AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra

New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...

R.S. Katheria – a professor becomes minister of state

Agra : BJP MP from Agra constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Shankar Katheria was Sunday inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the...

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

BJP trying to communalise Bihar polls: Nitish

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday cautioned people that his main rival BJP wants to disturb peaceful campaigning for state polls by...

Attack on marginalised students shows SFI is losing the plot in Kerala

By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net For the past year, campus politics in India has taken up a sizeable space in the media; but the focus has...

नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020

आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...

Untouchability cuts across regions and religions in India

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Waltham, Massachusetts: Two-day symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar concluded here on Sunday. The symposium was organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University. Symposium saw participation by a number of Indian and American academicians and Dalit activists and sympathizers with Dalit cause.

SC calls for multi-pronged policy to tackle Delhi pollution

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi could be tackled through a multi-pronged...

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

Chennai : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday announced its candidates, including two women, for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Releasing the...

मीडिया और हिंदुत्व की नई प्रयोगशाला ‘भीमा कोरेगांव’

कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए भीमा-कोरेगांव में हुई हिंसा का मामला थमता नज़र नहीं आ रहा है. प्रमुख आरोपियों को गिरफ़्तार करने की मांग करते...

RJD to support JD-U government in Bihar

Patna : In a surprise move, senior RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui Thursday said his party will support the JD-U government headed by new...

Commission chief flays Jharkhand over SC welfare schemes

Ranchi : National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia on Wednesday flayed the Jharkhand government over the non-implementation of welfare schemes for the...

Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat

Ahmedabad : A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear...

भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट

By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...

For Asit Sapkale, music is synonymous with resistance

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net 'Music for a cause' has been used, and abused by artists so often that one cannot help but become a little...

Indian Americans express outrage over mob lynchings in India through protests across US

T​CN News ​ The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States and various coalition partners held protests...

Parched summer again for Bihar Mountain Man’s village

By Imran Khan, Dashrath Nagar (Bihar) : Bhagirath Manjhi and his neighbor Ramesh Manjhi are struggling to get drinking water for themselves and their families...

मायावती, महाराष्ट्र और गुजरात : दलित समय में मोदी की जवाबदेही

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net कल उत्तर प्रदेश भाजपा के उपाध्यक्ष दयाशंकर सिंह के बयान के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश का राजनीतिक माहौल बेहद गर्म हो गया है....

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...

गांव का हुलेसवा बना डॉ. हुलेश मांझी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: डॉ. हुलेश मांझी बिहार के महादलितों के लिए एक ऐसा नाम बन चुके हैं, जो ज़िन्दगी में ऊंचाईयां छूने का...

Stand-up India to benefit 2.5 lakh SC/ST, women entrepreneurs

New Delhi : The government here on Friday said the Stand-up India Scheme will benefit 2.5 lakh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe members and women entrepreneurs. “The...

File case against Ramdev: Rajasthan court to police

Jodhpur : A court here in Rajasthan Saturday ordered police to file a case against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against...

Four upper caste people awarded life imprisonment for burning down a Dalit’s house

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Four upper caste people were awarded life imprisonment on May 2, 2017, by the sessions court in Beed, Maharashtra, for attacking...

FORWARD editor defends controversial ‘Mahishasur’ as Bahujan rendition

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Days after the police action against FORWARD Press following the complaint by saffron organisations regarding a painting of Goddess Durga published by the magazine, its consulting editor Pramod Ranjan has said the controversy possibly has roots in the Bahujan rendition of the narrative of a mythical character called Mahishashur.

हाथरस कांड : सीबीआई ने माना, गैंगरेप के बाद ही हुई थी दलित युवती...

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में गैंगरेप और हत्याकांड मामले  की जांच कर रही सीबीआई ने शुक्रवार को मामले की एससी/एसटी कोर्ट में...

Kerala seeks Karnataka’s help in ragging case of Dalit nursing student

Kozhikode (Kerala) : The Kerala Police has approached its Karnataka counterparts to register a case against two college students for brutally ragging a Dalit...

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

To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card

By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi : To end the impasse in parliament, the government is planning to bring out next week its...

India’s human rights situation is very serious, says UN Special Rapporteur

UN Special Rapporteur asks India to free 16 Human Rights Defenders accused in Bhima-Koregaon case By TCN News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

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

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

Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste

Celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ call Mahtama a ‘Reeactionary’ and regards him as not only castist but also racist. By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In an attempt to revisit the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate over caste hierarchy, celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ and Essayist Arundhati Roy spoke on “vicious sort of apartheid that functions in our society”, namely caste system.

Gujarat High Court quashes quota for higher castes

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the Anandiben Patel government's ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs...

‘Awakened Ambedkarite’ wants to lead a coalition of Dalit and Muslims

By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Nagina/Bijnor: In most elections, the battle is two way contest or at most three ways, still what inspires so many other individuals and smaller parties to field their candidates, many of whom often forfeit their deposits as they fail to register even the minimum votes required.

Golden opportunity for both China and Tibetans

Ref: - China should exploit political weakness of India and USA & its democratic allies. Dear Sir

BJP promises economic, social security to city’s Dalits

New Delhi : Going all out to woo the city's Dalit community, BJP leaders Monday took part in a rally here promising to dedicate...

Assam youth killed for ‘practising witchcraft’

Silchar: A 29-year-old tribal youth was killed by tea garden workers in Assam's Cachar district for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said here on Friday. "Over...

Attack on human rights defenders Soni Sori

By TCN News, Geedam (Chattisgarh): Reports are emerging that Soni Sori, the adivasi leader from Bastar, was attacked by few unidentified men in Geedam, Chattisgarh....

Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder

By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net A protest against the death of Ishwar Singh, a Dalit employee of HAFED (Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation...

‘बहुजन समाज बच्चों के हाथ में झाड़ू नहीं, क़लम थमायें’

TwoCircles.net News Desk वाराणसी : देश भर में दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली लक्ष्य संस्था द्वारा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में लक्ष्य की वाराणसी टीम...

27 अगस्त को पटना में दलित उत्पीड़न के विरूद्ध राज्य स्तरीय कन्वेंशन

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना : देश में दलितों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों और उनके उत्पीड़न का सिलसिला एक बढ़ोतरी की ओर है. गुजरात के ऊना...

Rights group condemns detention of activists

By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the People's Union for Civil liberties and the Adivasi Mahasabha of the state have strongly condemned the illegal detention of two activists on "false grounds" and demanded their release. Activists Avinash Kulkarni and Bharat Pawar, who have been working with the tribals, were detained by police. "Is it a crime to work in a democratic and peaceful way for the empowerment of tribals," Rohit Prajapati and Xavier Manjooran said Tuesday.

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

Students flock to Hyderabad varsity for protest

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

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

मनीषा मशाल   भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

Fasting students at Hyderabad varsity evicted

Hyderabad: Seven students who were on hunger strike in University of Hyderabad for the last four days were forcibly shifted to hospital on Saturday. With...

Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar

New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...

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

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

‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा

TCN News पटना : जन आन्दोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय यानी एनएपीएम का 11 वां राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना के ऐतिहासिक अंजुमन इस्लामिया हॉल...

TCN seeks a full-time reporter for its Dalit section

TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a platform for the news of the marginalized communities of India, particularly Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis. For the past 10 years,...

Civil societies across India and US condemn the attack over writer Kancha Illaiah

TCN News Attack over the Indian Dalit scholar, writer, and ideologue Professor Kancha Illaiah has sparked various groups and civil societies across the globe. The Alliance...

A new documentary challenges notions of mainstream anti-caste movement

Caste-ing Space raises serious questions about the prevalence of caste in social spaces and underlies crucial concerns in anti-caste circles. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net  KERALA — A...

Kishor Kharat appointed as CEO and MD of IDBI bank

By Yogesh Maitreya, Twocircles.net, Mumbai: Kishor Kharat has been appointed as the CEO and MD of IDBI Bank. The announcement was made on August 14,...

Rahul Gandhi continues protest at Hyderabad varsity

Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday continued his protest along with the students who are on hunger strike at the University of...

अपने अधिकार के लिए संगठित हो रही हैं इस गांव की महिलाएं

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मधुबनी (बिहार) : मधुबनी ज़िले के कलुआही प्रखंड के काज़ीटोला व हरपुर के ग्रामीण इन दिनों अपने गावं में हो...

Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality

By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net “Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to...

For this Dalit artist, ‘art is integral part of her community’

Dalit artist Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar sees in art the opportunity to tell the unadulterated story of her community. Musheera Ashraf of TwoCircles.net writes on...

‘Summary and Recommendations’ of the Kundu Committee

By TCN News, New Delhi: The Post-Sachar Evaluation Committee, headed by Prof Amitabh Kundu, presented its final report to Dr Najma Heptullah, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs. The Centre has not yet clarified whether it has accepted the recommendations of the Kundu Committee, as it later came to be known as.

Prominent Dalit writer stabbed to death in Kolhapur; motive not clear

By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Eminent writer and political thinker Dr Krishna Kirwale was found dead at his MHADA residence in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Initial reports suggest...

Upper caste BJP leaders upset over OBC as Bihar chief

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

Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, (IANS): Police placed Dalit writer and social activist Kancha Ilaiah under house arrest here on Saturday to stop him from leaving for Vijayawada...

I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...

Rahul blames Haryana government for Dalit killings

Faridabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Haryana's BJP government of failing to ensure security for the weaker sections. Gandhi also said that...

Accused in Dalit massacre arrested in Bihar

Patna: An accused in the 2000 massacre of 34 Dalits in Bihar was arrested Friday from a school in the state, police said. Nanbutan Sharma,...

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

SC declines early hearing of PIL for SIT probe into Saharanpur violence

New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to...

Muslims and Dalits to hold joint protest against demolition of Guru Ravidas temple

TCN News Representatives from the Muslim community have lent their support to the Dalit Community in their demand to re-build the Guru Ravidas temple at...

The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...

By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...

America deserves Trump!

By Mansoor Durrani for TwoCircles.net Never interrupt your enemy, when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte Although, I had planned to write this article...

Bush & Condoleezza should listen to Wendy

Ref: - Kashmiri leaders should also approach USA. Dear Sir

Mob lynching: All India Momin Conference writes to Modi, questions ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter All India Momin Conference, an organisation of Muslim weavers and artisans, have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...

सहारनपुर : पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही से दलितों में रोष, लखनऊ में आन्दोलन की...

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली/सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब पुलिस की...

Understanding the verdict 2014

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, There are huge lessons for every political party as well as people who aspire for a secular democratic space in this verdict 2014 which has brought glimmer in the face of a huge number of people who believed in a ‘dream’ sold to them but also apprehensions and fear among those who have fought against the process of communalization and corporatization.

सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?

सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...

SC to hear contempt PIL against three violent lawyers

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

कोच आबिद अली के नमाज पढ़ने से आहत हुए हिंदूवादी संगठन,दे दी तहरीर

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के पीलीभीत में हिंदूवादी संगठनों ने हाकी कोच आबिद अली पर स्टेडियम में नमाज़ अदा करने का आरोप लगाते...

Manjhi shares his bitter experience with JNU students

By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is of the opinion that in the complicated and sophisticated game of politics, the race against prevalent casteism can be won only if people coming from non-elite background are united. Manjhi was speaking at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University on the topic of ‘Caste, Politics and Discrimination: Experiences of a Dalit Chief Minister’ at a programm organized by Dalit students’ body Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student Association (BAPSA).

Indian PM’s Rebuke to the British PM Over Terrorism

By giving a befitting rebuke to the British Prime Minister over the alleged involvement of Indians in the so-called failed terrorist attack in England, the India Prime Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh deserves accolades for having expressed himself from the most dignified plank as the leader of the largest democracy of the world. What Dr. Singh stressed in the most unambiguous words was his strong objection to the Western mentality of intimidating the world through its hypothetical narratives of terorism.

Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor goes on leave

Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao, in the eye of the storm over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar, has...

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

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

Modi greets nation on first Constitution Day

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the nation on the Constitution Day being marked here for the first time. "Greetings to...

As a Savarna, I am ashamed but not surprised by our silence over vandalism...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Growing up in Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand meant a lot of things, but one thing that never escaped us (or...

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

Muslim women beaten up in MP for allegedly carrying beef; uproar in Rajya Sabha

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In yet another violence caused due to suspicion of possessing beef, two Muslim women were thrashed and abused by...

भारत बंद बवाल के बाद एक्शन में प्रशासन, अब दलितों को कुचलने की तैयारी

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : एससी/एसटी एक्ट में संशोधन के विरोध में हुए भारत बंद के दौरान पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सर्वाधिक बवाल...

Vitthal Umap: A versatile folk artist who will be remembered for his enthusiasm

By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net ‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part Two

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...

Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...

By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net This is the third in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...

WPI welcomes Apex Court guidelines on police encounters

By TCN News, New Delhi: Welfare Party of India, in a statement, appreciated and hailed the apex court guidelines on deaths in police encounter for mandatory registration of FIRs and investigation by CID or any other independent agency.

Rural economy takes top slot in 9 pillars of Jaitley’s budget

New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented India's national budget for 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, saying the country was a...

Transwomen turn teachers for Dalit children in Bengal

By Sahana Ghosh Malda/Kolkata, (IANS): Motherhood transcends gender. Unconditional love knows no caste barriers. Defying norms, in a rundown neighbourhood in Malda in West Bengal, transwoman Arindam...

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

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Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case

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Dalits in Haryana allege bias over power supply

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Dalit woman burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh

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SC/STs have healthiest sex ratio in Goa

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Eight-year-old Dalit boy’s hand chopped off for refusing to work

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SC/ST amendment bill to be introduced in Parliament in this session

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Court pulls up Gujarat government on tribes recognition delay

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Seven get life term for lynching Dalits in Haryana

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Notice to Delhi government, AAI over failure to rehabilitate Dalits

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