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Transwomen turn teachers for Dalit children in Bengal

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

Muslim women attacked by police in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad 5th March 2008: Muslim Women and Childeren were attacked by police at Saidabad police Station when they went to inquire the arrest of their son Mr.Mohtashim an Enginering Student.mr.Mohtashim was picked up by plainclothsmen in a tata sumo with plain Number plate. submitted by Amjed Ullah Khan

Tibetans not utilizing India

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Ref: - It is beyond Dalai Lama alone. Dear Sir On October 17, 2007 President Bush personally presented the Dalai Lama with the US Congressional Gold Medal and called on China's leaders to open talks with the Dalai Lama, which China resented, as it complained, "Dalai Lama is seeking independence for Tibet". But in his remarks at this award ceremony, the Dalai Lama reiterated his desire for the Tibetan people to have meaningful autonomy within China, which should have reasonably allayed the fears of China.

बहराइच : प्रधान की मौत के लिए अब तक परिजन मांग रहे इंसाफ,मायावती ने...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बहराइच में लगभग 2 महीने पहले हुए एक नवनिर्वाचित दलित प्रधान की हत्या का मामला अब तुल पकड़ता जा रहा है। मृत...

Temples Shine, Lives Shatter – How Modi’s ‘New Kashi’ Is Erasing Its People

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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...

Gujarat Dalits not to lift carcasses, want firearms

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Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands...

Marathi book on Tipu Sultan shines light on his contributions to India

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Solpaur (Maharashtra): In an attempt to bring out the role and contributions of the great Mysore king Tipu Sultan, Sarfaraz...

Dalit cattle skinners in UP desperate to resume work

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With cow vigilantism at its peak and a dearth of private skinning orders, Dalit cattle skinners of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have been left with...

“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.

BJP has done nothing for farmers: Kharge

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New Delhi : The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the central government of "not doing anything for farmers"...

BJP desires ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Modi has failed, says Mayawati

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Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" and said Prime Minister Narendra...

Ambedkar statue vandalized in UP

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Lucknow, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar was vandalized in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in...

Ambedkar Foundation appoints AMU prof. to manage Urdu translation of Ambedkar writings

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Professor Mohammad Asim Siddiqui from the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been appointed as the managing editor...

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Bharatiya Dalit Church (BDC), committed to preach good news to the socially outcaste and economically poor dalits, will be inaugurated tomorrow here.

If you believe in Babasaheb, you will understand the importance of December 6 and...

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net For the past eight years, November 26 has become synonymous with the terror attacks in Mumbai, but while no one...

Bhimayana: Where Gond Art Breathes and Ambedkar Speaks – A Visual Rebellion Against Caste...

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“Democracy has not eradicated caste. It has entrenched and modified it. That is why it is time to read Ambedkar.” – Arundhati Roy, The Doctor...

Assam youth killed for ‘practising witchcraft’

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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...

Backward classes panel for quota in private sector

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New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...

Despite improvements, Dalits continue to lag behind: Kumari Selja

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By TCN News

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर जेल में हमला

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों की महिलाओं पर बेहद आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करने वाली वीडियो के बाद अब भीम आर्मी के संयोजक चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’...

Dalit leader Udit Raj joins BJP

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi : Dalit leader Udit Raj Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here. Welcoming Udit Raj in the party, party...

Peeved Dalit leader quits Maharashtra opposition alliance

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By IANS,

Atrocities on Dalits following pattern during NDA rule: Congress

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New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday said atrocities against the Dalits across India during the National Democratic Alliance government's rule since May 2014...

Modi had better speak on Rohith’s suicide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith...

On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley

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By TCN News Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...

आज सहारनपुर में दलित महापंचायत, प्रशासन ने लगाया धारा —144

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : शुक्रवार को सहारनपुर के शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब दलितों ने अपने पंचायत का ऐलान...

Scrap Religious discrimination in Reservation: 36 communities from 19 states

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Demanding to scrap the religious discrimination in reservation for Scheduled Castes and include Muslims and Christian Dalits in SC list, All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz along with a number of Dalit groups (both Muslims and Christian) organized a mass rally at Jantar Mantar today. Implementation of Sachchar Committee and Mishra Commission’s were also demanded. Members of 36 backward communities from 19 states took part in the rally.

दम है मायावती बनने का!

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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...

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...

Worshipping Gods in the times of Elections

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By Ram Puniyani, Arun Shourie, who was part of NDA, a fellow traveler and an ideologue of BJP wrote several books, many of them against minorities and dalits in particular. One of these which was strongly protested against by large sections of people, dalits in particular, was his “Worshipping False Gods”. In this book he expressed the mind set of RSS-BJP politics towards Ambedkar. In this long bulky volume he was heavily critical of Ambedkar’s ideology, his agitations for democratic values and his struggles for social justice. Now a decade and half later on one side many a dalit leaders, Ramvilas Paswan, Udit Raj, Ramdas Athwaley are vying to sit in the lap of the politics of BJP for apparently their own personal gains on one side and on the other the BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi is going miles to woo the sections of dalits. It is another matter that while doing this in his usual trade mark style he has no qualms about misrepresenting the events, speaking lies and putting the blame of all that has not taken place to his political adversaries.

Database for hate violence launched in Delhi; to help encourage community reporting of such...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Documentation of the Oppressed (DOTO)- a national Database on hate violence-was launched today at the Constitution Club in Delhi. The database,...

Delhi Congress’ women’s wing protests

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New Delhi:Hundreds of female activists of the Delhi Mahila Congress protested at the BJP headquarters here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his recent...

Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India

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TCN News Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...

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.

Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre

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By IANS,

Advani clarified Ram controversy

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Ram of Dashrath, as a pious Hindu god, May be wandering in history's dark maze; But Ram of my make- as my party's icon, Is a fact,and born in full public gaze. I,with my estranged Uma,on Decem.6,1992, Gave him birth with thunderous bang; To display him, we razed the maternity home, All heard 'Ram Lala''Ram Lala'that we sang. To celebrate the event,we massacred Muslims, And nourished the newborn with their blood; We hoped him to defend us through the ages, And stand as a wall agaist opponents' flood. As an infant, my Ram was full of vigour,

मुजफ्फरनगर में इज्जत के लिए दलित युवक का क़त्ल

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर : शहर की बचन सिंह कॉलानी में 19 साल के एक दलित युवक को ऊंची जात की लड़की से मोहब्बत...

No bail for activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon arrests even after a year; campaign...

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TCN News Last year on 6th June, the Pune police had arrested 5 activists on false charges of inciting violence on Dalits that took place on...

Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.

Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical

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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...

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Dalits, Mayawati threatens to quit

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New Delhi, (IANS): Sparks flew as the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on the second day of the monsoon session on Tuesday as...

SC notice on reservation in legislatures

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...

Ensure the Dalit voice is not stifled: Amnesty tells Indian states

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New Delhi, (IANS): Day after a Dalit activist immolated himself in Gujarat, Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the state governments to ensure Dalit protestors...

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.

NHRC notice to UP over torture of Dalit

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New Delhi/Lucknow : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police in Jhansi over...

Will continue to speak my mind, says Manjhi

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Patna : Ignoring warnings and advice of his party JD-U over his controversial remarks in recent days, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday...

Justice subverted: Dalit girl thrown into fire by upper caste men

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By Madhu Chandra,

‘एआईएमआईएम’के साथ गठबंधन की बात में रत्ती भर भी सच नही : मायावती

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न्यूज डेस्क । Twocircles.net बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने यूपी चुनाव के लिए बसपा और एआईएमआईएम के गठबंधन की खबरों को खंडित किया हैं और...

First ever Dalit Film Festival to be held in New York in February

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By TCN News For the very first time, a Dalit Festival is going to be held in New York on February 23 and 24 organised by...

हाथरस : 9 महीने से जेल में बंद मसूद अहमद के बिखरते ख्वाब, परिवार...

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वसीम अकरम त्यागी Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में वाल्मिकी समाज की एक युवती के साथ हुई दरिंदगी के बाद पीड़िता के...

DMK allots Chidambaram constituency to VCK

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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...

Controversial cartoons: From arrests to murder attempts

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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.

Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse

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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...

“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...

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Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...

Modi must speak against growing intolerance: NCSC chief

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Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi must react over "growing intolerance" in India since after the NDA government came to power, National Commission for the...

Dalit agitation forces Gujarat to set up atrocity courts

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government on Thursday announced setting up of special courts in 16 districts of the state to handle cases related to...

‘मैं राम और कृष्ण को नही मानूंगा ‘ कहने का लगा था केजरीवाल के...

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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।...

Logic of women’s reservation

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi It is an unfortunate fact that in a democracy nothing is achievable without united agitations. This time again the Muslim social and political leadership in India is failing to unite strongly against a very genuine demand and clear hypocrisy against them in guise of women empowerment.

Dalits of West Medinipur district facing social boycott for past two years, state government...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, Twocircles.net The 2012 data released by National Crimes Record Bureau had one surprising, albeit slightly unbelievable number: West Bengal, with 2.14...

Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net New Year’s eve was a time of joy and happiness everywhere, and Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, was no different. But...

Recalling Rohith: Not backing down under state pressure, youth politics emerging strongly in Maharashtra

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Two years ago, on January 17, Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula was institutionally murdered by the casteist administrative forces of Hyderabad...

In Amul town, Dalits drink milk to protest

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Ahmedabad : The protests by Dalits over the July 11 flogging of Dalit boys in Una by self-styled cow protection vigilantes continued for the...

Tension in UP town over BJP, Congress protests

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Ghaziabad : Tension gripped the Kanth area of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district Saturday as the BJP refused to back out of its proposed protest...

Intra Kashmir women activists will achieve nothing by merely emulating their male counterparts

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Ref:- Human rights of women dependents of Kashmiri martyrs & massive participation in exports, hold the key.

Dear Sir

This refers to three day Intra Kashmir women's conference 'Connecting women across the LoC' organised by Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation New Delhi & Women's Studies Centres of J&K Universities, which concluded on November 18, at Srinagar.

Casteism among Hindus and Sikhs in the UK as Rampant as In India

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By TCN News London: Casteism exists and flourishes not only in India but even in the Diaspora based in UK, where discrimination among Hindus and...

मुसलमानों को पिछड़ेपन से उबारने की अदुभुत कोशिश थी फ़ातिमा शेख़ की मुहिम

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net देश की पहली महिला शिक्षक फातिमा शेख की 191वीं जयंती देशभर में मनाईं गई। कोविड के चलते फातिमा शेख़ की जयंती पर कार्यक्रम...

Jignesh Mevani’s Dalit Muslim Ekta Manch begins outreach programme

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): A confederation of various organizations from the Scheduled Caste, Muslim and other underprivileged sections, formed under the leadership of Dalit activist turned legislator...

The untold story behind the Sabarmati riverfront

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.

‘Kolkata police too is biased towards Muslims and Dalits’

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Collapsing credibility Of Western media: An opportunity for India

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By Saeed Naqvi, Even the skeptics now agree that India shall be a power in the Asian century. To insure this rise to the top, India must maximize all its assets. One asset for which it has a reputation is a lively media, a function of a relatively stable democratic order since independence.

RTI yet to reach Orissa’s tribals, Dalits

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By IANS,

Incriminating documents in Volcker report against Sonia allegedly with USA.

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Ref: - Why Sonia not prosecuting Swamy for charges of USA (through her) blackmailing India in Indo-US nuclear deal? Dear Sir

Rahul blames Haryana government for Dalit killings

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

Labour rights activist Shiv Kumar released from jail after 48 days, taken to hospital...

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Labour rights activist and President of Mazdoor Adhikar Manch (MAS) was released on March 4 after being incarcerated for 48 days in a case...

Remembering Guru Ravidassji: One of the greatest thinker and social reformer of India

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By Jaspal Singh Today is the 642nd anniversary of the birth of Guru Ravidass also known as Raidas. He is one of the greatest thinkers...

स्त्री – शिक्षा के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने वाली सावित्रीबाई फुले

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हमारे जानी दुश्मन का नाम है अज्ञान उसे धर दबोचो मजबूत पकड़ कर पीटो और उसे जीवन से भगा दो! तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net उपर लिखे हुए एक-एक शब्द भारत की...

From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi

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62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the...

‘गुजरात में अल्पसंख्यकों, दलितों को लेकर क्राईम ब्रांच का रवैया भेदभावपूर्ण’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk अहमदाबाद : पिछले दिनों विधायक जिग्नेश मेवाणी की क्राईम ब्रांच द्वारा अचानक गिरफ़्तारी को लेकर अल्पसंख्यकों और दलितों के अंदर गुस्सा पनपता...

Hour of reckoning for constitutionally secular Hindu majority India.

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Ref: - Was India dishonest when gave assurance to Muslims after 1947 partition? Dear Sir This refers to Thursday 'Tehelka' exposure on Indian T.V. channels which was also reproduced next day in prominent print media, exposing State sponsored gory massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat 2002 pogrom.

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...

Karnataka banks on education to end bizarre ritual

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By IANS,

Ramdev booked in Rajasthan, faces court case in Bihar

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Jaipur/Patna : Troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga guru...

Vijaykant seals poll deal with Vaiko, Left, Dalit party

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Chennai : Actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant on Wednesday announced that his DMDK will contest the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with Vaiko's MDMK,...

Seven held guilty for lynching five Dalits in Haryana

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By IANS, Jhajjar (Haryana): A district court here Saturday held seven people guilty and acquitted 19 others in a case relating to the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district. The punishment for the convicts will be announced Monday. All the seven people held guilty were sent to judicial custody by Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain Saturday.

‘हमारे 3 विधायक 240 पर भारी पड़ेंगे’

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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...

Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits. As a newcomer in politics and that too from a depressed community, she has had to build her career from scratch, as it were, without the help of an established party or an influential social network. Hence her unconventional ways.

Chennai Mayor poll: SDPI candidate endorsed by Dalits, Christians

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...

Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions

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Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees. After...

Almost 60 years later, Deekshabhoomi continues to draw Ambedkarites

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By Nivedita Khandekar Nagpur (Maharashtra): Hemlata Sontakke, 60, was too young to remember the epoch making event she had attended with...

Two men arrested for attacking Dalits in Karnataka village

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Raichur (Karnakata) : The Karnataka police have arrested two men so far for barging into the Dalit colony and attacking...

Rajya Sabha disrupted over Selja’s claim of caste bias

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New Delhi : The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari...

Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests

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By Quaid Najmi, Solapur (Maharashtra) : Here's another traditional male bastion set to crumble. With a Supreme Court prod, the renowned 900-year old Vitthoba Temple...

Maoists to release abducted collector Thursday

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By IANS,

Gorakhpur infant tragedy: After months in jail, Dalit doctor Satish Kumar gets bail

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Dr Satish Kumar, one of accused in the tragedy at Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur in August 2017, was granted...

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...

America deserves Trump!

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

BJP’s Dalit outreach in UP a pretence: Congress

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New Delhi (IANS): As Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana courted controversy by ordering food from a restaurant instead of eating at a Dalit's house,...

The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (I)

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By Atul Anand https://youtu.be/V8tz5fbDIYM On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to the Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue....

जेएनयू विवाद: भूख हड़ताल से आगे का रास्ता

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जवाहरलाल नेहरू में चल रहा विवाद अब पूरे नए फलक पर आ चुका है. राष्ट्रद्रोह और देशविरोधी कार्यक्रमों के मामले में...

Retired Generals failed to analyze current disenchantment of Indian youth with armed forces

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Ref: Irrelevancy of martial element the main problem and the only solution is, to make human rights the martial jurisdiction. Dear Sir The...

सवर्णों को आरक्षण से नाराज है दलित

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net केंद्र सरकार द्वारा गरीब सवर्ण जातियों को 10 फीसद आरक्षण दिए जाने के बिल को मंजूरी मिलने के बाद सवर्ण जातियों में तो...

Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years

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Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.

TISS students’ strike enters Day 4, support pours from Universities across India; demands yet...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The strike in Tata Institute Of Social Sciences called by the students of all the four campuses has entered day 4...

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...

A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report

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New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...

Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula

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New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...

For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles

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In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...

Jitan Ram Manjhi: A soft-spoken Mahadalit who was a shepherd (Profile)

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Patna : Jitan Ram Manjhi, the 70-year-old Mahadalit leader who quit as Bihar chief minister Friday nine months after assuming office in May 2014,...

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...

Call to mark June 26th’ as resistance to the “silent emergency”

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By TCN News

Family of killed Dalit youths in Gujarat demand CBI probe

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Ahmedabad : Family members of three Dalit boys who died in a controversial police firing in 2012, have demanded that the case be...

The BJP Parivar created the Gau Raksha Dals; now it must face the heat...

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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...

एक साल बाद आज भी सहमा है शब्बीरपुर ,बदल गई है दलितो की जिंदगी

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : "पिछले साल 5 मई, हम सब लोग अपने खेतों में काम कर रहे थे औरत मर्द सब...इतनी भीड़ इस...

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : सीवर सफाईकर्मी और पत्रकार दलबीर वाल्मीकि का मारा जाना खड़े करता...

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net राजधानी दिल्ली के द्वारका में एक पत्रकार की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई. पत्रकार , दलबीर वाल्मीकि एक लोकल न्यूज़ के लिए काम करते थे. इसके साथ ही वे सीवर और नाले साफ करने का काम भी करते थे. ये घटना 17 फरवरी की है, जब देर रात को अचानक दलबीर को एक कॉल आता है. रात लगभग 12 बजे दलबीर को पास के मेट्रो स्टेशन बुलाया जाता है. लेकिन वहां से वापस घर कभी नहीं आ पाए क्योंकि वहीं उनकी गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी जाती है. दलबीर के भाई रिंकू हरिद्वार दलबीर की अस्थि विसर्जन प्रथा के लिए गए हुए हैं. उनसे फोन पर ही बात होती है, जो बताते हैं कि मेरा भाई बहुत सीधा था और बहुत मेहनती भी. उसकी किसी से कोई दुश्मनी नहीं थी. उसके साथ ऐसा कौन कर सकता है हम नहीं जानते. दलबीर दिल्ली के द्वारका के झुग्गी- झोपड़ी कॉलोनी में अपनी पत्नी और तीन बच्चों के साथ किराए के एक मकान में रहते थे....

Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Ram Vilas Paswan

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : There is a "sea change" in the perception by Dalits, backward class and scheduled tribes in the last two...

Journalist says threatened by Sanatan Sanstha, refuses police cover

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Mumbai: Journalist Nikhil Wagle, known for his aggressive stance on various public issues, says he has received threats from Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha. Maharashtra...

#BreakingCaste: Sujatha Gidla shines reading from Ants Among Elephants

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By Valli Karunakaran, TwoCircles.net New York City, March 10, 2018 — Sujatha Gidla was among the authors invited to speak at #Breaking Caste, a literary...

Caste System needs to be revised not the system of reservation

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By Manoj Kumar Paras India is the country of unity in diversity. Close look of Indian society give you more insight on diversity than unity....

An open letter to the PM: a Muslim prayer cap would have been more...

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By John Dayal,, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, does not take kindly to advice, especially of the unsolicited variety. But let me risk it! Mr. Prime Minister, you would have done better, achieved a thousand times more; and helped India’s cultural integrity, unity and amity – and therefore its prosperity – by the simple visual action of putting on a Muslim Prayer cap, delicately crocheted in white cotton thread, in front of the global TV news cameras. You need not have gone to a Jama Masjid, or even to a meeting of your favourite Muslim leaders in Gujarat, or a private function at the homes of the three Muslim ministers in the Union government and the Bharatiya Janata party top leadership.

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Reservations for Minorities and all Dalits

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Misra Commissionâ€™s Recommendations Welcomed By Iqbal A. Ansari, Retired Professor of AMU, Aligarh 1. We welcome the recommendations of the National Commission For Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by Justice Ranganath Misra for reservation of ten per cent public services for Muslims and five per cent for other religious minorities under Article 16(4) of the Constitution, and for extending the benefits of reservation to all persons of Dalit social origin irrespective of faith.

Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce

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Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community. Riya Talitha...

Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India

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Title: Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India Author: Prof. Suryakant Waghmore Publisher: Sage India Year: January, 2014 Review by: Yogesh Maitreya for TwoCircles.net, Civility is the least discussed discourse in India. In post-constitutional Indian society, the idea of civility has formed a binary: on one hand, ‘civil society’ that has been propagated by media and resources which are dominated and owned by Brahmin-Bania associations and on the other hand, the civility which has been practice by NGOs and political organisations led by Dalits. The latter had started with the core motive of annihilation of caste and, found its genesis in the struggles of Mahatma Fule and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar in Maharashtra. The idea of civility, practiced by Dalit NGOs and political groups, is contrary to the idea of civility which Brahmin-Bania possess and propagate in India, simply because idea of civility practiced by Dalits aims at annihilation of caste; precisely, Dalit civility is the ‘Civility against Caste’.

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

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

Congress attacks Modi government

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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".

Jamia, DU teachers rally behind Ashis Nandy

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By IANS,

Activists protest deaths at home for mentally

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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.

Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...

खेत से मूली उखाड़ने पर दलित की छाती में दाग दी गोली

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net शामली: जनपद के कांधला थानाक्षेत्र का एक गांव हुरमंजपुर दबंगों की गरीबों पर ज़ुल्म की दास्तान कह रहा है. यहां खेत...

Rajya Sabha disrupted repeatedly over Dalit atrocities

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New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was disrupted repeatedly on Monday over atrocities against Dalits in Punjab, as Congress leaders protested the gruesome chopping...

Give special rights to Dalits in crimes against women bill: CPI-M

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By IANS,

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.

Dalits, Muslims share food in JUH event in Lucknow

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By TCN News In an effort towards strengthening Dalit-Muslim unity, the Jamiat Ulama - i - Hind (JUH) organised a feast for the two communities...

JD-U may oust Manjhi as Bihar chief minister

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Patna : Speculation is rife in Bihar's political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said...

Bihar chief minister to learn Urdu

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will soon take lessons in Urdu and may hire a teacher for the purpose. "I will try...

यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...

BSP has cheated Dalits: BJP

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By IANS,

Dying of hunger in an age of food apps

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net For most of us especially those living in urban spaces, food items are now available at the mere touch of a...

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

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By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

मुश्किल होती डेल्टा मेघवाल के इंसाफ़ की राह, कल होगा प्रदर्शन

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिल सकने वाले इंसाफ़ की उम्मीदों पर अभी से ही ग्रहण लगना शुरू हो गया है. सरकारों...

पुलिस ने रखा भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ पर 12 हज़ार का ईनाम

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने भीम आर्मी के नेता चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद उर्फ़ रावण की गिरफ़्तारी पर इनाम को घोषणा कर...

संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा,परिजनों को पुलिस की कहानी पर नही हो रहा यक़ीन,भीम आर्मी...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net आगरा पुलिस ने दिल दहला देने वाले संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा कर दिया है। 25 दिसंबर को जब देश भर दलितों...

Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives

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Sumeet Samos, TwoCircles.Net Mar 12. 2020. Every year around the time of Holi and Durga Puja we encounter a discontent emanating from a Bahujan activists...

Why is conversion to Buddhism so controversial?

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In India, the right to profess, practice and propagate one’s own religion remains marred by socio-political lacunas as well as judicial travesty. Aatika S...

Dalit intellectuals’ voices should be heard on Arundhati Roy’s Ambedkar introduction

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, Since the publication of Arundhati Roy’s introduction to The Annihilation of Caste, called “The Doctor and the Saint,” intellectuals and Dalit activists have spoken out against her as a choice for the introduction as well as her over-emphasis on Mahatma Gandhi’s story over Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s story.

The new Pathans

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Folklore in northern India goes something like this. A Brahmin, with his sacred threat ceremoniously held over his ear, was standing on the side of the road and answering the call of nature. He got a big thump on his back. Flabbergasted, on turning to see what had hit him, he found a Pathan with all his colorful native plume decorating his head as his regalia, was fuming over his act of sacrilege. The Pathan said: Pandit, how dare you pee while facing the west, where is our Ka'aba. Don't you know we pray our Namaz facing west towards our Holy Ka'aba? You are insulting our Holy Masjid.