Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...
Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief.
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Asansol (West...
‘Phir Ugana’: How Tribal Poet Parvati Tirkey Gave Voice to a Silenced Culture
'I Wrote in the Language They Forgot—Now They Can’t Ignore Us', Says Jharkhand's Parvati Tirkey After Winning Sahitya Akademi Award
First-of-Its-Kind Win: Parvati Tirkey’s ‘Phir...
The Great Illusion: How Misframed Adivasi Forest Rights Threaten Culture and Conservation ?
When Adivasi land rights are framed as tickets to government handouts, both cultural traditions and nature conservation hang in the balance, explains Dipika Adhikari,...
‘We’re Not Begging — We’re Demanding What’s Ours’: Odisha’s Koraput Tribals Fight for Kendu...
Mohsina Malik, TwoCircles.net
Koraput (Odisha): Kendu or Tendu leaf is more than just a forest product for tribal communities across the country. It is their...
Chhattisgarh: How Padma Shri Awardee Pandi Ram is Shaping the Future of Tribal Art...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Raipur (Chhattisgarh): At a time when traditions are fading with time, a man from Chhattisgarh is working tirelessly to preserve the rich...
Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar: A Voice of Bijapur, Silenced Too Soon
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Mukesh Chandrakar was not just a name; it was the very identity of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). For journalists, whether from India or abroad,...
Cow Slaughter, Beef Ban: The Lackluster Obsessions of Assam CM
Sandipan Talukdar, TwoCircles.net
Mohen Morang’s family owns over 80 buffaloes and 50 cows in their cattle shed near Bamun Chapori, located in the Golaghat district...
Why Are Tribals Opposing the Ken-Betwa Link Project? What Are Their Demands?
Satish Bhartiya, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Ken-Betwa Link Project has been touted as a solution to water scarcity in the Bundelkhand region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the...
Chhattisgarh: Right-Wing Push to Demolish Churches in Bastar Amid Christmas Celebrations
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Bastar: Right-wing groups, including the Surv Adivasi Samaj and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), have intensified their campaign against the Christian community....
Five Minors Injured as Security Forces Clash with Maoists in Bastar; Activists, Locals Denounce...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Five minors were allegedly injured on December 12 by bullets during a suspected encounter between security forces and Maoists in the border...
Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...
Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...
How JMM Triumphed in Jharkhand; Why BJP’s Polarisation and Infiltration Claims Fell Flat
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
The results of the Jharkhand Assembly elections have surprised everyone. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA alliance secured comfortable a majority, winning...
Jharkhand Elections 2024: Despite Govt Claims, No Compensation for Tribals Killed in IED Blasts
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Ranchi: The situation of tribals in Jharkhand can be understood through the historical lens of the state’s formation. When Jharkhand was carved out...
Are Tribals Hindus? The Religious and Cultural Divide Shaping Jharkhand’s Destiny
Saffron, Sanatan and Sacred Land: The Battle to Define Jharkhand’s Tribal Identity
Shahnaz M, TwoCircles.net
Ranchi: Amidst the rolling hills and verdant forests in Jharkhand, a...
बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...
Poonam Masih/ TwoCircles.net
बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...
मध्यप्रदेश: पुलिस कस्टडी में आदिवासी की मौत, परिवार लगा रहा हत्या का आरोप!
सतीश भारतीय, TwoCircles.net
खंडवा। बीते दिनों 23 अगस्त को खंडवा के पंधाना थाने से एक आत्महत्या का मामला सामने आया है।
बताया जा रहा है कि...
एससी-एसटी आरक्षण के वर्गीकरण के खिलाफ और समर्थन में सजातियों में छुआछूत है बड़ी...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
देश आजाद होने के बाद संविधान निर्माता डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर ने वंचित समुदाय के लिए आरक्षण की मांग करते हुए इसे संवैधानिक...
Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...
Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...
Godna’s Decline: The Baiga Tribe’s Struggle to Preserve a Vanishing Tradition in a Modern...
Hamaad Habibullah & Anamika Yadav TwoCircles.net
Samarlin Agriya, a young Adivasi woman from the Baiga tribe, received her first tattoo at the age of 10....
Central Government’s Move to Seize of ‘Pandaram’ Land Ignites Fear and Tension in Lakshadweep
Mohammed Ramees, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: India’s smallest union territory, Lakshadweep Islands, has been tense following the central government’s action to take possession of 'pandaram' land, a...
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...
Christians hold mass protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against ‘attacks on churches’
The demonstrators protested against the recent spate of violence faced by Christians in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places...
MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram
Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.
Huneza...
Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi...
The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman...
Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’
Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...
Chhattisgarh: BJP leader among five arrested for attack on church in Narayanpur
On January 2, a mob vandalised a church after around 2000 people, mostly Adivasis held a public meeting in protest in against alleged...
Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured
This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...
Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?
The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...
Why are tribals from Jammu and Kashmir protesting inclusion of Paharis in ST list?
Members of the Gujjar Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir are on a protest march from Kupwara to Jammu against the government of India's...
Campaign launched by Bihar govt aims to curtail drop-out rate among tribal children
After an order by the Patna High Court to address the high drop-out rate of tribal children in the state, the government in Bihar...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers
Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary”
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
In this interview, the author talks...
सोनभद्र का रामबाबु : वेटर के तौर पर अपमान झेला ,लोकडाउन में नौकरी...
मोहम्मद आसिम। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे पिछड़े इलाकों में शुमार करने वाले आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र सोनभद्र के लाल ने कमाल जैसा कुछ कर दिया...
Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”
Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net
Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...
A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari
In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...
For Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand, tribal surname holds key to availing land rights
Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand live a life of struggle as the tiny community fights to retain their tribal status which is key to their...
‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...
A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...
World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture
The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.
Sami...
आदिवासी समाज से आने वाले देश के पहले मेयर है विक्रम आहाके
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
मध्य प्रदेश की छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस ने 18 साल बाद मेयर का चुनाव जीता हैं। छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस...
Adivasi villages in Jharkhand, Odisha face severe neglect, reveals new report
The report titled “Status of Adivasi Livelihoods 2021” highlights the difficulties and scarcities faced by the tribal communities.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI —...
सवाल : एकमात्र मुस्लिम आदिवासी समुदाय वन गुर्जरो की परवाह किसे है !
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उत्तराखंड के पौड़ी गढ़वाल ज़िले में रेवासन नदी के किनारे बसे इस गाँव का नाम नत्थू चोड़ है. घने...
President-elect Droupadi Murmu revives new hope in her nondescript village
101 years after the first tribal leader was elected to the legislature in pre-independent India, Odisha-born Droupadi Murmu from the Santhal community has been...
Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar
On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...
Why are Jharkhand’s tribals demanding a separate religious code?
The fight for the Sarna Adivasi religious code is quite old. On November 11, 2020, Jharkhand Assembly passed a resolution asking for a separate...
Uttar Pradhesh’s Tharu tribals fear growing privatization will result in lack of govt jobs
Growing privatization of public sector units during the current government is giving sleepless nights to the people belonging to the Tharu tribe in Uttar...
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...
Modern slavery: Adivasi labourers in Gujarat’s sugarcane fields
Every year more than two lakh Adivasis from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border region immigrate to work in sugar mills as sugarcane harvesters—but without any...
Jharkhand: For last 56 days, Adivasis are on hunger-strike against ‘illegal’ mining; govt unmoved
While the government of India makes claims of Sab Ka Vikaas (Development for everyone)—the concerns and voices of Dalits and Adivasis are often...
टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...
बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...
Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis
Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...
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...
Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average
Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...
Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe
While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...
“Want affected people to have security,” activists raise concern over world’s second-largest coal block...
The Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj Coal Mine Project, in Birbhum, West Bengal is the second largest coal mining block in the world. While the...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...
Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...
Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...
A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...
Adivasis from Chhattisgarh march to save their habitats from ‘hazards of coal mining’
Nearly 350 residents from the villages of central Chhattisgarh are on a 300-km long march that started on October 2 to reach the capital...
HR groups, activists, scholars seek action against Hindutva groups for issuing threats to Mangalore...
Scores of human rights organizations, activists and scholars have written an open letter to Mangalore district administration in Karnataka seeking action against Hindutva groups...
Himachal Pradesh: Is incompatible development damaging the state’s ecology, leading to natural calamities?
Several reports and statements by the local organizations, scholars, and activists have time and again warned against the impracticability of making large-scale hydropower projects...
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...
“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list
Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...
In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat
The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...
APCR condemns ‘complicit role of state’ in Father Stan Swamy’s death
In a statement the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said the UAPA and other draconian laws must be immediately repealed to end...
डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...
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सोनभद्र : चकाचौंध भरी दुनिया में जहां लोग दूसरे ग्रहों पर जाकर वहां की तस्वीर और अन्य चीजों की...
“Adivasis lost a great servant,” tribal rights activist Father Stan remembered
Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist...
टीसीएन स्पेशल : मुश्किल है शिवालिक की पहाड़ियों में बसे वन गुर्जरो को...
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शिवालिक क्षेत्र की पहाड़ियों पर बसे हुए इन...
“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...
Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...
May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...
Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...
Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...
Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...
“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi
The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...
Adivasis in MP accuse mob of forcibly entering homes, beating women, demand action
The Adivasi women issued a stern warning to the government and administration, declaring that should they fail to take action on those responsible for...
Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights
The Gadia Lohar population has been widely ignored by central and state policies and has been unable to take advantage of government programs. Owing...
“We are neglected as our vote share is less,” Tamil Nadu’s tribal minorities rue...
Tamil Nadu has less than 1 per cent tribal population. The villagers of Kallar question if they have been neglected because their community has...