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समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

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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...

‘Sometimes My Chest Burns, But I Still Go Up’: The Silent Suffering of Women...

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Saloni Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Long before the city awakens, Ansura, a rag picker, begins her climb every morning. With a torn sack slung over...

Mayawati our leader and will always be so, say Dalits

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS,

Dalit massacre in Lakshmipet is the result of Caste Vote Politics: CLMCI

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By TCN News

CPI-M demands quota for SC, ST in private sector

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Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday demanded reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the private sector and...

Rohith Vemula’s death sparks outrage within Indian Diaspora

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By TCN News, Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...

Prima Facie report by Team of The Independent Peoples Tribunal on death of Rohith...

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By TCN News, Delhi: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice had requested the Indian Peoples Tribunal to send a fact finding team to investigate...

Dalit man lynched in Ghaziabad by seven youths

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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 youth killed in firing in Bihar

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Patna, (IANS): A young man belonging to a Mahadalit caste was killed on Monday while three others were injured in Bihar's Darbhanga district after...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...

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(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.) You...

Every cloud has a silver lining

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After the darkest of dark clouds of uncertainty prevailing over AMU, the acting Vice Chancellor Prof Saleem Uddin has taken a courageaous and bold step to appoint a very competent team of administrators (Registrar-Prof. Jawed Masarrat; Controller of Exams â€“ Prof. Akhtar Haseeb; and Proctor- Prof Muzaffar Ahmad Siddiqui), to beam a ray of hope among the student community. I take this opportunity to congratulate the VC and all the newly appointed stalwarts, for accepting the challenge and wish that their dedicated efforts will shed all fears among students and their parents.

Poultry farming brings prosperity to Rajasthan Dalit village

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By IANS,

From scavenging to doctoral dreams: An inspiring journey of Sunil Yadav

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“Even if 100 people from my community of scavengers exit from this inhumane occupation and move towards a dignified life, I will feel my...

Two more arrested in Una case, 24 now in custody

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested two more persons for flogging four Dalit youngsters in Una on July 11, taking the total...

BSP national secretary resigns

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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...

Proud that my name is registered with Rohit Vemula’s struggle for caste-less society: A...

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Intro: I am one of the arrested students of UoH in connection with protest for justice for Rohith Vemula. We were arrested and...

दिल्ली में रविदास मन्दिर पुनर्निर्माण आंदोलन तेज़। अनुयायियों में भारी आक्रोश!

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली - बीते 10 अगस्त को दिल्ली के तुगलकाबाद में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देश के आलोक में डीडीए द्वारा ध्वस्त किए गए...

चन्द्रशेखर की रिहाई को लेकर हिमांशु कुमार की पदयात्रा आज सहारनपुर पहुंचेगी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर/सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेख़र की रिहाई के लिए मानवधिकार कार्यकर्ता हिमांशु कुमार की पदयात्रा आज सहारनपुर पहुंच जाएगी. हिमांशु कुमार फिलहाल...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

यूपी में दलित किशोरी की बलात्कार के बाद हत्या, दो गिरफ्तार

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.Net उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर खीरी में बेहद दरिन्दगी का एक मामला सामने आया है। यहां पकरिया गांव में दलित समुदाय की एक नाबालिग़...

Leaders urge Modi government to pass a bill against lynching

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New Delhi, (IANS): Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday extended their support to a draft bill against lynching prepared by a civil society organisation...

Seminar: On the Kerala Muslim Model of Development

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Are you interested to understand what it means to be an Indian Muslim? Where does the Indian Muslim stand in comparison with his/her fellow countrymen? Are you anxious about the present and future of the Indian Muslim society? Where does the solution lie? In particular, what lessons can be learned from the Kerala Muslim example?

If you have something to say, a golden opportunity is waiting for you to be part of a serious discussion at the

UP cop to woman: Who will rape you at your age?

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Dalit woman, who petitioned a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer seeking registration of her rape complaint, was told that her's was not an age to be raped.

पातालकोट : जहां ज़मीन के अन्दर से पनपता है भारत का भविष्य

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जावेद अनीस छिंदवाड़ा जिले के तामिया ब्लॉक में स्थित पातालकोट मानो धरती के गर्भ में समाया है. तकरीबन 89 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र में फैली यह...

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance

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New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...

People from weaker sections treat me as goddess: Mayawati

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New Delhi : Amid protest over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Daya Shankar Sigh's abusive remark, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that...

‘अखिलेश को दलितों के घर फुंकवाने वाले आपराधिक तत्व प्रिय हैं’

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TCN News बलिया : जहां एक तरफ़ बलिया सदर विधायक नारद राय को दोबारा कैबिनेट मंत्री बनाए जाने को लेकर उनके समर्थकों में खुशी व...

Dalits demand inclusion of Buddhists in SC Sub-Plan in Maharashtra

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The ‘Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan (DA3)’ has demanded from the National Commission for Scheduled Caste to direct Maharashtra government to...

Abducted woman untraced, husband still in hospital

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By IANS, Patna : An upper caste woman abducted in Bihar 12 days ago allegedly for marrying a Dalit against her family's wishes remains untraced, police said Sunday.

Farmers protesting land acquisition thrash officials

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By IANS, Bangalore: Farmers opposing acquisition of their land for a residential complex on Bangalore's outskirts Monday punched, kicked, head-butted and tore clothes of officials who went to the area to survey the land, police said. Farmers of Kodigehalli, which forms part of the proposed 'Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout', named after founder of Bangalore, Kempegowda, thrashed an executive engineer, an assistant executive engineer and their driver and broke the windshield of their vehicles, they said.

Betrayed by Congress, Dalit Christians should give a chance to BJP, casteism has no...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Christian organization Poor Christian Liberation Movements (PCLM), on 3rd April, has alleged that the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been luring three crore Dalit Christians by promising them to give the status of Scheduled Caste for the last two and half decades, but it has never been honest to its commitments.

Reservation: a talk of the hour

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A Reflection on the Bollywood film “Aarakshan” By Madhu Chandra

FIR against Baba Ramdev in Jaipur

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Jaipur: An FIR was lodged here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against Dalits, police said Monday. "Some people showing newspaper cuttings,...

भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में अब गांव-गांव लगने लगे हैं ‘द ग्रेट चमार बोर्ड’

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मीरापुर : सहारनपुर से 110 किमी दूर मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर जनपद के थाना क्षेत्र मीरापुर में कैथोड़ा ग्राम पंचायत के अधीन एक गांव...

Bihar Minister refuses to withdraw ‘controversial’ statement on Ramcharitmanas; BJP demands FIR against him

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Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya had announced a bounty of Rs 10 crore for anyone who slits the tongue of Chandrashekhar Yadav if...

AMU Alumni Forum – UAE dedicates empowerment conference to UAE National Day

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By TCN News On the occasion of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) bicentennial celebrations across the world, the AMU Alumni Forum UAE, under the patronage of...

All Dalits should be equal before the law

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By Madhu Chandra The struggle between Upper Caste and oppressed communities of India has reached its crucial juncture. The presidential reservation facilities preserved in Indian Constitution is most precious gift given to Indian oppressed class community. This legal framework to protect and preserve the underprivileged communities of India has been under attack again and again by high caste minority ruler of the country.

Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some...

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

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Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti

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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...

Dalit groom seeks police protection to ride mare

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By IANS,

So why’s this Modi worried in Bihar?

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By Imran Khan Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo -...

TCN – Seed Apprenticeship Program 2021

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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...

Bihar: Grand Alliance sweeps, opposition targets Modi

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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...

Mayawati vs Ram Vilas Paswan: A ding-dong battle for Dalit politics

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, The decimation of Mayawati-led hitherto strong Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and the revival of the virtually defunct Dalit outfit of Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party, deserve an objective study. The former failed to open its account notwithstanding the fact that it managed to get about one-fifth votes of UP while fighting alone, whereas in Bihar the LJP won six seats when it got just 6.4 per cent votes. The only difference is that it contested in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Bhima Koregaon – One Year of Violence and Apathy

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By Atul Anand This Twocircles.net film recalls the violence near Bhima Koregaon memorial obelisk in Pune on January 1, 2018, left people shocked and angry....

8 मार्च को देश भर में गिरफ़्तारी देगी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर ने जेल से...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी ने अपने सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई को लेकर अब सख़्त फैसले लेने शुरू कर दिए...

Pankti Jog: Transforming lives through the Right To Information Act

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By Kavita Sukerkar

Tribals are soft targets for police and rebels: Sociologist Nandini Sundar

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By Abu Zafar, IANS,

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

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

दलितों को भट्टे पर जबरन बंधक बनाकर कराया गया काम, भीम आर्मी लड़ रही...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मोरना /सरधना : आज़ाद भारत में ग़ुलामी की दास्तान का एक सनसनीखेज़ मामला सामने आया है. मसला मेरठ और मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर...

Jitan Ram Manjhi: Will he succeed in his gamble?

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Though the outgoing Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi earned political martyrdom, yet it is debatable who inflicted more wounds on him. True, the last bullet was fired by his mentor-turned-tormentor Nitish Kumar, the injuries caused to him by the BJP in the first seven months of his nine-month regime proved no less fatal.

‘दलितों व मुस्लिमों पर अत्याचार, दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोगों की एक सोची समझी चाल’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk सीतापुर : दलितों के बीच काम करने वाली ‘लक्ष्य’ नामक एक संस्था की सीतापुर टीम ने बहुजन जनजागरण अभियान के तहत एक...

Dalit scholar’s suicide an indictment of BJP’s Hindutva agenda, say Indian Americans

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By TCN News Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group aimed at safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, expressed shock...

Angry with ‘derogatory’ FB post on Ambedkar, Dalit activists stage violent protest in Thane

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Some localities of Thane came under tension on Saturday as dalits staged violent protests allegedly due to circulation...

Aaghaz’s Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship awarded to a Dalit student

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By TCN News, New Delhi:Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among minorities has announced the winner of ‘Rohith Vemula...

Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...

Public prosecutor in the Una Dalit atrocity case quits

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TCN News Citing reasons of security and remuneration, special public prosecutor Dipendra Yadav has written to the legal department to be relieved from the Dalit...

Family refuses to cremate murdered Punjab Dalit youth

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Chandigarh : The family of a 20-year-old Dalit youth, who was brutally murdered in Punjab's Mansa district, on Wednesday refused to cremate the body...

क़बूलिये इस्लाम …कि हो जाये सारे काम!

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By Bhanwar Meghwanshi आपका अगर कोई भी काम नही हो पा रहा हो… सरकार मुख्य सचिव नहीं बना रही हो... या प्रमोशन में देरी...

Kerala to provide aid, job to Dalit ragging victim

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Kozhikode : Kerala will provide financial and other help as well as a job to K.P. Aswathi, the Dalit girl who fell seriously ill...

We committed no crime, only followed Babasaheb; say youth as combing operations intensify in...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As combing operations intensifying throughout Maharashtra, Mumbai Police is not far behind. Already, hundreds of youngsters have been apprehended by police...

लेखकों ने साहित्य अकादमी अवार्ड वापिस लेने शुरू किए

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली: लंबा वक़्त नहीं बीता जब विचारकों और लेखकों ने एमएम कलबुर्गी, नरेन्द्र दाभोलकर और गोविन्द पान्सारे की हत्याओं और...

Ex-judge to probe deaths in Tamil Nadu police firing

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By IANS,

A Dalit Girl Dreamed of Belonging – Until She Saw What They Really Thought

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Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Feminism in India remains a tender and often misunderstood subject. Half the population is unfamiliar with its meaning, while the...

विडम्बना : शमशान में जलाने से रोक दिया दलित महिला का शव

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा से एक बेहद शर्मनाक घटना सामने आई है। यहां दलित समाज की एक नवविवाहिता का शव श्मशान...

On Rohith Vemula’s first anniversary, Jamia students pay respect, organise protests

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Commemorating the first anniversary of research scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday under...

UC Raman, the Dalit face of IUML, aims to strengthen Dalit-Muslim alliance in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Hardly a day after his candidature was announced, U C Raman made a beeline to Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab...

परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी

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TCN News जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...

Untouchability practised against CM Manjhi to be probed

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday ordered a high-level probe into the alleged "untouchability" practised by some "powerful people" against him...

Manjhi shares his bitter experience with JNU students

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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).

Activists express solidarity with HDRC for controversial advertisement on sanitation

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By TCN News, Several human and civil rights activists have come out in support of the content of an advertisement for sanitation worker by the...

Unmarriageability: the unspoken stigma behind dishonour killings

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By A.B.Karl Marx Siddharthar Unmarriageability noun 1. (in India in the present) the practice of not marrying outside one’s caste 2. refers to the caste-based endogamous practice 3. a form of discrimination...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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(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.) You...

Racial and caste oppression have many similarities

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By Rajesh Sampath, Comparisons can be risky, but not impossible. Consider for a moment India’s Dalits, or “untouchables,” and African Americans. Racial inequality in America has its...

Negligence in Chandrayangutta,Over flowing of sewarage water beside MLA Car

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Myth of meritocracy: Dalit rapper, anti-caste activist Sumeet Samos’s journey from a boarding school...

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Sumeet Samos is an anti-caste rapper and an activist from Odisha, India. His rap fiercely confronts the caste system with a searing critique of...

Jamia to deliberate on implications of 2014 elections on Dalit and Minorities

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. K.R. Narayan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize an International Conference on “Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India” on September 2 and 3, 2014.

Mayawati says Dalit’s daughter targeted, BJP hits back

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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,...

Dalit girl gangraped, four booked

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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.

‘We Don’t Employ Jai Bhim Walas’: Mumbai-based Event Management Firm Owner Tells Dalit Employee,...

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TCN News 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...

कलम की ताक़त को जिंदगी की धार बना रहे हैं दलित युवक

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ| नॉएडा/सहारनपुर/मुजफ्फरनगर -TwoCircles.net 9 मई 2017 को सहारनपुर में शब्बीरपुर हिंसा के विरोध में सड़क पर उतरी भीम आर्मी के उग्र प्रदर्शन के...

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

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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...

Indian Muslim Organizations memorandum on Gaza

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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.

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi gears up for Maharashtra Assembly polls with Bootcamp for campaign staff

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TCN News Maharashtra based party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), led by Mr. Prakash Ambedkar has signed up with OurDemocracy.in, a digital campaigns organization - to...

A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities

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The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...

No communal angle to church attacks: BJP Dalit leader

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By Sushil Kumar, New Delhi : Udit Raj, the Dalit face of the Bharatiya Janata Party, says the recent attacks on churches do not have...

Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...

Manjhi quits, claims threat to life

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Patna : Embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday dramatically resigned just ahead of a floor test, the move coming despite the BJP...

Ambedkar’s fight was for equality, dignity: PM

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Mhow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the constitution, fought against injustice in society and his...

OBC quota in panchayats, civic agencies valid: Apex court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the validity of the constitutional provision for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) reservation in panchayats and municipal agencies, including the post of a chairperson. The chairperson's post could not be equated with solitary posts in the context of public employment, the court said. However, the court said: "The upper ceiling of 50 percent vertical reservations in favour of Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBCs should not be breached in the context of local self-government."

Bitter harvest of a poisonous campaign

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Dr Mohd. Manzoor Alam, The last few weeks have witnessed a steady rise in different kinds of violence, rape and murder of women (Dalit, Muslim, OBC), attack on and murder of Muslim youth and others suspected to be Muslims, sundry violence in Bihar, UP and Maharashtra.

Abducted student found murdered in Guragaon

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Gurgaon : An 18-year-old student, who was abducted last weekend, was on Thursday found murdered, police said, adding she might have been sexually assaulted...

डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net 2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...

Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders

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Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...

SDPI appeals to Governor of Gujarat to compensate the family of youth killed by...

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By TCN News, Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Sunday submitted a memorandum with the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad addressed...

शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...

RSS, BJP hate the Constitution: Congress

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New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday asserted that the RSS and BJP hate the Constitution as it has kept their "idea of Hindu...

India’s IT capital caught in silly controversies

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(LETTER FROM BANGALORE) By V.S. Karnic, Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) A new visitor to India's IT capital would be bemused as well as flummoxed - is this the same city that has become an international metaphor for outsourcing of jobs, particularly in its booming software industry? The most talked about issues in the last two weeks have been the city civic authority's inability to find space for the hundreds of tonnes of garbage generated daily and whether women should be allowed to work in the night, particularly in its scores of call centres.

Probe launched into Dalit youth’s killing in Haryana

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Haryana Police are investigating the killing of a Dalit youth in a village of Bhiwani district, police officials said Thursday.

Pilfered CWG funds could have helped Delhi’s Dalits: Mayawati

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By IANS,

Banaras weavers to showcase their products at Dilli Haat

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...

Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’

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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...

Caste-based discrimination data sought from universities

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New Delhi (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked higher learning institutions to send data of complaints received against caste-based discrimination during the...

“His head was blooming like a lotus,” recalls mother of slain 9-year-old Dalit boy...

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By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: “His head was blooming just like a lotus”, recalls Mangesh Shivsharan’s mother, who collected parts of his nine-year-old son’s brain,...

CM meets Dalits; sporadic protests, partial shutdown in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister...

Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour

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By Aatika S | TwoCircles Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...

Custody death: Cops to face identification parade

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By IANS, Gurgaon : An identification parade would be held to narrow down on accused policemen in the alleged custody death of a 29-year-old Dalit cab driver here last week, police said Monday.

Manjhi’s self-interest, political hara-kiri, an alarm bell

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By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net, Bihar has witnessed a very chaotic crisis in the recent time, which in turn has directly or indirectly affected the common people of the state. With the resignation of Jitan Ram Manjhi, the self-proclaimed political superman of Bihar from the CM’s post all types of speculations came to an end.

How is Ghar Vapasi Different from Forcible Conversions?

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By Ram Puniyani, Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi areas in 1950s, then the Meenaxipuram conversions of Dalits into Islam, the and then the gruesome murder of Pastor Graham Stewart Stains on the charges that he was doing the conversion; are few amongst the big spectrum related to the phenomenon of conversions. As such the regular propaganda by communal forces that Muslim Kings converted people into Islam by sword has been made the part of ‘social common sense’ by now. On regular basis around Christmas time one saw the anti Christian violence in Adivasi areas a decade ago, and in that context rather than focusing on the violence against religious minorities, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee called for a National debate on Conversions.

Gandhi effect: Full on help for Haryana’s Dalit victims

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By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Hisar (Haryana) : Call it the effect of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit or a reported reprimand from party president Sonia Gandhi to the Haryana government, official help is suddenly pouring in for Dalit victims of violence in Mirchpur village. The Congress government in Haryana has come up with jobs, financial help running into lakhs of rupees, accommodation, renovation of houses and even a permanent police post for victims of last month's arson attack on Dalit families in Mirchpur, which falls in this district.

Death of a Delta: Part 2

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, TwoCircles.net visited Nokha to investigate the story of Delta Meghwal. Within a couple of hours we...

Bihar election will decide India’s future: Tejaswi Yadav

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Patna: The Bihar assembly election will determine the future of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says the cricketer-turned-politician son of Rashtriya Janata Dal...

Varanasi: UP minister hints at ending coalition with BJP; reiterates demand for Purvanchal state

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Omprakash Rajbhar, a cabinet minister in the Yogi-Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, hinted towards ending the coalition with BJP...

Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...

डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...

Brandeis becomes first US University to prohibit caste discrimination

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The President of Brandeis University, Ron Liebowitz, made an announcement today to all students, faculty, and staff that the university will...

आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग

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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...

‘Land most important for Kerala Dalits’ – Bluestone rising scholar awardee Maya Pramod

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Maya Pramod, a research scholar who received the prestigious Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize instituted by the Brandeis University, USA, believes ownership...

Dalit award winner of Dutch Human Rights award is refused passport

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By TCN News

Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...

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The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government has approved six new residential schools for tribals in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. According to officials from the tribal affairs ministry, the allocation for starting the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya schools has been increased to Rs.12 crore from Rs.2.5 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population in India. The population of Scheduled Tribes in the state is 154.03 lakh -- 23.27 percent of the state's total population of 661.81 lakh. The allocation per student has also been raised.

BSP in Maharashtra: Struggling to make a mark

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, After the polls closed in Nagpur, where competing factors include the Brahmin BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari and the incumbent Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar, around 30 male supporters of the Ambedkarite pro-Dalit Bahujan Samaj Party scattered around in groups at the BSP’s Nagpur office discussing the elections.

Shah woos Dalit voters in Delhi

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New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Friday wooed thousands of Dalit voters and appealed to them to vote for his...

Modi shedding crocodile tears over Vermula’s death: Congress

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New Delhi: Condemning the BJP's "insensitivity" over the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

While SP fights, BJP prepares extensive roadmap for upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The Samajwadi Party may be busy with its infighting, but it is clear that the BJP is doing all it...

A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket

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By Priyanka, New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...

Why Dalits in Phillaur, Jalandhar have been protesting for the past three weeks

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net As the Dalit struggle in village Jalloor continues in Sangrur district over land dispute, another such case of a...

Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves

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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...

Dalit-speak of PM Modi, BJP a sham, says Mayawati

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Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his words and the acts...

Life term for student leader’s killer who shot witness’ father

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By IANS, New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday sentenced a man, already convicted for gunning down a students union leader of a Delhi University college in 1999, to rigorous imprisonment for life for also killing the father of a witness who had informed the police. Jitender alias Kalla was served with a second punishment days after he was awarded life sentence by the court for murdering Anil Bhadana, the then Satyawati College Students Union president.

राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...

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राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है। हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...

Bihar assembly adjourned over attack on Dalits

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Patna : Amid uproarious scenes, the Bihar assembly was on Thursday adjourned when the opposition sought a debate on the police lathicharge on Dalit...

दलितों की दर्दनाक व्यथा कथा है गुना और दरभंगा की घटना

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मध्यप्रदेश के गुना, बिहार के दरभंगा और उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ में यूं तो हजार मील का राऊंड बनता है। मगर दलितों की दशा...

Act against those who burnt Ambedkar’s posters: Dalits

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Ghaziabad : Members of the Dalit community here on Tuesday urged strict action against unidentified miscreants who burnt the posters of Bhimrao Ambedkar and...

Cabinet must extend SC status to Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims: Churches

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By TCN News,

Gujarat CID files chargesheet in Una Dalit flogging case

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Ahmedabad : In an important development, the Gujarat Police on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 34 persons in connection with the flogging of Dalits by...

दलित बहुल गांव के लोगों का झलका दर्द

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार के औरंगाबाद जिले में बसा नारायण खाप गाँव, जहां 4000 आबादी वाले गाँव में 1200 से भी अधिक दलित परिवार रह...

Christian Council welcomes St Stephens reservations for Dalit Christians

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ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL President: Dr. Joseph D'souza Secretary General: Dr. John Dayal PRESS STATEMENT NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE 2007 CHRISTIAN COUNCIL HAILS `HISTORIC' ST STEPHENS QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS; WELCOME NEW CATHOLIC EDUCATION POLICY FOR MARGINALISED All India Christian Council president Dr Joseph D'souza and Secretary General Dr John Dayal have welcomed as 'historic' the move by the St Stephen's College to give preferential admissions to brilliant students from the Dalit Christian community in the prestigious institution of higher learning.

Man weds widow in front of Gandhi statue

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Patna : Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, whom they termed a 'witness' like...

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

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में ‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाना वाले छात्र रामकरन, अमरेन्द्र और सुरेन्द्र को रिहाई...

“Lives of many Muslims ruined due to false terror charges”

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By TCN News, Gulbarga (Karnataka): The lives of many Indians have been ruined and their youth snatched away in the name of terrorism even as Muslims, Tribals and Dalits are mostly implicated in false cases due to prejudiced police, politics, media, prosecution and the society in general, Ajit Sahi, well known political analyst and a journalist, said.

Caste, Cash and Construction: The Struggle of a Dalit Student Aspiring an IIT Education...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Darbhanga (Bihar): Neha Kumari, a determined young woman from the Scheduled Caste (SC) Mehtar community, dreams of becoming an architect. Her ambition is...

Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’

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TCN News Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...

Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India

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Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...

बाबा साहेब जिन्हें रखना चाहते थे आगे, वो क्यों रह गईं पीछे?

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net बाबा साहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर ने एक पत्रकार के रूप में भी काम किया है, ये काफ़ी कम लोगों को ही पता है।...

Bush & Condoleezza should listen to Wendy

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

SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims

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Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Thousands of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims organized a protest rally and a dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 21st July, 2010 and demanded Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. Several representatives from Dalit groups and politicians including Sam Paul, National Secretary Public Affair of All India Christian Council, Ali Anwar, an MP and president of All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz and Hafiz Ahmad Hawari, president All India Jamiatul Hawwarin, among others addressed the peaceful rally.

“Nodeep is in jail because she stood with protesting farmers,” says family, vows to...

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As per her family, Nodeep dismantled the government’s claim that people from the nearby areas are facing problems due to the farmer’s protest by...