Majeed (name changed), 21, a Kashmiri youth from Baramulla district fell victim to addiction to Cannabis and heroin, a highly addictive drug made from morphine which destroyed his life. Majeed dropped out of school and his drug addiction led to issues with his family.
A year and a half ago,...
‘The Little Muslims Gift Factory’: An Indian Muslim Woman’s Islamic Gift Shop Is Going Places
Nikhat Fatima | Two Circles
In 2015 at the age of 27, Madiha Basheer started her business with her first product a beautiful box curated with a handcrafted prayer mat, an Islamic storybook, prayer beads (tasbeeh) and an alphabet toy laptop.
Her company, The Little Muslims Gift Factory, has grown significantly over the last eight years, serving thousands of consumers.
The Origin...
From Designing Clothes To Designing Cakes: The Journey of a Hijabi Cake Artist From Panjim
Sobiya Inamdar/ TwoCircles.net
Nadia Aslam, a resident of Panjim, Goa has always had a love for baking cakes. She used to bake delicious cakes for get-togethers and her close friends, but that changed when she went to college to study textile designing. She started a boutique business for a few years after college before having her first child. Nadia returned...
Mohammad Areeb Of Jamia Contributes To The Success Of Chandryan-3, A Proud Moment For Family And Friends
Staff reporter/ TCN
The people of Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar are overwhelmed with pride as Areeb from their town contributes to the success of Mission Chandryan-3. Areeb is currently working with the ISRO and was part of the team responsible for the success of Chandran-3.
Mohammad Areeb hails from a middle-class family in Khatauli. His father is a businessman. Celebrations in Areeb’s house continue...
In Assam, Mob Lynchings of Muslims Follow the Same Pattern and Template
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles.net
Rahima Begum, 50, had not slept in a long time and had not eaten well because her 25-year-old son Hifzur Rahman had gone missing for the past two weeks. Hifzur was mentally sick and had a habit of wandering out of the house on occasion, but he always returned to his mother.
On 13 August, Rahima...
‘Where Will We Bury the Dead?’: A Muslim-Dominated Neighbourhood in Mumbai Grieves
K K Ahmed/ TwoCircles.net
When Meeraj Ansari, 34, went to recite Al-Fatiha, a Quran verse, at a grave in Mumbai East's Rafi Nagar graveyard in April 2023, he discovered that multiple graves had been dug to bury a dead body because the earlier bodies were only partially decomposed even after 18 months, the minimum time required for decomposition. Meeraj recorded...
‘Working as Ola Bike Rider’: Students After Fee Hike at Osmania University, Seek Repeal
Md Zamir Hasan, Twocircles.net
Bhavani Prasad, 24, enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme in 2019 at Osmania University, a century-old state-funded university in India's Hyderabad city. Since then, Bhavani has paid an annual fee of 5,460 rupees. However, when one of his cousins attempted to enrol in the same programme this year, he was asked to pay fees...
Delhi Cop’s Unique Initiative Helps the Underprivileged; Provides Them Education
Sanjana Chawla/ TwoCircles.net
Than Singh, a resident of Rajasthan, started his very own little school called “Than Singh Ki Pathshala” in 2015 to help students deprived of education.
Than Singh works at the Kotwali Police Station in Old Delhi, runs this school in the courtyard of a temple in the Red Fort parking area.
For children who are born and brought up...
‘Administration Failed To Take Timely and Appropriate Action’: Fact-Finding Report on Nuh Communal Violence
TCN News
An 11-member fact-finding team from the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) visited communal violence-affected areas in Haryana to present the ground realities and prevailing tensions in the areas, as well as the roles of law enforcement and the administration.
The fact-finding team recorded statements of responsible residents working in the area as well as the accounts...
Mumbai: Girl Students Asked To Remove Hijab At The College Gate Introducing New Dress Code
By K K Ahmed / TwoCircles.net
NG Acharya & DK Maratha College in Mumbai's Chembur area has been in the news from the last few days ever since the management has banned the hijab in the college premises and forced the girls to stand outside the College gate for several hours telling them 'you are not allowed to enter the...
‘We Are Hiding in Forests’: Fear in Uttar Pradesh’s Rohingya Camps After Anti-Terrorism Squad Arrests 74
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Sajida Begum, 26, had just finished fajr prayers when the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barged into her shanty in the Rohingya refugee camp in Allapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on July 24 and asked for her husband Mujib Ullah who was asleep. Mujeeb was forced into a police van and driven away.
“We have not done...
Ecokash: Creating Sustainable Clothing Line in Kashmir
Sabha Khan | TwoCircles.net
In the Padshahi Bagh neighbourhood of Srinagar, a young entrepreneur named Insha Mir, 30, has launched Kashmir's first sustainable apparel line and hopes to revive centuries-old crafts of the region.
For years, Mir searched the valley for skilful artisans who could breathe new life into the ordinary fabric and transform it into designer apparel, and in 2021...
‘Are We Lesser Humans’: Inside a Relief Camp in Assam Housing Over 300 Muslim Families
– Arshad Ahmed | Twocircles.net
The approach to 12-year-old Jamal Islam's make-shift home in Changmajhi, a revenue village in central Assam's Nagaon district, becomes impassable when it rains.
Jamal’s family—which includes his elder brother Rafikul Islam, 24, Rafikul's wife Jahanra Begum, 19, and both his parents— reside in a shanty measuring 20 by 20 feet in Changmajhi Village Grazing Reserve.
“We lived...
AI’s Transformative Impact on Indian Education: Unveiling the Pros and Cons of Modern Tools
By Farooq Siddiqui
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer in various spheres of life, and its influence on education is revolutionizing the Indian landscape. With the Indian education system facing unique challenges, the integration of AI and modern tools offers immense potential to reshape teaching and learning methodologies. However, it is crucial to assess the advantages and disadvantages...
SEED, Quran Foundation, Award Scholarship Worth 73.9 Lakh to MANUU Students
Maulana Azad National Urdu University students receive a scholarship worth 73.9 lakh from SEED
Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Support for Educational & Economic Development (SEED), a non-profit organisation dedicated to assisting and uplifting the underprivileged, has awarded scholarships totaling 73,90,000 rupees to students at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), a central university in Hyderabad, India known for providing higher education opportunities...
Daughter Of A Tyre Puncture Repairer Cracks NEET, Scores 633
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Jalna, Maharashtra: Misbah Anwar Khan, a resident of Jalna city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, has become an inspiring example for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds with her remarkable performance in the NEET Exam 2023, scoring 633 out of 720 marks.
Misbah hails from a humble working-class family, with her father running a puncture repair shop...
Solar Bike Creation by Asad Abdullah: A Testament to Innovation
Asad is a 23-year-old resident of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, who has been innovative since childhood. Recently, he built a seven-seater solar bike. Impressed by his creation, IIT Kanpur has invited him for a discussion. If IIT Kanpur likes Asad's idea, he may receive financial assistance to improve his product. Asad's dream is to build a solar plane as well.
Md...
30 Years On, Mumbai’s Ideal Educational Movement Is Still Helping Muslim Students Pursue Their Dreams
Khan Kafeel Ahmed and Nikhat Fatima | TwoCircles.net
Zeeshan Shaikh, 28, recalls searching for a coaching center that would coach him for a lower fee when he was in eighth grade in 2008 and his parents' financial situation was not good. Shaikh heard about the Ideal Educational Movement, a charitable organization, which was offering tutoring for free in Govandi, Mumbai....
Meet Wani, the 82-Year-Old Man Who Runs Kashmir’s Last Traditional Oil Mill
Faizan Mir, TwoCircles.net
Inside a dimly lit old two-story mud and timber house patched with tin sheets, 82-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Wani guides an old angled wood beam with his frail hands. The wooden beam is drenched in oil as the mustard seeds get crushed.
In the Kashmiri tongue, this occupation and the people involved with it are referred to as Teli...
Hafiz e Quran Abdul Rahim achieves outstanding success in NEET
Hafiz e Quran Abdul Rahim has scored 670 out of 700 marks in the NEET exam, securing an All India Rank of 2,702. Hafiz Abdul Rahim is a resident of Talab Katta, Bhavani Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad. He did his early studies in Urdu medium.
The story of Hafiz Abdul Rahim, who ignited the flame of hope in the family...
18 year old Syed Amjad keen on presenting prominent Urdu writer Akhtar Orenvi to the youth
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Syed Akthar Ahmad, also known as Akthar Orenvi, was a Bihar-born Urdu writer who produced exceptional literary works, devoted his life to Urdu, and died in 1977 after suffering from a severe illness.
Now, almost 35 years after Orenvi’s death, Syed Amjad Hussain, an 18-year-old aspiring writer, is writing a book about him in Hindi, an extraordinary task...
A Dalit Groom Rides a Horse Under Police Protection in MP, Challenges India’s Caste Status Quo
Akansha Deshmukh, TwoCircles.net
A wedding procession moves along a kaccha road of Bharatpura, a remote village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. On both sides, humble huts stand silent witnesses to the procession, with many people choosing not to join the baraat, an Indian celebratory wedding procession that escorts the groom, but instead peering out their doorways, their curious gazes fixed...
Maulana In Aurangabad Gifts Kiddy Banks To Get Children To Read Books
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Maulana Abdul Qayyum Nadvi, 47, opens 'the Mirza World Book House' on Jinsi Road in Aurangabad, Maharashtra at 10 am every day, with children lined up outside to rent and buy books.
Nadvi sits at the counter and politely asks one of the children which book he wants.
Nadvi's bookstore offers books on Urdu literature, and Islamic history for...
हाफ़िज़ कुरान अब्दुल रहीम ने नीट परीक्षा में शानदार सफलता प्राप्त की
देश की सबसे कठिन परीक्षाओं में से एक नीट का रिजल्ट पिछले हफ्ते घोषित कर दिया गया है। हाफ़िज़ अब्दुल रहीम ने नीट परीक्षा में 700 अंकों में से 670 की बदौलत, ऑल इंडिया रैंक 2,702 हासिल की है। महज 12 साल की उम्र में हाफ़िज़ बनकर परिवार में उम्मीद की लौ जगाने वाले हाफ़िज़ अब्दुल रहीम की कहानी बेहद दिलचस्प...
Junagadh: Week after violence, Muslims still live in fear
Huneza Khan, TwoCircles.net
Several hundred Muslims gathered outside a 100-year-old dargah in Gujarat's Junagadh city on the night of June 16 to protest a demolition notice. The rally quickly turned violent, with police baton-charging demonstrators and shelling tear gas on them.
Following the violence, at least 174 people were arrested for stone pelting and setting a vehicle on fire. During the...
India’s Lithium Discovery Triggers Worry for People of Jammu
Gafira Qadir | Twocircles.net
“We thought it was our chance to become rich, so we celebrated the news but the happiness did not last for long,” says Karan Singh, 62, a resident of Salal village in Jammu’s Reasi district.
In February this year, the union government found 5.9 million metric tonnes of lithium reserves for the first time in the country...
Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national and international non-profit foundations, grassroots organisations and funding agencies in the field of youth centric development, organisational development, agency and ending violence, community development and social entrepreneurship. She describes herself as a community campaigner, and...
Homes Demolished, Lives Torn Out in Delhi’s Priyanka Gandhi Camp Ahead of G20 in Delhi
Shruti Sharma, Twocircles.net
"I've lived here since 2005. Where will we go with our family now?" Anjali, 35, a construction worker, said while the authorities demolished her home in South Delhi's Priyanka Gandhi Camp, near Vasant Vihar.
On 16 June, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) demolished around 95 dwellings belonging to labourers leaving over 500 people homeless.
Anjali has a family...
‘Don’t Think We Can Go Back’: Muslims Fleeing Purola
Mahwish Asim, TwoCircles.net
“Humko nahi lagta ab hum kabhi waha wapas ja payenge (We don’t think we can go back there again),” says Mohammed Zahid, a shopkeeper in Uttarakhand’s Purola.
Zahid is the district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) minority cell in Uttarkashi. The lives of approximately 200 Muslims in Purola changed overnight on 26 May.
They became the target...
Burqa-Clad Auto Driver Defies Norms in Chennai
Syed Ali Mujtaba, Twocircles.net
Chennai: Meet Bhiyari Fatima a burqa-clad Muslim woman auto-driver on the busy streets of Chennai. She has broken two myths, one that she is a female auto rickshaw driver, a profession reserved for men, second, she is a burqa-clad woman auto-rickshaw driver who gleefully asserts her identity in this southern megapolis.
Fatima says many passengers are surprised...
Meet Kaneez Fatima, Karnataka’s Only Muslim Woman MLA
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kaneez Fatima, the hijab-clad politician who won in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka is currently very popular with her videos and reels circulating on social media platforms and getting thousands of likes.
Fatima is the only Indian National Congress Muslim woman candidate who stood up for the Muslim girls who fought for their right to wear...
TCN – SEED APPRENTICESHIP 2023-24
The TCN-SEED Apprenticeship offers aspiring journalists an opportunity to build their communication skills and professional network under the guidance of experienced mentors. The vision of the program is to provide training and capacity building for authentic voices from communities traditionally absent in mainstream Indian media.
The goal of the apprenticeship is to provide employment, tell news stories of marginalized communities...
Teaser of Film on Savarkar: Lies Galore
Dr. Ram Puniayni
Currently as the right-wing wing ideology is gaining ground many a film have already come to promote divisiveness, to glorify the icons of communal nationalism or to demonize the particular communities. In recent times we have seen films on these lines, be it Padmavat, or one on Prithviraj Chauhan, ‘Gandhi Virudh Godse’, ‘Kashmir files’ and ‘Kerala story’....
Manipur Violence: Tribal Groups Stage Protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Demand Centre’s Intervention
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Hundreds of Manipuri tribals gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on May 31, demanding an end to the violence in Manipur, which has claimed 71 lives and displaced over 35,000 people.
On May 31, hundreds of tribals from Manipur's Kuki, Zomi, Mizo, and Hmar communities gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar demanding government intervention to end the ongoing violence...
“Plight of Ad Hoc Teachers at Delhi University: Years of Service Disregarded, Livelihoods Shattered”
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Thousands of ad hoc teachers at Delhi University, who have dedicated years of service to various colleges under the university's umbrella, now find themselves in a distressing situation. As the process of hiring them as permanent faculty members began in April 2022, many have been displaced or simply shown the door.
The crisis of ad hoc teachers...
Owning a House Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Is Still a Distant Dream for Many in Kashmir
Abdul Basit | Twocircles.net
Launched in 2015, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), promised to provide affordable housing to the poor. However, owning a house under the scheme is still a distant dream for many in Kashmir.
Bagha Hassan Khan, 40, and his seven-member family — including his wife and 5 sons all under the age of 14 — live in a mud...
“Young Trailblazer Maryam Mirza Ignites a Reading Revolution with 31 Mohalla Libraries in Aurangabad”
By Nikhat Fatima |Twocircles.net
Books have been Maryam’s passion ever since she learnt to read. She turned her passion into a mission of starting a library for children with the books from her own collection.
Two years ago, Maryam had amassed nearly 150 books of her own when she started her very first library in the balcony of their home in...
International wrestling body UWW release statement in support of Indian wrestlers
TCN News
The United World Wrestling (UWW) released a statement on Tuesday, May 30, condemning the treatment meted to the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar on 28 May. The United World Wrestling, which is the international governing body for amateur wrestling, in their statement said it has been following the situation in India wherein the wrestlers have been protesting from...
The plight of Meitei Pangals or Manipur Muslims remains unheard
Syed Ali Mujtaba
Manipuri Muslims or Meitei Pangals are not jumping into the current tribal war between Meitei and the Kuki. They are not ready to align with the 'Manipur Tribals’ Forum' even though they are being persecuted by the Hindu Meitei community.
Muslim Meitei views Hindu Meiteis as their co-brothers with whom they have a running feud that needs to...
Unveiling the Truth: Women of Kashmir Break Silence on social media to confront molestation
By Fahim Mattoo, TwoCircles.net
The safety and protection of women in Jammu and Kashmir hang in the balance following the dissolution of the State Commission for Protection of Women and Child Rights. This quasi-judicial organization, formed in 1999 to ensure the protection of women and their rights, was dissolved in 2019 after the repeal of Article 370.
"I don't understand why...
Lucknow Zardozi Artisans Are Hanging By A Thread
Hasan Zia Rizvi | Twocircles.net
Lucknow has carved out a niche for the world-famous art form of Zardozi. In recent years, the art form has gained significant commercial popularity on the big screen and at fashion shows. Just a month ago, American model Gigi Hadid rocked a sequin and lavishly embroidered Chikankari saree that was exquisitely hand-embroidered by artisans of...
Meet Mubeena Ramzan, the trailblazer in imparting women’s education and property rights
By Sadaf Shabir, TwoCircles.net
“In today’s world, if something goes wrong in our household, women are held responsible,” said Mubeena Ramzan, an iconic figure for women’s rights and upliftment in Kashmir. Featured in “The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims of 2019” and born in the ‘apple town of Kashmir’, Sopore, she had always been a “sensitive” child who always looked...
‘We have buried the 4,500 precious books in a pit’
TCN revisits Madarsa Azizia and its library after it was attacked during Ramadan
Sufi Parween, Twocircles.net
A goldmine of Islamic literature, spread over 4,500 books, including rare manuscripts, is now reduced to a heap of soot and ash. A few burnt pages are the only giveaway that the powdery, flaky heap was once a stack of weighty tomes that belonged to...
Meet Imtiaz Jalil, MP from Aurangabad, recipient of the News makers achievers award 2023
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Imtiaz Jalil,MP, Aurangabad was honoured with the ‘15th News makers Achievers Awards 2023’ in the ‘Best Working Politician’ category on May 1st 2023 at Yashwant Rao Chavan Auditorium, Mumbai.Jalil was conferred with the award at the hands of Afternoon Voice's founder and Editor in Chief Vaidehi Taman.
The award was bestowed to Imtiaz Jalil in recognition of his significant contribution to Indian...
Unmasking the Shadows: Unveiling the Dark Side of the IPL – Betting, Suicides, and many more Troubles Tied to the League
By - Mohd. Ziyauallah Khan
If you move around late evening in and around your residential neighborhood, seeing young boys in groups with their smartphones in their hands enjoying IPL matches. On the face of it, they may be seen enjoying the exotic matches between the IPL teams, however, as you dig in deep, you realize that they are somewhere...
The man who fought for Babri Masjid in court is no more
Senior advocate Zafaryab Jilani passes away
Ubair Ul Hameed
Zafaryab Jilani, the renowned advocate who played a pivotal role in the historic Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, passed away in Lucknow on Wednesday. The 73-year-old was battling medical complications after he suffered a brain hemorrhage two years ago.
Jilani's rise to prominence can be traced back to the mid-1980s, a time when a...
The Return Of Wild Boars in Kashmir Pose A New Threat To Agriculture And Biodiversity
In the world's most militarised zone, the Kashmir valley, experts warn of a new threat to the region's already fragile biodiversity: a rising population of wild boars.
Tauseef Ahmad| Twocircles.net
Mohammad Shaban is a small apple farmer from Uri in the Baramulla area of Kashmir. Shaban has been farming for 20 years and makes a good livelihood. However, as of the...
इनोवेशन | एक माह में सोलर बाइक बनाने वाले असद की कहानी
फिल्म देखकर सात सीटर सोलर बाइक बनाई, आईआईटी कानपुर से बुलावा
यह कहानी है 23 वर्ष के असद की, जो बचपन से ही काफी इनोवेटिव है। उसने हाल ही में सात सीटर सोलर बाइक बनाई है। उसके प्रयोग को देखकर आईआईटी कानपुर ने उसे बुलाया है। अगर असद का आइडिया पसंद आईआईटी कानपुर को पसंद आता है तो उसे...
No Men Beyond This Point: The ‘Women’s Only’ Cafe In Jamia Nagar, Delhi
Café Sheeru seeks to offer a ‘safe and comfortable’ space for women customers
By Simeen Anjum & Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net
Sarah (who goes by her first name), 21, is strolling towards a bangle shop in the bustling streets of the Batla House market in Jamia Nagar, a Muslim ghetto in southeast Delhi. Delhi. Sarah is a physiotherapy student who lives in...
The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women
Snobar | Twocircles.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of women residents of Kerala Two Circles talked to said that the film seemed like the response of right-wing Hindu men who don't know how to respond to vocal Muslim women.
Rehna Shajahan, a resident of Kerala...
I Feel Unmistakable Sense of Belonging: Rishab Dahiya, the Photographer Behind Powerful Photographs of Dalits
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 his community.
Q: Why do you click Dalits? How are they different from your usual subjects?
RD: As a photographer from Dalit community, I find immense beauty in capturing the essence of my community. When I shoot...
‘It is our curse & tears’: Hijabi students on BJP’s loss in Karnataka election 2023
Snobar Khan and Syed Mueen, TwoCircles.net
Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, conceded defeat on May 13, 2023, as the Congress took the lead after defeating the BJP and winning 137 seats in the Assembly elections. He stated that his party had failed to make an impact and would return in the Loksabha election of 2024 with more power.
However,...
J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages
Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of Education across Jammu and Kashmir are pushed to the walls due to the delayed meagre salaries.
The Contingent Paid workers working in different districts of Kashmir, mostly females belonging to the poor family backgrounds are not...
400 साल पुराने उर्दू और फारसी के लाखों दस्तावेजों की मरम्मत करवा रहा टीएसएआरआई, 200 वर्ष बढ़ जाएगी जिंदगी
टीएसएआरआई के पास शाहजहाँ और औरंगज़ेब के समय के मुगल-युग के दस्तावेजों का सबसे बड़ा संग्रह मौजूद है। इन दस्तावेजों की मरम्मत के साथ-साथ इनका डिजिटलीकरण भी किया जा रहा है। इससे लोगों को देश के इतिहास से जुड़े अनछुए पहलुओं को जानने में मदद मिलेगी। अब तक 80 हजार दस्तावेजों को संरक्षित किया जा चुका है। पढ़िए खास...
Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh
Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net
Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to Aatika from TwoCircles on her political journey, challenges for minorities in India and the similarities between the politics of BJP and AAP.
Background & Political Journey
Ariba is the daughter of Asif Mohammed Khan, a former congress...
Equity Question of Muslim is a Myth India Finds a Report
Syed Ali Mujtaba
An audit report on the marginalization of Muslims in minority concentration districts in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, and UP tears apart the slogan sab ka sath, sab Vikas and says the equity question of Muslims remains a myth in India.
The audit focused on ten districts that have a significant Muslim population of approximately 14.1 million, representing 52% of the...
‘द केरेला स्टोरी’: फिल्म बनी दुष्प्रचार का हथियार
- राम पुनियानी
केरल का नाम सुनते ही हमारे मन में उभरता है एक ऐसा राज्य जहां शांति और सद्भाव का राज है, जहां निरक्षता का निर्मूलन हो चुका है, जहां शिक्षा एवं स्वास्थ्य सूचकांक बहुत अच्छे हैं, और जहां कोविड-19 महामारी का मुकाबला सर्वोत्तम तरीके से किया गया। हमें यह भी याद आता है कि राज्य में ईसाई धर्म का आगमन सन् 52 ईस्वी में संत...
How Popular is the PM Mann Ki Baat? A Glimpse after its 100th Episode Comes out
By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan
PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat program is a monthly radio address that has been a part of his public outreach since he took office in 2014. The program is aired on All India Radio, as well as on various digital platforms, and is meant to be an opportunity for the Prime Minister to directly address the...
How Three Muslim Women of Northeast Delhi Were Caught In A Legal And Financial Nightmare
By Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net
On her wedding day, Tabassum was issued an arrest warrant for missing a court hearing. The previous day, November 10, 2022, she skipped the hearing as she had to prepare for her wedding. The 25-year-old was terrified, but her lawyer intervened to prevent her from being taken into custody.
On March 14, four months later, TCN met...
Sahidul Alom Award-2023 for Habibur Rahman Choudhury
TCN News
Shahidul Alam Choudhury, who had a very humble background, came to limelight in 1985 when he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the AGP government of Assam. He was the lone minister from the Barak Valley in the cabinet. He shone over the political sky of Barak valley for nearly three decades until his death in...
Ashraful Madaris – An Urdu medium school fighting for survival
By Nikhat Fatima, twocircles.net
Building character and integrity and not just building careers is what the teachers strive for, in this 110-year-old school ‘Ashraful Madaris’ located in Yakutpura, one of the oldest localities of the historic city of Hyderabad.
Founded in 1918 by Janab Ashraf Ali, who came to Hyderabad from northern part of India, in search of employment in the...
सच्चा इतिहासः गांधीजी की शहादत, गोडसे और आरएसएस
-राम पुनियानी
हाल में (अप्रैल 2023) में एनसीईआरटी ने स्कूली पाठ्यपुस्तकों में से बहुत सी सामग्री हटाने का फैसला किया। हटाई गई सामग्री में मुगलकालीन इतिहास, गुजरात दंगे, वर्ण व्यवस्था के उदय के साथ-साथ गांधीजी की हत्या से संबंधित कुछ विवरण भी शामिल है। ‘‘हिन्दू-मुस्लिम एकता के लिए उनके (गांधीजी) निरंतर प्रयासों से हिन्दू अतिवादी इस हद तक भड़क गए कि उन्होंने गांधीजी की हत्या...
Knowledge is power and the government controls it
By Saundarya Verma
India is a country so vast that even after inhabiting the worlds’ largest population, we have space for more people. We make babies, build schools, hospitals, airports, cultural centres that Zendaya and Gigi come to visit. We have space for the Himalayas and eight huge rivers, we have space for art galleries, museums, and we make more space for...
Operation Samadhan-Prahar and the Changing Nature of Indian State
Syed Ali Mujtaba
Operation Samadhan-Prahar is the new initiative of the Indian government to combat Maoist insurgency in the tribal pockets of the country. Under this operation, lethal weapons are used to eliminate the tribal resistance to steal the “right to life” of the Adivasis of the country. This new strategy is based on robber Robin Hood’s maxim to rob...
Why does a group of women walk at midnight in Delhi?
Aatika S. |TwoCircles.net
It's been seven years that the group- Women Walk at Midnight has been walking in various cities. For Mallika Taneja, the person who initiated “Women Walk at Midnight”, the group is not a collective but rather an artistic practice. “We are a completely voluntary act.” She was trying to do a twenty-four-hour walk in the city six...
RAMADAN SPECIAL SERIES: A DAY ON THE ROAD WITH A FASTING FOOD DELIVERY EXECUTIVE
Shehzad Ahmad drives 120 km, delivering food in southeast Delhi, and breaks his fast on the road
Ubair Ul Hameed
It’s 6.15 pm and the clock is furiously ticking away towards sunset, but there is no chance that Shehzad Ahmad, a delivery partner working with food delivery app Swiggy, can make it to home for iftaar. His vehicle parked in one...
Media-shy Rumman Ashraf, the SSC topper from Sheikhpura aims to join the Indian Army
Sami Ahmed & Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
“It was Friday and we were preparing for Iftar. We got a call from the school that Rumman has secured the top position among more than 12 lakh successful candidates in the matriculation examination,” shared Rumman’s father with Twocircles.net. Bihar Board Class 10 topper Mohammad Rumman Ashraf is being lauded with appreciation and sought...
Blue is the warmest colour: How Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated at Parliament Street in Delhi
Aatika S, TwoCircles.net
Every year lakhs of Dalits, Bahujan and Adivasi gather at Parliament Street in Delhi along with their allies to celebrate the birth date of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar- the revolutionary Indian statesman and intellectual. Thus, 14th April marks a moment of assertion, solidarity, and love for all the subaltern communities and is celebrated around the globe. From book...
RAMADAN SPECIAL SERIES: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SALESMAN DURING THE EID SHOPPING SPREE
Between attending to customers and praying in the mosque, Shakeel Ahmed Khan is on his feet after iftaar
UbairUlHameed
As the night begins to draw to a close, at 10 pm, Shakeel Ahmed Khan’s work picks up top speed. In the last hour before the shutter goes down at Sufia Cloth House, where 58 years old Khan works as a salesman,...
लाखों मुस्लमानों ने अदा की रमजान उल मुबारक के चौथे जुम्मे की नमाज
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रमजान शरीफ का महीना अल्लाह ताआला से इश्क और मोहब्बत का महीना : मौलाना उसमान
लुधियाना, 14 अप्रैल ( 2023) : कल पवित्र रमजान शरीफ के चौथे जुम्मे के मौके पर फील्डगंज चौंक स्थित ऐतिहासिक जामा मस्जिद में हजारों मुस्लमानों ने नमाज अदा की। नमाजियों की संख्या को देखते हुए शाहपुर रोड पर नमाज के लिए विशेष प्रबंध किए...
एनसीईआरटी की 11वीं की किताब से मौलाना आजाद का नाम हटाया गया
संविधान सभा की समिति के मेंबर्स में से मौलाना आज़ाद के नामों को हटाया गया
एनसीईआरटी की पहले किताब में जवाहरलाल नेहरू, राजेन्द्र प्रसाद, सरदार पटेल, मौलाना आज़ाद और अंबेडकर का नाम शामिल था।
नई एनसीईआरटी किताब में संविधान सभा की समिति के सदस्यों को कयास के तौरपर पेश किया जा रहा।
पिछले साल मौलाना आज़ाद के नाम...
Meet Manjeet Sarkar: The Anti-caste Comedian
Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net
Humour is often associated with comic enjoyment. The question of whether that enjoyment comes from subjugation or incongruity is rarely spoken about. Manjeet Sarkar, an anti-caste comedian, talks to TwoCircles about similar themes in comedy in India like conflicting humour, dangerous consequences of comedy in today’s era, and much more. Born in Jamrunda, a village on...
Ramadan special series: A day in the kitchen of a fasting cook
How Rafiq cooks for 100 people while going without food and water
Ubair Ul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
As the sun sets over the bustling streets of Delhi’s Zakir Nagar locality on a hot April day, Mohammad Rafiq takes his position behind a gas burner, surrounded by pots and pans of steaming hot food. The air of the kitchen is thick with the aroma...
Mosque and Madarsa Partially Demolished in ‘Anti-Encroachment’ Drive in Delhi
By Arbab Ali
Ahmed*, an 11-year-old boy, scrambles through the rubble of his madarsa, managing to pull out the mangled blades of a ceiling fan weighing nearly 4 kilograms. He, and other students, all wearing colourful caps, some with “786” stitched into them, search for parts of their almirahs, beddings, books and whatever else they can retrieve from the pile of...
Bihar: Muslim girl students increasingly secure first division in state, madrassa board exams
Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Muslim students in Bihar show upward trends in topping board examinations if their performance of the last five years is tracked. Data collected from the Mukhymantri Vidyarthi Protsahan Yojna (MVPY, Chief Minister Students Incentive Scheme) shows interesting outcomes regarding the performance of girls and boys, revealing significant facts about the district-wise performance of Muslim students.
A cursory study...
डेटा स्टोरी: देश में दलितों के खिलाफ हिंसा के मामले लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं
देश में 8 साल में दलितों के खिलाफ हिंसा के 3.65 लाख से ज्यादा मामले, यानी हर रोज 125 केस
सबसे ज़्यादा दलित के खिलाफ हिंसा के मामले उत्तर प्रदेश में, 4 साल में करीब 50 हजार दलित हिंसा के शिकार हुए
मोहम्मद ज़मीर हसन| twocircles.net
भारत में दलितों के खिलाफ हिंसा के मामलों में लगातार इजाफा हो...
Hindus are in real danger of losing their faith to lunatics and fanatics
By Mushtaque Rahamat
hai raam ke vajud pe hindostan ko naaz
ahl-e-nazar samajhte hain is ko imam-e-hind (Allama Iqbal)
This year again like previous years the festival of Ram Navami has been turned into venom-spewing and hate-filled, against Muslim, processions. For more than a century, certain elements in Hindu society have been using religious festival processions to harass, demean and demonize Muslims. Such...
Commemorating 93rd anniversary of Salt Satyagrah
By A.K Merchant
The 93rd anniversary of the Salt Satyagraha that lasted for 24 days can provide important lessons for appreciating India’s pluralism of religions, castes, languages, cultures, governance ideologies, and host of other diversities. The 78 trusted volunteers who accompanied Mahatma Gandhi came from various backgrounds and cultural sensibilities.
As a commodity of everyday use, Gandhiji was convinced that salt...
Meet Sadiya Shaikh, emerging community leader from Mumbai
Nikhat Fatima|Twocirlces.net
Born in Bihar, Sadiya’s family shifted to Mumbai when she was 4 years old. Sadiya, eldest of her 5 siblings has recently been awarded with the Fatima Bi Savitri Bai Award in 2023 for her contribution to society towards education and community upliftment.
At the age of 21, Sadiya’s tremendous efforts towards social work has won her accolades from...
PWD Conducts Encroachment Removal Drive At Dargah In South Delhi
Arbab Ali| TwoCircles.net
Amir Hussain Siddique had barely slept after eating the pre-dawn meal when he was woken up by a frantic call from Yusuf Beg at 9 am on April 1, the ninth day of Ramadan.
Beg, a caretaker at the dargah of Syed Abdullah urf Bhure Shah, informed Siddique that a bulldozer had arrived at the shrine. A half-asleep,...
‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by NCDC after a three-year gap
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI –On March 28, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, and to protest against the formation of the Balakrishnan Commission by the Central government. The three-member commission, set up in October last year and headed by former Chief Justice of India...
आरटीआई में खुलासा: तेलंगाना में अल्पसंख्यकों को सशक्त बनाने वाली बैंक सब्सिडी योजना के बजट खर्च में रिकॉर्ड कटौती, महज आवंटित बजट का 2.11% ही खर्च हो...
मोहम्मद ज़मीर हसन|twocircles.net
तेलंगाना सरकार की ओर से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय के लिए चलाई जा रही बैंक लिंक्ड सब्सिडी योजना के बजट आवंटन खर्च में लगातार कटौती की जा रही है। इसका खुलासा, आरटीआई एक्टीविस्ट एम.ए.अकरम द्वारा लगाई गई आरटीआई से हुआ है। अकरम ने आरटीआई दायर कर बैंक लिंक्ड स्कीम के तहत अल्पसंख्यक कल्याण विभाग (एमडब्ल्यूडी) के विभिन्न मदों में...
TCN Statement on the Arrest of Journalist Irfan Mehraj
TCN has learned that one of our editorial contributors Mr. Irfan Mehraj has been arrested by India's National Intelligence Agency on March 20th, 2023 in connection with an NGO terror funding case registered in 2020. Irfan worked as a research associate in Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies during the period under investigation.
Founded in 2006, TCN has pioneered...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अच्छी फसल के बावूजद आलू किसानों में मायूसी, बोले किसान , इनके पास जातियों का डाटा, फसलों का नही !
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर के चुड़ियाला गांव के लोकेंद्र चौधरी ने इस बार 60 बीघा ज़मीन में आलू की खेती की है। इस बार आलू की पैदावार अच्छी हुई है। एक किसान के लिए अच्छी पैदावार वरदान होती है मगर लोकेन्द्र मानते हैं कि अधिक उत्पादन वरदान नही बल्कि अभिशाप बन गया है। मंडी में आलू 3 रुपये किलो...
In Delhi, 7 ‘gau rakshaks’, including cops, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them
On March 7, seven men, including three police personnel, thrashed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara area.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Seven men, including three police personnel, allegedly attacked, thrashed and robbed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara on March 7.
The incident occurred near Anand Vihar when the car of a meat vendor hit a scooter on the...
JKSSB exams postponed, aspirants approach SC over hiring of blacklisted agency to conduct tests
The postponement has come amid growing protests by aspirants over the administration’s decision to hire tainted Aptech Limited to conduct the exams.
Ubair ul Hameed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — On March 14, the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) announced the postponement of the computer-based written test (CBT) for recruitment for 972 vacant positions across several government departments....
Jamia violence case: Delhi HC adjourns plea against trial court order discharging 11 accused
Incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 erupted after a clash between the police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on the police’s plea against the trial court’s order discharging 11 accused including Sharjeel Imam in the Jamia violence case.
Justice...
Karnataka: Sri Rama Sena leader held guilty by court in hate speech case
On January 2, 2015, Siddalinga Swami delivered a speech against Muslims at a public function organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) at the Government Junior College Grounds in Yadgir.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
YADGIR (KARNATAKA) — Karnataka local court on Friday held Sri Rama Sena state President Siddalinga Swamy, pontiff of Karuneshwara Mutt in Andola, guilty of hate speech.
The Karnataka...
Why did SC dismiss curative petition for additional compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims?
Activists have criticized the apex court judgment saying the court did not care about the closure for the victims.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — On March 14, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the curative petition filed by the government of India seeking additional compensation of Rs 7413 crores from US-based Union Carbide Corporation (now Dow Chemicals), which...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
https://twocircles.net/2023mar10/448581.html
Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear among the Muslim community of the state.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Sudden spurt in communal violence incidents has left the Muslim community in Bihar anxious, with many saying that the incidents are “an attempt to...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing her body into pieces and dumping them at different spots.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — In a horrifying incident, the Budgam district police in central Kashmir arrested a man for murdering a young woman,...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक में चार साल, छात्र है बेहाल
आसिफ इकबाल | Twocircles.net
बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन उनके इस सपने के आगे उनका वीर कुंवर विश्वविद्यालय अड़चन बनकर खड़ा हो गया, जहां से वे परास्नातक कर रही हैं। उन्होंने 2020 में दाखिला लिया था, लेकिन विश्वविद्यायल में इन तीन वर्षों में पहले...
Maharashtra: Hindutva rally calls for economic boycott of Muslims
Several leaders addressed the rally and made speeches against alleged ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’ in the state.
TCN Special Correspondent | TwoCircles.net
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — Calls for the economic boycott of the minority Muslim community were made on Sunday during a rally organised by Hindutva organizations in Maharashtra’s Mira Road.
The ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha’ was organised by the Sakal...
MP: How a Khandwa court sentenced 37 Muslims to 7 years in prison
Despite contradictions in the testimonies of the witnesses, Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sessions court sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in prison for allegedly taking part in an "unlawful assembly" and "attacking policemen."
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Relying on the statements of only policemen, the Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in...
‘Justice half-done,’ say families of three youth killed in Kashmir fake encounter
An Army court on Monday sentenced an Army captain to life imprisonment for his involvement in a staged gunfight in Shopian in 2020.
Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — The families of three youngsters who were killed in a fake encounter by the Indian Army on July 18, 2020, in South Kashmir's Shopian district have expressed their satisfaction...
Bihar: Muslim man ‘lynched on suspicion of carrying beef’, three arrested
A mob allegedly intercepted Naseem Qureshi & his nephew Firoz at Jogia village and beat them up over allegations of carrying beef. Naseem died of injuries sustained due to the beating.
Sana Ejaz
PATNA (BIHAR) — A 50-year-old Muslim man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Siwan on Wednesday morning after a mob allegedly thrashed him the day before...
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 Talitha | TwoCircles.net
“Miya Biwi razi toh kya karega Nazi”. (“What can a Nazi do if the husband and wife mutually agree.)”
“I am Fatima. I am Savitri.”
“Yes, I am a feminist. No, I don’t hate any...
महिला दिवस पर विशेष : सलीम भाई बनकर चाय की दुकान चलाती है ‘बानो’
सिमरा अंसारी। TwoCircles.net
राजधानी दिल्ली में देश की एक नामी यूनिवर्सिटी के पास ही एक चाय की दुकान है। इस दुकान के बाहर चाय का इंतज़ार कर रहे छात्र देश-दुनिया की बातों में मशगूल हैं। दुकान के एक कोने में छोटे-छोटे बाल, कुर्ता-पेंट और वेस्ट कोट पहना शख्स चाय बना रहा है। इतने में आवाज़ लगती है, सलीम भाई… दो...
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar is expressing politics through art
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based community projects in her neighbourhood for the past three years.
Arbab Ali | New Delhi
NEW DELHI — If you’ve met young activists at recent protest rallies in Delhi, you would’ve noticed tiny badges pinned onto their bags...
A fashion designer turns her village home into garment manufacturing unit
Tabassum Jabeen's entrepreneurial journey began amidst the Covid lockdown.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A whirring sound from a nondescript building in the middle of lush fields breaks the silence of a pleasant winter morning in Islampur, a village 300 km off Patna, in West Champaran, Bihar.
Inside, dozen-odd men are busy sewing the next batch of kurtas, that should be...
Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce
Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
MAHARASHTRA — The desire to empower artists and artisans from local Dalit communities in Wardha, Maharashtra, brought five local youths Diksha Naranje, Kapil Wankhede, Sonali M, Santoshi Pattem and Sundeep Pattem, who are all Dalits themselves,...
Giving shoes a new life in Patna
Shazia Qaiser runs the state’s first shoe laundry service.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A black and green board reading “Revival: Service Centre for footwear and leather goods” stands out among residential buildings in a narrow, quiet lane off the hustle and bustle of Boring Canal Road, Patna’s business street. The board leads the way to an apartment full...
Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance
The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by the student during his time at IIT Bombay.
TCN Special Correspondent
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — The enquiry committee constituted by the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay to investigate the allegations of discrimination against its student, Darshan Solanki, has revealed in its...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट। यूपी के इस गांव में कॉलेज के लिए ग्रामीणों ने मुफ्त में दी थी 20 बीघा ज़मीन, सरकार ने कॉलेज बनाने में लगा दिए 25 साल
उत्तर प्रदेश के सहारनपुर में 1990 में एक दर्जन गांवों ने अपने क्षेत्र में इंटर कॉलेज के लिए मुहिम चलाई, ताकि इस इलाके के लोगों खासकर बच्चियों को शिक्षा के लिए भटकना न पड़े। गांव वालों ने सरकार को 20 बीघा ज़मीन भी उपलब्ध कराई मगर सरकार ने स्कूल की इमारत बनाने में करीब 25 साल लगा दिए हालात...
प्रेरणा : ग़रीब बच्चों को ‘नेशनल सेलर’ बनाने वाले जिद्दी कोच सुहेम शेख की नायाब कहानी, देश को दे चुका है 6 नेशनल चैंपियन
मोहम्मद जमीर हसन। Two circles.net
हैदराबाद की रहने वाली प्रीति कोंगारा ने 2023 के एशियाई खेलों के लिए क्वालिफाई किया है। वे यह उपलब्धि हासिल करने वाली तेलंगाना की पहली महिला सेलर हैं। प्रीति बेहद गरीब घर से ताल्लुक रखती हैं और उनके परिवार में से किसी का दूर-दूर तक सेलिंग से वास्ता नहीं रहा है। खुद प्रीति ने कक्षा-8...
Ayodhya mosque finally gets go ahead, construction to begin soon
Apart from a mosque, a library, a community kitchen and a hospital are also proposed in the mega project.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI - The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has finally given sanction for the construction of the Ayodhya Masjid mandated by the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
The construction of the grand mosque in the holy city...
Cow acts as surrogate mother of human beings, observes Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court called for the Central government to declare the cow as "protected national animal," and ban its slaughter.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Those who slaughter cows and let others kill the sacred animal are deemed to rot in hell for as many years as there are hairs on his body, observed the Allahabad High Court while...
‘My children ask me when their father will be home:’ jailed activist Khalid Saifi’s wife
On February 26, social activist Khalid Saifi completed three years in jail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A court in Delhi had discharged Saifi and Umar Khalid in the case in December last year, but both had to remain in jail as they are also charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in another case related to an...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “पुलिस ने मेरे बेगुनाह शौहर की हत्या की” हिरासत में पिटाई से ख़दीर की मौत पर पत्नी का आरोप
तेलंगाना में मेदक पुलिस ने खदीर को चोरी के इल्जाम में गिरफ्तार किया था, गिरफ्तारी के बाद बेतहाशा पिटाई से खदीर की तबीयत बिगड़ गई और उसे स्थानीय अस्पताल भर्ती कराया गया जहां 16 फरवरी को गांधी हॉस्पिटल में इलाज के दौरान ख़दीर की मौत हो गई। ख़दीर की पत्नी सिध्देश्वरी का कहना है कि मेरे पति की हत्या...
DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational institutions
Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the psychosocial consequences of such practices.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — N. Sukumar is a professor at Delhi University’s Department of Political Science. His new book ‘Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities - A Critical...
हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है। फैसले के अनुसार अदालत ने मामले में गांव के ही युवक संदीप को दोषी सिद्ध कर दिया है जबकि आरोपी बनाए गए तीन अन्य युवक बरी कर दिए गए हैं। यह फैसला हाथरस की एससीएसटी...
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years after riots
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the economic toll after the loss of property and livelihood.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Shiv Vihar in northeast Delhi was one of the worst-affected areas during the 2020 Delhi riots. At least 60 houses belonging to...
‘Govt doesn’t care about religious minorities in Kashmir:’ Kashmiri Pandit leader after fresh killing
In the latest attack, a Kashmiri Pandit man was shot dead by suspected militants in the Pulwama district on Sunday.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — A Kashmiri Pandit, employed as a bank security guard, was shot and killed by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, marking yet another targeted attack against the minority community...
Muslim leaders’ pictures missing in Congress advertisment, party apologises
The full-page advertisement which was published in dailies on the third day of the plenary session on Saturday, featured Congress leaders of the past.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI – Pictures of several historical Muslim leaders were missing in the Congress advertisement marking the party’s 85th plenary of the party.
A fresh controversy sparked on Sunday after an advertisement on...
एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के बाद जुनैद और नासिर के लिए इंसाफ की मांग को लेकर हजारों की संख्या में लोगों ने फिरोजपुर झिरका रोड के अंबेडकर सर्किल पर प्रदर्शन भी किया। वहीं भरतपुर के घटमीका गांव में आरोपियों की...
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन ने सभी पदों पर चुनाव जीत लिया है और इसे सामाजिक न्याय की जीत बताया है। हैदराबाद छात्र संघ में एक और ऐतिहासिक बात हुई है वो यह है कि एक ट्रांसजेंडर छात्र ऋतिक ने...
‘Country in state of lawlessness,’ student bodies on killing of Nasir & Junaid
At a protest on Friday at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, student bodies urged the government to arrest the accused in the killing of two Muslim men in Haryana.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Student bodies on Friday protested at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the killing of two Muslim youths allegedly by cow vigilantes in Haryana and demanded the...
This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Started by social activist Aasif Mujtaba, the Sunrise Public School in Loni, Ghaziabad offers free education to children from riot-affected families.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Khushi sits unusually quiet in her classroom, as she looks away from other students. “She is not smiling today,” said her teacher Islamuddin.
“It’s been three years, but I still feel like it...
Bihar: One arrested in Muslim man’s death in Samastipur; police deny communal angle
A Muslim labourer Mohammad Fayaz from Samastipur in Bihar was allegedly beaten up by few Hindu men at their house leading to his death.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — In Bihar's Samastipur district, a Muslim man died after being allegedly beaten up by his employers at their house.
Mohammad Fayaz, 45, a resident of Balabhadrapur village in Samastipur district of...
Bhiwani killings: ‘Will not retreat until all accused arrested,’ say Rajasthan locals after admin serves notice
In the notice dated February 23, protestors were ordered to be present at the court of the sub-divisional magistrate, Pahari on February 27 and inform why they should not be restrained for six months in order to maintain peace.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN) — 12 persons who participated in a sit-in protest demanding justice for two Muslim youths...
‘Won’t injunct media’, SC refuses plea to gag media from reporting Adani-Hindenburg issue
The Hindenburg report released last month sparked a heated debate about the business practices of one of India’s largest companies and raises serious questions about the ethics and legality of Adani Group’s operations.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will not injunct media on carrying reports on the Hindenburg report on the Adani...
2020 Delhi riots: ‘My soul trembles when I recall that day,’ shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market yet to recover from loss, trauma
Shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, where 97 shops were set ablaze during the 2020 Delhi riots, are still struggling to rebuild their lives with little help from the government.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Three years have passed since riots broke out in northeast Delhi but for shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, the memories of the day are still...
Property tax in J&K from April; political leaders oppose move
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered on Tuesday the imposition of property tax in municipal areas of the Union Territory from April 1.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU and KASHMIR) — A property tax will be levied in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir starting in April, according to a statement by the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The government...
Rajasthan govt not interested in contesting Rakbar Khan lynching case, claims prosecutor
Advocate Nasir Ali Naqvi, who is the public prosecutor in the case, said he would not be able to appear in the case unless his fee and conveyance bills were cleared.
TCN Special Correspondent
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN) — A senior advocate appointed as the special public prosecutor (SPP) in the Rakbar Khan lynching case has claimed that the Rajasthan government was not...
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’ say research scholars
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized will only get more challenging.
Sufi Parween & Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Research scholars from marginalized communities face an uncertain future after the Narendra Modi government discontinued the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) given to...
टीपू सुल्तान को लेकर कर्नाटक में सियासी हलचल
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
टीपू सुल्तान की मौत के लगभग 220 साल बीत चुके हैं। लेकिन टीपू सुल्तान आज भी कर्नाटक की राजनीति में मुद्दा बने हुए हैं। कर्नाटक में इस साल विधानसभा चुनाव भी होने हैं ऐसे में तमाम विकास के मुद्दों को छोड़कर आखिर क्यों टीपू सुल्तान मुद्दा बनें हुए हैं। हालांकि कर्नाटक में 2019 में बीजेपी सरकार...