Harvard India Conference sees protests against Rohith Vemula’s suicide
By TCN News,
Cambridge (USA): The 13th annual edition of the Harvard India conference saw protests against the death of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research...
Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bhubaneswar: National Confederation Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has decided to train Dalits and Adivasis in the state of Odisha to...
‘Give My Son Justice’: Father of Dalit Boy Beaten to Death Over a ‘Spelling...
Aliza Noor | TwoCircles.net
Raju Kumar Dohre, a thirty-six years-old dalit man from Uttar Pradesh, found himself at a loss for words to talk about...
Dalit-Muslim Unity Shines at Historic Chavdar Talab with Iftar Gathering on Samta Diwas
Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Mahad, Raigad (Maharashtra): Historic Chavdar Talab in Mahad became the venue for an expression of communal harmony and social unity on March 20...
‘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...
सवर्ण छात्रों को दलित भोजन माता से हुई नाराजग़ी, नौकरी खत्म !
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
देवों की भूमि कही जाने वाले उत्तराखंड में एक दलित समाज से आने वाली एक भोजन माता को सिर्फ इसलिए हटा दिया...
Tension grips Haryana village as vehicles torched
Chandigarh : Police reinforcements were rushed to Haryana's Tigra village early Sunday after few vehicles were set on fire, police said.
Tension had been brewing...
‘संविधान का अपमान ही देश का अपमान है’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
सीतापुर : ‘संविधान का आदर ही देश का आदर है. लेकिन कुछ दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोग अपने स्वार्थ के चलते क़ानून को...
‘Safar-e-azadi’ by JKLF may usher in Federation of India.
Ref: Federation of SAARC in the making.
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The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik reportedly said that JKLF would resume its 'Safar-e-Azadi' (March for freedom) from May 20 for the inclusion of Kashmiris, in the ongoing process for the resolution of Kashmir problem.
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...
If Owaisi can criticise every leader in UP, why does he spare Mayawati?
By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net
The strategy of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is different from the one adopted during the campaign ahead...
Dalit riot victims attack Hisar district official in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A protest by Dalit (Balmiki) families who fled from Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district turned ugly as the district's Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Singh was attacked and manhandled by angry protesters here Wednesday.
"The deputy commissioner of Hisar district came to meet the protesters to convey the instructions given to him by the Supreme Court. He was attacked by the angry families as they did not want to move back," an eyewitness said at Mandir Marg where the Mirchpur families have taken refuge for the past two weeks.
Does the BJP intend to change the Indian Constitution?
By Ram Puniyani
BJP, which believes in Hindu nationalism, faces a dilemma about Indian Constitution. The party, at least on the surface, has to pay...
Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...
By TCN News,
Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.
The ‘undefined love’ of a left-leaning Defence Committee for the Bhim Army
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
On Tuesday, a few activists and lawyers from Delhi joined hands to protest against 'Modi-Yogi governments' in light of the oppression...
Act against those who burnt Ambedkar’s posters: Dalits
Ghaziabad : Members of the Dalit community here on Tuesday urged strict action against unidentified miscreants who burnt the posters of Bhimrao Ambedkar and...
नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...
“Dalits are not definitely a block, and there is an intellectual blossom,” Kancha Ilaiah
By Ajmal Khan and Anish for TwoCircles.net,
Professor Kancha Ilaiah had well predicted that Narendra Modi would become the next Prime Minister under BJP, and he has also been instrumental in raising criticism on how Indian Left failed to understand the caste question. After the parliament elections, he described how the caste equations has been used in the country by the BJP. As soon as the BJP came into power, many decisions have already been taken by the ruling government, which will have far reaching consequences on the lives of dalits, adivasis, Muslims and Bahujans. In this context, Ajmal Khan and Anish engaged in conversation with Kancha Ilaiah, writer, a dalit rights activist and former Professor and head of the Political Science department at the Osmania University, Hyderabad, on contemporary politics in India, particularly on Muslim, Dalit and Bahujan politics. He argues, that Muslims will have to form their own national party or a national coalition of all the Muslim parties by retaining their political and social identity.
Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Artist Navin Chahande does not like to prove his point using abstract forms. He says his art is direct. Navin is...
University of Oxford expresses concern over rising caste, gender-based violence in India
TCN News
The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the prestigious University of Oxford have expressed grave concerns against the rising caste and gender-based violence...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
Dalit posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh
By IANS,
Bhopal : National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Buta Singh Sunday said that Dalits were being denied their fundamental right in Madhya Pradesh and that the government was recruiting general category candidates to fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for these castes.
Singh, who was on the fact-finding mission to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's native village in Sehore district, 100 km from here, after media reports that Dalits were not allowed entry into the three temples there, was accompanied by NCSC member from Madhya Pradesh Mahendra Boudh.
शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : भारत बंद आह्वान के बाद मेरठ में हुई हिंसा, मेयर पति योगेश वर्मा की गिरफ़्तारी और युवा नेता...
Ramdev booked in Rajasthan, faces court case in Bihar
Jaipur/Patna : Troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga guru...
Kejriwal meets Gujarat Dalit victims
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the Dalit victims at a hospital in Una on Friday and attacked the Gujarat government...
Tribals’ nod must for takeover of their land: Rahul Gandhi
Raipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that tribals must be asked for their permission before their land is taken away from...
Gorakhpur: Like 2014, by-elections will be a fight between Brahmin and OBC candidates
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Akhilesh Yadav, national president of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has decided to field Praveen Kumar Nishad,...
Kerala govt cancels aid to Dalit auto driver Chitralekha, Abu Dhabi organisation steps in
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Over the past decade or so, Chitralekha, a Dalit auto driver has been at the receiving end of abuse and threats...
Rajasthan to amend economically backward classes quotas act
Jaipur: The Rajasthan cabinet on Tuesday approved introduction of a bill in the state assembly for amending legislations relating to reservation for economically backward...
Two Dalits assaulted in Andhra for skinning dead cow
Vijayawada : Two Dalit brothers were stripped and thrashed by a group when they were skinning a dead cow in Andhra Prades's East Godavari...
Another Dalit girl alleges rape in Haryana
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Another Dalit girl in Haryana has alleged that she was gang-raped by two youths, police said Wednesday.
सवर्णवादी व्यवस्था से पीड़ित पत्रकार मीना कोतवाल ने अब ‘सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों’...
मीना कोतवाल,Twocircles.net के लिए
सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों, प्रशांत कन्नौजिया को जेल गए हुए 50 दिन हो गए हैं. एक ट्वीट की वजह से प्रशांत...
Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
There is a famous story that many might have already heard. It is an excellent parable for the Indian Muslims...
Vemula’s friends, academicians back Jadavpur University against ABVP
Kolkata : Friends of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, as also some academicians on Sunday backed the Jadavpur University...
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.
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Lalu blames Modi, RSS for violence in name of cow protection
Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his BJP and the RSS for the hatred and violence across...
‘My memoir is on inter-relational experiences of caste’: Dalit rapper Sumit Samos
Sumeet Samos is a 28-year-old Dalit rapper whose memoir, published earlier this year, offers a fresh perspective on the Dalit autobiographical tradition.
Riya Talitha |...
SASG urges UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the spiral of human rights violations in...
TCN News
London: The London based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging UN Special Rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye...
The BJP Parivar created the Gau Raksha Dals; now it must face the heat...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The Gau Raksha Dals can stand and take notice now.
For the past few years, these vigilantes, in the name of...
Congress, BJP trade barbs over JNU row, Rohith Vemula issue
New Delhi : Amid heated arguments between the opposition and the treasury benches, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday discussed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...
Need Support for start Madrasa in Hubli
“Establishment of a madrasa separately for girls and boys in every district is necessary for removing educational backwardness of the Muslim community, said president of All India Deeni Madaris Board, Maulana Mohammad Yaqoob Bulandshahri.
These madras as must be of such a high standard that their students may be able to secure admission in modern arts, science and technology subjects, he further said.”
Modi had better speak on Rohith’s suicide: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith...
Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...
Congress MLAs suspended after Gujarat assembly ruckus over Dalits
Gandhinagar : Gujarat assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora on Tuesday suspended all Congress MLAs -- barring Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and Balwantsinh Rajput --...
Dalits ignored, corruption on rise under Yeddyurappa: BJP MP
By IANS,
Bangalore : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Tuesday alleged that Dalits were being neglected and corruption was on the rise under the party's first Chief Minister in Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa.
Jigajinagi's attack on Yeddyurappa comes three days ahead of a 'Sadhana Samavesha' (convention on achievements) here to celebrate the party's two years in office.
A fourth-term member of the Lok Sabha, Jigajinagi said Dalits hadn't got proper representation in the Yeddyurappa ministry.
AIMIM Pune protests against the murder of Dalit, questions media’s silence over issue
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net
Pune: The Pune-Chinchwad Unit of All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has strongly condemned killing of a Dalit youth Vicky Dhepe...
SC notice on reservation in legislatures
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...
डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....
भीम आर्मी की चेतावनी —‘सरकार बदलने में वक़्त नहीं लगेगा’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
पिछले साल 9 मई को गांधी पार्क में जब भीम आर्मी शब्बीरपुर में दलितों पर हुए हमले के आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी...
Mayawati names old party loyalist Bhimrao Ambedkar as RS candidate
Lucknow, (IANS): Laying to rest speculation over naming her brother Anand as the party's Rajya Sabha candidate, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on...
75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...
Dalit girl killed for protesting harassment
By IANS,
Bhopal : A minor Dalit girl died in Madhya Pradesh Friday after a boy who was harassing her set her ablaze after pouring kerosene on her, police said.
Una assault lifts lid on atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat
By Darshan Desai
Ahmedabad : The brutal thrashing of four Dalit youths by self-styled cow protection vigilantes is no isolated incident in Gujarat. As many...
Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...
Former village head booked for ‘threatening’ Dalits in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said...
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,...
Shut courts if they can’t protect rights: SC/ST Act vedict judge
By IANS
New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who headed a bench which delivered the judgment forbidding immediate arrest under SC/ST Act, on Friday said...
7 arrested in Telangana honour killing case
Hyderabad/Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) Telangana Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested seven accused over the killing of a Dalit youth, who was...
Several leaders from different parties, including Dalit faces from BSP, join AIMIM in Maharashtra
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aurangabad: In yet another rare success for the Assaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlees-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Maharashtra, as many as 15 local leaders including many corporators from different parties have joined it.
Amongst these leaders, 10 are Dalits belonging to Panther Republic Party (PRP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Dalit Bahujan Mahasangh and Bheem Shakti.
Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad
TCN News
Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...
Tension in Ghaziabad after Ambedkar statue vandalised
Ghaziabad : The defiling of a statue of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar here has led to...
‘Doors of opportunities are closed for Dalits and tribals because of caste prejudices’
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Vaibhav Chhaya is a poet, writer, social media analyst and political commentator. He has published a book of poetry. His political...
I can’t remember how many times I have been attacked…but will continue to fight:...
The attack on Chithralekha is a clear example of how the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while raising its voice against growing intolerance in...
‘हमारे 3 विधायक 240 पर भारी पड़ेंगे’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बिहार में लालू-नीतिश के जीत की शोर में एक बेहद ही दिलचस्प घटनाक्रम दब कर रह गया. यह घटना भाकपा माले...
BSP national secretary resigns
Lucknow: Following the footsteps of three leaders that quit the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the forthcoming state assembly elections, BSP's national secretary...
Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author
By IANS,
Pune: A few Dalit activists in Maharashtra have demanded action against a Pune-based author for his anti-Brahmin comments in a book while Brahmin groups are yet to decide on any action.
Bihar cabinet stays Manjhi’s 36 decisions
Patna : The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday stayed 36 decisions taken by the government of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi last month, officials...
Dalit politics beyond BSP
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.
‘Entire society must come forward to fight fascist forces’
Daya Pawar Memorial Award received by Pratima Joshi and Bhimsen Dethe
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
This year, ‘Padmashri Daya Pawar Smruti Puraskar’ (Padmashri Daya...
Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US
New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...
We are done with Godfather-like politics…the oppressed can speak for themselves: Rahul Sonpimple, BAPSA...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Rahul Sonpimple, in one-on-one conversations, maintains eye contact at all times: although I interviewed him in near darkness at the...
मज़हब की राजनीति में गायब होते मुस्लिमों और दलितों के सवाल
आसिफ़ इक़बाल
यह अजीब मज़ाक़ है कि राजनीतिक नेता न केवल विभिन्न धर्म के मानने वालों के मार्गदर्शक बने हुए हैं बल्कि समाज भी आमतौर...
UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...
Rupesh Kumar: A filmmaker, academic, journalist with the sole aim of destroying casteism
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
The world of activism cannot function within boundaries, and for Kannur resident Rupesh Kumar, this statement is apt: he is...
Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India
Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...
SCs growing interest for Engineering in contrast with Muslims in Tamil Nadu
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in Tamil Nadu has released Engineering admission statistics community wise over the past few years which reveals that SCs are getting more inclined towards Engineering stream with exponential growth every year where as Muslims figures display steady admission rate – nor significantly increasing nor declining.
बिहार में दलित युवक की बेरहमी से हत्या, 6 गिरफ्तार
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
बिहार के सारण ज़िले से एक दलित युवक की निर्मम हत्या का मामला सामने आया है, जहां कुछ दबंगों ने पासवान समाज से संबंध...
‘मैं राम और कृष्ण को नही मानूंगा ‘ कहने का लगा था केजरीवाल के...
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
दिल्ली सरकार में मंत्री राजेंद्र पाल गौतम एक बौद्ध धर्म के कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने के बाद विवाद में घिर गए हैं।...
Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives
Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon.
जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
देश में एक बार फिर से दलित राजनीति गर्म हो गई हैं,उसकी वज़ह है पंजाब। कांग्रेस ने बड़ा फेरबदल करते पंजाब में...
NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused
TCN News
Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...
Empowerment Conference by AMU Alumni Forum- UAE to revive the Aligarh Movement
By TCN News
Sharjah, UAE: In an attempt to revive the spirit of Aligarh Movement of Sir Syed Ahmad, an Empowerment Conference 2016 is being...
साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट
टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net
वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म...
DMK allots Chidambaram constituency to VCK
Chennai : The DMK Thursday inked a seat sharing agreement with Dalit party VCK. allotting it Tamil Nadu's Chidambaram constituency for the general elections.
A...
Thousands of tribals protest government neglect
By IANS,
Raipur: Thousands of tribals from the interior areas of Chhattisgarh Saturday held a rally in this state capital to protest their "neglect" by the central and state governments.
Tribal men and women marched through the main streets of the capital to the rally at the sports complex ground, where over a dozen tribal leaders cutting across party lines and including three ministers of the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as also several Congress leaders, addressed them.
Paswan faces stiff competition, but ‘BJP votes’ may help him clinch victory narrowly
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hajipur: As Hajipur voted on May 7, local poster of boy in Indian politics, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan appeared to be facing stiff competition, but he may clinch the victory, even though he may not be able to register his name in the Guinness book, this time around.
दिल्ली में हाथरस जैसी वारदात, 9 साल की मासूम को बलात्कार के बाद जलाया
विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net
राष्ट्रीय राजधानी दिल्ली में 'हाथरस कांड' जैसी रेप वारदात सामने आई हैं। श्मशान घाट में लगे वाटर कूलर से पानी लेने...
Clarity or confusion: The word ‘Dalit’ has become a playground
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Recently, the debate on the usage of the word ‘Dalit’ was highlighted again. The petition of one Pankaj Liladhar Meshram...
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
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Dalit student attacked; OU students burned down portraits of Hindutva ideologues
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
‘Liberal’, ‘Ambedkerite’ Islamophobia and communal violence: A counter narrative
By Dr Mohammad Kamran Ahsan
As hate becomes the fulcrum, and the new normal of Indian polity, various view-points have emerged analysing this institutionalised hatred...
Amit Shah visits Dalit woman’s family in Kerala, BJP forms panel
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday set up a three-member committee to look into incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...
‘We Don’t Employ Jai Bhim Walas’: Mumbai-based Event Management Firm Owner Tells Dalit Employee,...
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New Delhi: In a shocking incident of alleged caste discrimination and that too in a metropolitan city like Mumbai, a 23-year-old Dalit boy was...
Dilution of minority status of AMU and Jamia is an assault on democratic pluralism...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The national seminar organized by the Welfare Party of India at Indian Law Institute here has expressed deep resentment and...
Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam
Submitted by Syed Ziaur Rahman, Aligarh
Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam was organized today (March 9, 2007) under the aegis of Aazar Academy (Aligarh). Some eminent poets of Aligarh founded Aazar Academy recently after the name of Late Janab Aazar Siyanvi, who was a noted poet and journalist of Aligarh.
Democratic groups in Nanded seek to file complaint against V. K. Singh
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The brutal incidence of burning Dalit children and the irresponsible remarks of Union Minister of State for External Affairs...
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...
Cleaning India, but dying a slow death: How manual scavengers pay with their lives
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Ghaziabad (UP): It is a busy but regular weekday in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. At the tea point in Sector 10,...
Controversial cartoons: From arrests to murder attempts
By IANS,
New Delhi : A cartoon on Dalit icon Dr. B.R. Ambedkar printed in a textbook created a storm Friday forcing the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal to apologise.
USA ought to mobilize UN for transforming global monetary system
Ref: To avoid man made financial Tsunamis, Federal interest cut not enough.
Dear SirLast week's interest rate cut by Federal Reserve of USA which again injected life in share market of India which got decimated after fall of SENSEX from 22,000 to 16,000 has proved (if at all any proof was needed) that sovereignty in contemporary world has no meaning in traditional sense of the term and USA is economically all powerful to influence economies of various countries including of India, especially in this age of globalization.
Dalit-Muslim unity is the need of the hour – Asaduddin Owaisi
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: It’s a rough summer afternoon in Hyderabad, but the newly renovated Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen headquarter ‘Daraul Salam (abode of peace)’ is packed with ticket aspirants, many of them interestingly are Dalits. MIM’s screams of expansion and alliance with Dalits has resonated well with its cadre to expand their base.
Bihar Mahadalit students complain about teachers, probe on
Patna: A school teacher was among the eight people booked and a probe was ordered after Mahadalit childrens complained of caste discrimination in a...
Dalit women in Haryana to march for redressal of cases of atrocities committed by...
By Lalita Sharma, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) is organizing a Pad Yatra (long-march) in in Kurukshetra for redressal of pending cases against atrocities faced by Dalits, particularly women, beginning February 17. They organized a similar march last year as well.
Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection, alleging that...
Dalit tied to a tree, beaten up in Karnataka village
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A Dalit man was tied to a tree and beaten up in a village in Vijayapura district on suspicion of helping...
Citizens’ Solidarity with Voices of Democracy
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This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five...
Condom, caste and morality
By Yogesh Maitreya
The Indian Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan seems to provide unprecedented and remedial tool in the sector of health, especially in...
NHRC notice to UP over torture of Dalit
New Delhi/Lucknow : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police in Jhansi over...
Radhika Vemula pays a visit to Faisal’s family in Malappuram
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Malappuram, Kerala: Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohit Vemula, has lashed out at the Centre saying the government was under the control...
No communal angle to church attacks: BJP Dalit leader
By Sushil Kumar,
New Delhi : Udit Raj, the Dalit face of the Bharatiya Janata Party, says the recent attacks on churches do not have...
Searching for the ‘real anti-Indian’
By Parayi for Twocircles.net
Everything is well with the republic. ‘Nationalist’ gundas are beating up students and police is combing the hostels of...
Arrested Muslim Womens Sent to Judicial Coustody till 20th March 2008
Hyderabad (AP) 6 March 2008:
Close fight between BJP and Congress in Muzaffarpur, both sides claiming victory after May...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Muzaffarpur: In Muzaffarpur, where caste-sentiment is deeply rooted, both the BJP and Congress candidate (in alliance with the RJD) sounded “confident of victory” as it polled on May 7.
TMC doing vote bank politics over Rohith: Smriti Irani
Durgapur (West Bengal): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of indulging in a vote bank politics...
दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, सहारनपुर-
छूटमलपुर से 90 किमी दूर बिजनोर बाईपास के पास मीरापुर में कुछ लड़के क्रिकेट खेल रहे है,गेंद को अपनी रेंज में...
Disabled not at par with SC/ST in Delhi University’s MBBS course: court
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a physically handicapped candidate seeking relaxation in the eligibility criteria for admission to Delhi University's medical course.
"The physically disabled persons should be extended all the rights, privileges and benefits under the said act (Indian Medical Council Act, 1956) so as to see they are not discriminated against and that they come within the social stream mainstream," said a division bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Veena Birbal.
भारत के हिंदू राष्ट्र बनने में सबसे बड़ी बाधा डॉ. अम्बेडकर —अनिल चमड़िया
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : भाजपा डॉ. अम्बेडकर के विचारों की हत्या करने के लिए अभियान चला रही है. जिसमें दलित समाज से आने वाले...
How BJP got its biggest win ever?
By Dr Shahnoor Rahman,
India, being the largest democracy in the world, the identification and special care of the poor and deprived of the society -- mostly the Dalits and minorities by the government is the most important thing for social justice. This is the most important thing as well so that everyone can contribute towards the progress of the country.
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...
SDPI protests at Jantar Mantar against thrashing of dalits in Gujarat
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today held a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and termed the incident...
Rajya Sabha MP Maulana Balyawi not happy with HRD Minister’s evasive answer
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: Janta Dal (United) MP from Bihar Maulana Gulam Rasool Balyawi expressed his displeasure at evasive answers to his questions in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
Maulana Balyawi who became a Rajya Sabha MP in 2014 asked the Humran Resource Development Minister about incidence of discrimination against dalit and Muslim children in schools and report on the government monitoring of the discrimination.
‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...
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,...
दम है मायावती बनने का!
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष बहन मायावती हमेशा से ही अपने फ़ैसलों से राजनितिक पंडितों को आश्चर्यचकित करती रही हैं. शुरुआत...
I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP
New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Dalit auto rickshaw driver Chitralekha attacked allegedly by CPI (M) workers
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Kozhikode: While the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its associate organisations have been vociferously protesting against the crackdown in JNU and...
नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...
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...
मुसलमानों को पिछड़ेपन से उबारने की अदुभुत कोशिश थी फ़ातिमा शेख़ की मुहिम
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देश की पहली महिला शिक्षक फातिमा शेख की 191वीं जयंती देशभर में मनाईं गई। कोविड के चलते फातिमा शेख़ की जयंती पर कार्यक्रम...
In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...
After Uddhav expose, Athawale’s RPI-A heads for split
Mumbai : Hours after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's sensational revelation regarding Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale, the latter's Republican Party of India-A virtually split...
Rashtriya Ekta Manch organizes protest and peace rally against killings of Muslim techie and...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: With the intention of spreading environment of peace and harmony in the state and to express solidarity with the...
NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits
By IANS,
Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.
Safai karamcharis demand a separate Ministry to rehabilitate Manual scavengers
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Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan released a 10 point manifesto for Safaikaramcharis to ensure that political parties take note and implement their demands.
The Safaikaramcharis...
Muslims would do well to take lessons from the Dalit agitation
By Aijaz Zaka Syed for Twocircles.net
Since the change of guard in India two years ago, it has been one hell of a ride...












































