Una incident organised crime against Dalits: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the thrashing of Dalit youths in Gujarat's Una and...
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...
डेल्टा को न्याय न मिलने पर खुद को ख़त्म कर लूंगा – महेन्द्रराम मेघवाल
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
दिल्ली:दो दिन पूर्व त्रिमोही, बाड़मेर के गडरा रोड में अम्बेडकरवादी विचारक और वरिष्ठ पत्रकार दिलीप मंडल ने इतिहासकार ताराराम गौतम के साथ...
Kerala forests suspected to shelter Maoists: Police
By IANS,
Alappuzha: Police suspect the presence of Maoists in the forests across Kerala but is unsure of their activities, a top police officer said here Wednesday.
मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र
TCN News,
वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...
Dalits still fear returning home after arson attack
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana) : Nearly 20 terrorised families are still camping outside Haryana's Mirchpur village after last month's arson attack on Dalit houses, in which two people were burnt alive. They refuse to return home despite assurances of financial help and security from the state government.
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...
Next President should be a Dalit: Manjhi
Patna, (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister and an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday demanded that the next...
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...
Malkangiri: Who is responsible for deaths of more than 120 Adivasi children?
By Akash Poyam for Adivasi Resurgence
Up until now, Japanese Encephelitis (JE) has caused more than 120 deaths (Official numbers, real deaths could be...
क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...
Polimer TV’s coverage of Akshay Dev’s suicide shows how lives of trans-men are reduced...
By Charupriyan for TwoCircles.net
Translation by Uma Murugan
This piece is being written in condemnation of the deeply transphobic and unethical journalistic coverage by Polimer Television,...
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...
Velivada will stand, say students, as HCU admin pulls down banners, posters of Dalit...
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Nearly three years after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the HCU administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile continues...
फिर से दलित-ठाकुर संघर्ष : दलितों की लड़की छेड़ी, बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मुजाहिदपुर भूपखेड़ी : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर व मेरठ के बॉर्डर पर स्थित भूपखेडी गांव में पिछले दो दिनों से भारी तनाव है. बस्ती सुनसान...
Bihar: Grand Alliance sweeps, opposition targets Modi
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish KumarÂ’s Grand Alliance scored a stunning win on Sunday in the assembly elections, dealing a major blow to the...
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...
Modi government spreading hatred in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Lucknow : BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, saying it is spreading hatred and communalism in Uttar...
दलित हत्याओं के खिलाफ़ जंतर-मंतर पर प्रदर्शन
By TCN News,
नई दिल्ली: हरियाणा के फरीदाबाद में 20 अक्टूबर 2015 को दबंगों ने रात में सोते हुए एक दलित परिवार पर पेट्रोल डालकर...
The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One
By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net
Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...
Bhimayana: Where Gond Art Breathes and Ambedkar Speaks – A Visual Rebellion Against Caste...
“Democracy has not eradicated caste. It has entrenched and modified it. That is why it is time to read Ambedkar.”
– Arundhati Roy, The Doctor...
National workshop on Urdu translation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s writings begins at AMU
By TCN News
Aligarh: Today Aligarh Muslim University organized the inaugural session on the Second Two Day National Workshop on ‘Urdu Translation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s...
Dalit girl raped in Odisha, four held
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Four men were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for the rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl two days ago, police said Friday.
Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state's Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations.
Ramdev says ‘honeymoon’ remark misinterpreted, complaint filed
New Delhi/Lucknow: A day after his comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his "honeymoon" sparked outrage, Baba Ramdev Saturday apologised and said...
Village adopted by BJP MP Kaushal Kishore is a far cry from a ‘model...
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
Auntgarhi Saura/Malihabad: The BJP, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have repeatedly said in their election campaigns that if BJP is...
यूपी उपचुनाव में दलितों का रुख तय करेगा 2024 का भविष्य
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में मैनपुरी लोकसभा सीट, रामपुर और खतौली विधानसभा सीट पर उपचुनाव हो रहें हैं। तीनों सीटों पर मुख्य मुकाबला बीजेपी...
मुसलमानों की तरह दलितों को भी किया जा सकता है बदनाम, ऐसे मनाएं अंबेडकर...
संजीव ख़ुदशाह
कोरोना लॉक डाउन के दौरान डॉक्टर अंबेडकर की जयंती (14 अप्रैल) पड़ने वाली है। ऐसी स्थिति में स्वाभाविक है कि बहुजन समाज या...
Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well
Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...
Vidyarthi Sena goondagiri on Christian educational institutions
URGENT PRESS RELEASE
THE BOMBAY CATHOLIC SABHA CONDEMNS INTIMIDATORY TACTICS BY BVS ON
SCHOOLS AND URGES THE DEPUTY CM / HOME MINISTER R.R PATIL TO PROVIDE
PROTECTION TO SCHOOLS AND ITS PERSONNEL.
The Editor,
Dear Madam / Sir,
We are watching with dismay the goondagiri and strong arm tactics of
the BVS on the Principals and Convent Schools in Dadar. We condemn
such attempts to terrorise the Convent Schools and its Personnel.
There are better ways to handle issues across the table and sort them
out.
We have also learnt through reliable sources that the grouse with
Dalits, Muslims share food in JUH event in Lucknow
By TCN News
In an effort towards strengthening Dalit-Muslim unity, the Jamiat Ulama - i - Hind (JUH) organised a feast for the two communities...
For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles
In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...
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...
Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Nitish Kumar
Patna : Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be Bihar's chief minister, ending speculations over his...
ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...
“Shiv Kumar has multiple injuries, fractures in left hand, right foot,” says medical report,...
Shiv Kumar is president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) and a co-accused in the case against Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur. He was...
भीम आर्मी के भारत बंद का व्यापक असर, दिल्ली मे भिड़े दो गुट, अलीगढ़...
आसमोहम्मद. कैफ़, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। दलित के हितों के लिए सँघर्ष करने का दावा करने वाले संगठन भीम आर्मी एकता मिशन के आह्वान पर सर्वोच्च अदालत...
Aaghaz Foundation of India calls for applications for Rohith Vemula Scholarship
By TCN News
Lucknow based Charity organisation Aaghaz Foundation is inviting applications for its second annual Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship.
Constituted in memory of deceased Hyderabad...
In this Gujarat town, no place to bury dead as high-caste residents flood Dalit...
By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wealthy state of Gujarat are named and shamed during their entire lives but, for...
12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala
Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...
From scavenging to doctoral dreams: An inspiring journey of Sunil Yadav
“Even if 100 people from my community of scavengers exit from this inhumane occupation and move towards a dignified life, I will feel my...
Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’
The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : मोदी-योगी सरकार ने जल्द ही कोई कार्रवाई नहीं किया तो...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
फ़रीदाबाद (हरियाणा) : सहारनपुर शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए दलितों के साथ जातीय संघर्ष और फिर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा का विरोध अब उत्तर...
Mayawati says Dalit’s daughter targeted, BJP hits back
Lucknow/New Delhi : A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sniffed out more than Rs 104 crore deposited in her party's account after demonetisation,...
The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (II)
By Atul Anand
https://youtu.be/nUdGjND3_ps
On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue. It...
BJP ally in Maharashtra opposes beef ban; many other organisations join hands to pressurize...
Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR), Mumbai calls beef ban in Maharashtra ‘unconstitutional’.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: The Republican Party of India...
चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर है चन्द्रशेखर रावण, मां ने किया ख़ुलासा
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर रावण चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर हैं. यह जानकारी खुद उनकी मां कमलेश देवी ने...
Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals
By Nikhil M. Babu
In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and...
Seven get life term for lynching Dalits in Haryana
By IANS,
Jhajjar (Haryana): A court here Monday awarded life imprisonment to seven people for the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district.
All the convicts were produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain, amidst heavy security. After the sentencing, the accused were sent to Rohtak jail.
The court acquitted 19 people in the case Saturday.
Activists protest deaths at home for mentally
By IANS,
New Delhi: Nearly 150 people, mostly rights activists and members of NGOs, Tuesday protested the government's apathy towards the maintenance of a home for the mentally challenged, where several deaths and human rights violations were reported in the past month.
They demanded action and even offered their help to the government.
After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting
By Shafeeq Alingal
Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...
UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of the 2014 civil services examinations on Saturday afternoon....
‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...
By Ira Anbazhagan for TwoCircles.net
The Southern India Buddhist Vihar re-opened in Perambur after renovations in January this year, going from a 1-storey to a...
एक ‘संत मुख्यमंत्री’ जो लाइफ़बॉय साबुन से नहाए दलितों से ही मिलते हैं…
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
कुशीनगर : जब यूपी की कमान योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभाला था, तो पूरे मीडिया में उनके ‘व्यक्तित्व’ को लेकर खूब गुणगाण किया...
नीतिश राज में मुसहरों को बिल्डरों का खौफ़
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना:बिहार की राजधानी में मुसहर जाति के लोग इन दिनों भारी संकट में हैं. मुसहरों की जमीन पर एक बिल्डर की...
Nationalism is core identity of BJP, says Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the "nationalism" was core identity of the BJP and called upon party workers...
अभी चंद्रशेखर ‘टाइम ‘में आये हैं….उनका टाइम तो आगे आएगा !
भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद को मशहूर पत्रिका 'टाइम ' में दुनिया मे 100 उदीयमान नेताओं में शामिल किया गया है जिसकी ख़ूब चर्चा...
Varun Gandhi for abolishing death penalty, BJP says personal view
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday came out against the death penalty, noting most of the death row convicts are...
सुल्तानपुर में दलित को पीटा, बुलन्दशहर में रेप
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में दलितों के उत्पीड़न के मामले में बढ़ोत्तरी हो रही है। ताज़ा मामला सुल्तानपुर का हैं जहां एक दलित व्यक्ति...
Multi-crore SC scholarships racket unearthed in Uttar Pradesh
By Sharat Pradhan, IANS,
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has unearthed a multi-crore racket in disbursement of scholarships to Scheduled Caste students in educational institutions in the state.
The racket involves hundreds of engineering, medical, dental and management colleges that have mushroomed over the past few years in several parts of the state.
Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part Two
Intro: This is the second in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna...
‘I was denied food and beaten,’ the unregistered story of child trafficking in Bihar
Trafficking is a common story of hundreds of children every year in Gaya and adjoining districts of Bihar including Nawdah, Aurangabad and Jahanabad. Many...
With Gandhi as guide, Gates goes to a Dalit village
By IANS,
Kande Rao ka Purwa (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) After showing Bill Gates a glimpse of the development he had initiated in the social and the health sectors in the Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies represented by him and his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi took the Microsoft chief to experience life in a Dalit village in Pratapgarh district Tuesday evening.
Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor
Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...
Two booked for beating Dalit couple
Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...
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...
नवादा के कझिया गांव में सामंतों ने लगाया महादलितों के घरों में आग, वाम...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
पटना : नवादा ज़िले के अकबरपुर प्रखंड अन्तर्गत कझिया गाँव में वर्षों से बसे लगभग एक सौ महादलितों के घर में सामंती...
Congress attacks Modi government
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil Monday criticised the Gujarat government for its failure to harness the waters of the river Narmada to tackle the water scarcity facing the state.
Gohil, Leader of Opposition, said the state was reeling under acute water scarcity while the irony of the situation was that huge amount of the Narmada river water was flowing into the sea due to the "inability of the government to harness it".
Temples Shine, Lives Shatter – How Modi’s ‘New Kashi’ Is Erasing Its People
Aradhana Pandey, TwoCircles.net
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): The ghats of Varanasi may shine brighter these days, but behind them, in the narrow lanes that once cradled...
Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California
A report By TCN:
California: The first annual conference of Ambedkar King Study Circle took place in Cupertino, the Bay Area Silicon Valley, California on...
A week after reinstating Ravidas Jayanti as school holiday, UP government cancels it
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The UP government has once again cancelled the state holiday on Ravidas Jayanti from its list of holidays of state-run schools...
Kanhaiya’s grandfather moves court against two in Bihar
Patna: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in Bihar against two persons regarding rewards offered for chopping Kanhaiya's tongue...
Dalit woman in MP sees ‘conspiracy’ to remove her as Sarpanch
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : A Dalit woman here has accused Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Mallya of engaging in a "conspiracy" to have...
CPI-M to form all India Dalit front in November
Agartala : The CPI-M will form an All India Dalit Exploitation Liberation Manch (AIDELM) Nov 27 in New Delhi, a party politburo member has...
Remembering anti-caste leader T. M. Umar Farooq on 6th death anniversary
T. M. Umar Farooq was born a Hindu as T. M. Mani, in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were bonded labourers...
नीतिश राज में लाचार बिहार के पिछड़े व दलित
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: बिहार के पिछड़े, दलित और महादलित सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री नीतिश कुमार के बड़े वोट-बैंक रहे हैं. इन तबक़ों ने...
Three Dalit parties support Congress-NCP in Maharashtra
Mumbai : In a big boost to the Congress and the NCP, three Dalit parties Wednesday joined the ruling alliance in Maharashtra.
The Peoples' Republican...
Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs of the area tried to take a procession parade on Maharana Pratap...
Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti
By TCN News
As social distancing and public gathering restrictions are in order during the COVID19 lockdown, Dr Ambedkar’s 129th birthday commemorations were organized over...
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.
British parliamentarians visit Jan Sahas and met Dalit women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Dewas, MP: A delegation of British Parliamentarians of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited Jan Sahas intervention village Chinnotha in Madhya Pradesh on 20 February 2014 and participated in the community meeting with the liberated manual scavenger women, bonded labours, victims of rape, sexual abuse and dalit atrocities.
Government to blame for cow vigilantes’ violence: CPI-M
New Delhi : The CPI-M on Sunday blamed the Narendra Modi government for the rising number of attacks by so-called cow vigilantes on Dalits...
दलित छात्र की पिटाई से मौत के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा, बवाल
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया जिले में परीक्षा में ग़लत जवाब देने पर टीचर ने एक दलित छात्र की पिटाई कर दी थी जिसके...
In Sangrur, Dalit face ostracisation, death and Jail for demanding land
By Pritam Singh Tinna, TwoCircles.net
For the past few weeks, most of the attention towards Punjab has been regarding the upcoming elections, and whether...
In Maharashtra, a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Apart from fasting, the pious month of Ramadan is also seen as an ideal time to spread the messages and teachings...
Dalit man lynched in Ghaziabad by seven youths
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by seven higher caste youths over a minor altercation in Ghaziabad, neighbouring the national capital, police said Monday.
The incident occurred Sunday night in Chitaura locality of this city.
According to police, the man, Surendra, 45, went to Hapur to buy a cow and was returning to his home in Noorpur with the purchase alongwith his wife and daughter when he was accosted by seven youths near Chitaura locality on the Upper Ganges canal.
Dalit boy beaten up in Gujarat, two accused arrested
Ahmedabad : A 15-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up late on Thursday evening by two men in Bhavda village of Daskroi taluka in...
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...
Jigajinagi, a tall Dalit leader from Karnataka
New Delhi : Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, 64, who took oath as Union Minister of State in New Delhi on Tuesday, is a five-time BJP...
Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale
Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them.
"You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...
Police file charge sheet in Kerala woman’s rape-murder case
Kochi : The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law...
आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
बीते मंगलवार को आगरा जनपद के ललाऊ गाँव की रहने वाली दसवीं में पढ़ने वाली 16 साल संजली दलित छात्रा जब...
Left alone to battle, Delta Meghwal’s father says he has little hope of getting...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
On March 29, 2016, when the news of the brutal murder of Delta Meghwal first flashed across TV screens and websites,...
Dalits protest against Jan Lokpal bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Hundreds of Dalits Wednesday gathered at India Gate and marched towards Jantar Mantar to protest the Jan Lokpal bill proposed by activist Anna Hazare and his team.
Tribal outfit strikes again, Assam death toll is 22
By IANS,
Guwahati: Tribal separatists continued their killing spree in Assam Tuesday, gunning down two more non-tribals and taking the death toll in overnight serial attacks to 22, police said.
Mayawati in Gujarat to meet Dalit atrocity victims
Ahmedabad : BSP supremo Mayawati arrived in Gujarat on Thursday to express her solidarity with the Dalit victims of the July 11 atrocities...
बुलंदशहर में दलित युवक के साथ मारपीट
अहमद खबीर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक दलित युवक के साथ बुरी तरह मारपीट की गई है आरोप स्वर्ण समाज के युवकों पर...
MOUs signed to promote entrepreneurship amongst backward communities
Chennai : City based United Economic Forum (UEF), which has the focus of promoting entrepreneurship amongst backward communities including minorities, Monday signed agreements with...
समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को
पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे
राजन झा
रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...
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.
Soren rules out change in tribal land right acts
By IANS,
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday said that no changes would be made in legislations governing the tribal land rights.
"There is no move to make any amendments in the existing two acts formulated to protect the land right of the tribals," Soren said while replying to a query by a Congress legislator in the state assembly.
Last week Soren reportedly said that amendments would be made in the Chhota Nagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act.
Dalit, tribals can perform as good as others: PM
Noida : People from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will perform as well as others if they are given the opportunity, Prime Minister...
SIO to distribute school kits to 25,000 students
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
Kozhikode: The Students Islamic Organisation will distribute school kits to about 25,000 poor students of Adivasi families, coastal areas, etc in the beginning of the academic year, state office-bearers said in a press conference. Education Minister MA Baby inaugurated the service-oriented programmes prior to the SIO state conference by receiving the organisation’s contribution to the Kerala Higher Education Scholarship Fund.
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official...
आरएसएस समागम के होर्डिंग को लेकर विवाद, वाल्मीकि समाज ने किया आंदोलन का ऐलान
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : मेरठ में 25 फ़रवरी को होने वाला आरएसएस का ‘राष्ट्रोदय स्वयंसेवक समागम’ के लिए लगे होर्डिंग्स को लेकर...
Where Even Water Was Denied – How G. Kalyan Rao’s ‘Untouchable Spring’ Bleeds the...
Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net
“Let’s die, let’s die here,
We aren’t born only to die…”
— Untouchable Spring, G. Kalyana Rao
In the fertile yet fractured rural landscape of...
Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya
Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...
Dalit girl gangraped, four booked
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Three men and a woman have been booked for the gangrape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Haryana's Sirsa district, police said Saturday.
Know the law: How to get bails
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget
New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...
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...
Untouchable in life, untouchable in death: Story of two dalit workers
By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net,
Rs. 200,000 each for the lives of two- a Madiga and a Mangali.
Kaleikuri Prasad's Poem 'Karma Bhuumilo'
For whom do you search, for what saviours do you wait?
If they poison you or burn you, or even if they strangle you with a rope
No doctor shall testify for you, no court shall protect you
All the laws and the courts promise illusory hope
They’re only mirages for the common man (Translated by Kuffir Nalgundwar)
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...
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...
Indian Muslim Organizations memorandum on Gaza
Presented to the Hon'ble Prime Minister and Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, India
Respected Sir,The Indian civil society, in general and Indian Muslims in particular, are horrified by the unfolding events in the open air prison called "Gaza", housing 1.5 million people, which the Israeli occupying power has condemned to slow death by imposing a complete siege since 20th January 2008. This was the culmination of the policy of throttling Gaza into death unleashed by the occupying power since June 2007.
A critique to “Caste on my back”
(This is a rejoinder to an article published on November 30 on TwoCircles.net titled caste on my back, written by Aishik Chanda.)
By Yogesh Maitreya,
Gopal Guru described that “Indian social science represents a pernicious divides between theoretical Brahmins and empirical Shudras”. Now this divide does not only limit to the social-sciences texts when it discusses the dalits lives through Brahmin-imagination. This divide has an inculcation factor which transmits into other upper castes writers than Brahmins.
जज़्बात से नहीं, अब ‘अक़्ल’ से लड़ रही है भीम आर्मी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : दलित अब सचमुच पहले जैसा नहीं है. पूरी ताक़त से जिस संगठन भीम आर्मी को कुचलने की कोशिश हुई...
Chidambaram says ‘minimal’ Maoists in Arunachal
By IANS,
Itanagar: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said there was a minimal presence of Maoists in Arunachal Pradesh.
‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...
Opposition parties condemn Bhagwat’s call on debate on reservations for SC/ST
TCN News
Political leaders of congress, activists, Dalit leaders including Bhim army leader, Welfare party of India have all condemned the call made by Mohan...
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...
‘Ambedkar would have found notion of Ghar Vapsi abhorrent’
New Delhi : Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday criticized attempts by various parties, especially of the right, to take the legacy...
200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, probe ordered
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday ordered a probe into the conversion of 40 Mahadalit families comprising 200 people to Christianity...
बिहार राज्य महादलित आयोग के चेयरमैन का बयान, मोदी हैं रंगा सियार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: अख़बारों में छपे विज्ञापन भले ही ‘मेरा देश बदल रहा है... आगे बढ़ रहा है’ के नारे लगा रहे हों,...
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...
Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...
Text and Video by Shiva Thorat
The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...
Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...
Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition
Organized by Adavi Myah, an art collective led by Dalit and Bahujan women, the exhibition will run for four weeks until May 30, 2022.
BOSTON,...
अत्याचार की टोकरी में दलित और मुसलमान
आसिफ इकबाल
मुस्लिम जमातों और नेताओं की ओर से यह बात बहुत पहले से कही जाती रही है कि आतंकवाद के नाम पर मुसलमानों की...
यूपी सरकार के मंत्री का गंभीर आरोप,दलित समाज से होने के कारण हुआ भेदभाव,इस्तीफा
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार अभी 100 दिन पूरे होने की कामयाबी का जश्न मना रही थी कि चार महीने की इस...
Dalits beaten up by ABVP activists for holding beef festival
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits
By Chandra Sen for Twocircles.net
Author: By Badri Narayan
Publisher: Penguin, Delhi
Price: Rs 374 at Amazon.in
‘The caste has come into politics’, ‘the standard...
भीम आर्मी चीफ का 23 फरवरी को भारत बंद का ऐलान, तेज़ हुई हलचल
आस मोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
सहारनपुर।
प्रोन्नति में आरक्षण को मौलिक अधिकार मानने से सुप्रीम कोर्ट के इंकार के बाद दलितों में आया उबाल अब आंदोलन की तरफ...
Hundreds join solidarity march for Rohit Vemula
New Delhi : Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan...
Voting rises in UP’s reserved Lok Sabha seats
By Puja Awasthi,
Lucknow : There is a marked rise in the number of people voting in the Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for Dalits in...
SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...
TCN – Seed Apprenticeship Program 2021
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...
Marginalization of BJP’s Dalit MPs
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 71 returned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Two returned BJP ally Apna Dal...




























































