Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...
दंगाइयों को समझा रहे पूर्व बसपा विधायक को पुलिस ने भेज दिया जेल, वीडियो...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : दलितों के 2 अप्रैल को किए गए भारत बंद के दौरान हुई हिंसा के बाद अब राजनीति गहरा...
भारत बंद बवाल के बाद एक्शन में प्रशासन, अब दलितों को कुचलने की तैयारी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : एससी/एसटी एक्ट में संशोधन के विरोध में हुए भारत बंद के दौरान पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सर्वाधिक बवाल...
भारी हंगामे के बीच दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार, आरएसएस पर दंगा भड़काने का...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मोरना : सोमवार को मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में हुए उपद्रव के दौरान मारे गए दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार आज भारी हंगामे...
CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...
In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...
Two killed as violence grips India amid Dalit protests
New Delhi, (IANS): Two persons were killed and many injured as violence gripped parts of India on Monday as Dalit groups enforced a day-long country-wide...
Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act
*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across
Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act, disrupting rail...
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: UP Government appropriates Ambedkar’s name for ‘unknown’ reasons
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday night, passed an order to all government bodies of the state...
डेल्टा हत्याकांड के दो साल : ‘देश में ऐसा सिस्टम है तो फिर हम...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : ‘तन और मन से तो पहले ही टूट चुके थे, अब धन से भी टूट चुके हैं. इंसाफ़...
Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...
“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...
मनीषा मशाल
भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...
No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC
New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...
UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...
Students allege discrimination against Dalits, Tribals and Muslims after being denied entry into EFLU...
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad has come under attack from students for allegedly discriminating against Dalit-Muslim students of the campus,...
Jignesh Mevani’s Dalit Muslim Ekta Manch begins outreach programme
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...
“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Prime accused Hindutva leader sent to police custody
Pune (IANS): A Pune court on Thursday sent to police custody till March 19 Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote who has been accused of provoking...
Lalu Prasad demands Bharat Ratna for Dalit leader Kanshi Ram
Patna (IANS): Describing Dalit leader Kanshi Ram as a great revolutionary on his birth anniversary, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded the Bharat...
चन्द्रशेखर की रिहाई को लेकर हिमांशु कुमार की पदयात्रा आज सहारनपुर पहुंचेगी
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...
‘दलित महिलाओं के ज़िन्दा जलाने पर नेताओं की चुप्पी दुखद’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
हरदोई : ‘इलाहाबाद में क़ानून की पढ़ाई कर रहे दलित समाज के दिलीप सरोज की निर्मम हत्या को हम भूले भी नहीं...
‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands
Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...
‘गाय को मां बताने वालों के लिए दलित मां की क्या इज़्ज़त है, बलिया...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : बलिया में सूदखोरों द्वारा ज़िन्दा जलाई गई दलित महिला रेशमी की मृत्य के बाद गांव में संघर्ष जारी है....
#BreakingCaste: Sujatha Gidla shines reading from Ants Among Elephants
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...
Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...
As a Savarna, I am ashamed but not surprised by our silence over vandalism...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Growing up in Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand meant a lot of things, but one thing that never escaped us (or...
भीम आर्मी की चेतावनी —‘सरकार बदलने में वक़्त नहीं लगेगा’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
पिछले साल 9 मई को गांधी पार्क में जब भीम आर्मी शब्बीरपुर में दलितों पर हुए हमले के आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी...
Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand
Haridwar, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking...
Gorakhpur: SP alliance to pose a tough challenge to BJP thanks to NISHAD party’s...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A few kilometres east of Gorakhpur railway station, there is a lake named Ramgarh Tal. Walking along the banks of the...
Database for hate violence launched in Delhi; to help encourage community reporting of such...
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,...
Ambedkar statue vandalized in UP
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...
Mayawati names old party loyalist Bhimrao Ambedkar as RS candidate
Lucknow, (IANS): Laying to rest speculation over naming her brother Anand as the party's Rajya Sabha candidate, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on...
8 मार्च को देश भर में गिरफ़्तारी देगी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर ने जेल से...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी ने अपने सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई को लेकर अब सख़्त फैसले लेने शुरू कर दिए...
‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...
भीम आर्मी के आह्वान पर सहारनपुर के दलितों ने नहीं मनाया होली का त्योहार
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर में इस बार दलितों ने होली नहीं मनाई. इसके लिए भीम आर्मी ने मुहिम चलाया था. इस...
TISS students’ strike enters Day 4, support pours from Universities across India; demands yet...
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...
मेरठ में आरएसएस समागम को लेकर फिर विवाद, तिरंगे को लेकर उठा सवाल
Aas Muhammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Meerut: A controversy over the insult of Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas in the hoarding of RSS in Meerut was not...
Dalit girl burnt alive in UP village
Lucknow, (IANS): A young Dalit girl was burnt alive in an Uttar Pradesh village in Unnao district late last night, police said.
Eighteen-year-old Moni was...
NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls
Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here.
The "People's...
‘गुजरात में अल्पसंख्यकों, दलितों को लेकर क्राईम ब्रांच का रवैया भेदभावपूर्ण’
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...
‘बहुजन समाज बच्चों के हाथ में झाड़ू नहीं, क़लम थमायें’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
वाराणसी : देश भर में दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली लक्ष्य संस्था द्वारा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में लक्ष्य की वाराणसी टीम...
Gangrapes, murders and broken busts of Babasaheb: How Jind in Haryana has become a...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Several stories are coming out Jind related to how the state has been failing Dalits in the region. On Jan 18,...
Ensure the Dalit voice is not stifled: Amnesty tells Indian states
New Delhi, (IANS): Day after a Dalit activist immolated himself in Gujarat, Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the state governments to ensure Dalit protestors...
Varanasi: Dalit-Muslim unity meet held to counter hate crimes in Uttar Pradesh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
More than a dozen socio-political groups gathered in Varanasi’s Shastri Ghat on Sunday, February 18 to develop a consensus against the...
Defeating BJP in 2019 is the key to save constitution, says resolution drafted by...
TCN News
New Delhi: Jolted with the recent violence, suppression of Muslims and Dalits in the country and to chalk out a solution senior Dalit...
आरएसएस समागम के होर्डिंग को लेकर विवाद, वाल्मीकि समाज ने किया आंदोलन का ऐलान
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : मेरठ में 25 फ़रवरी को होने वाला आरएसएस का ‘राष्ट्रोदय स्वयंसेवक समागम’ के लिए लगे होर्डिंग्स को लेकर...
Gorakhpur: Like 2014, by-elections will be a fight between Brahmin and OBC candidates
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Akhilesh Yadav, national president of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has decided to field Praveen Kumar Nishad,...
सहारनपुर में फिर गरजी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर के लिए चलाएगी जेल भरो आंदोलन
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : ‘सरकार के बढ़ते अत्याचार से दलित और अधिक मज़बूत हो रहा है. चन्द्रशेखर भाई दलितों की आवाज़ हैं....
Bhanubhai Vankar’s death: BJP leaders face heat in several parts of Gujarat
Ahmedabad, (IANS): The political trinity of Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor on Saturday upped the ante against Gujarat government following the death of...
Dalit activist passed away after torching himself, accused government of neglecting land allotment to...
Ahmedabad, (IANS): A 60-year-old Dalit activist, who set himself on fire in Gujarat over government's alleged failure to regularize land tilled by a landless...
Dalit lorry driver killed by Tamil Nadu Special Forces in custody, alleges family
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): On the evening of February 12, Suresh, 33, from Gandhi Nagar, Orikkai, in Kancheepuram district of Tamil...
‘जब तक दिलीप सरोज के परिवार को न्याय नहीं मिल जाता, तब तक आंदोलन...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : दलितों के बीच काम करने वाली ‘लक्ष्य’ नामक एक संस्था की लखनऊ टीम ने दलित छात्र दिलीप सरोज की इलाहबाद...
दलितों को भट्टे पर जबरन बंधक बनाकर कराया गया काम, भीम आर्मी लड़ रही...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मोरना /सरधना : आज़ाद भारत में ग़ुलामी की दास्तान का एक सनसनीखेज़ मामला सामने आया है. मसला मेरठ और मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर...
जिग्नेश की पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रियता से बसपा में हलचल, आज मेरठ में गरजे,...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : दलितों के उभरते हुए नेता जिग्नेश मेवानी लगातार पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रिय हैं. आज मेरठ में जिग्नेश मेवाणी...
भीम आर्मी का नया रंग : शादी के कार्ड पर चंद्रशेखर की तस्वीर और...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : गुलशन की शादी हो रही है. 17 फ़रवरी को अनीता उनकी जीवनसंगिनी बन जाएंगी.
26 साल के गुलशन घड़कौली...
यूपी की एक दलित महिला की विडंबना गाथा…
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बघरा (मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर) : दो साल पहले एक दलित की कैंसर से मौत हो गई. श्रम विभाग ने उनकी पत्नी को...
आम बजट : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से दुश्मनी साफ़ नज़र आ रही है
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से मोदी सरकार को कितनी समस्या है, ये बात ताज़ा बजट में खुलकर सामने...
Reduction in scholarship allocation for Dalit students a major concern, shows that Dalits, Adivasis...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Union Budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley received sharp criticism from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights...
Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget
New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...
A week after reinstating Ravidas Jayanti as school holiday, UP government cancels it
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The UP government has once again cancelled the state holiday on Ravidas Jayanti from its list of holidays of state-run schools...
‘संविधान का अपमान ही देश का अपमान है’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
सीतापुर : ‘संविधान का आदर ही देश का आदर है. लेकिन कुछ दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोग अपने स्वार्थ के चलते क़ानून को...
Varanasi: UP minister hints at ending coalition with BJP; reiterates demand for Purvanchal state
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...
Indian diaspora in London mark Republic Day with protests against Hindutva, attacks on Dalits...
By M Ghazali Khan for TwoCircles.net
Instead of hosting and participating in festivities, the UK-based Indian Diaspora marked the Republic Day by organising a protest...
Why the Left parties are unlikely to achieve much without support from Ambedkarites
By Badre Alam Khan and Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net
The current debate within the CPI (M) has generated intensive discourse on the dilemmas to formulate...
UP: Dalit farmer dies after loan agents throw him down from tractor
Lucknow (IANS): At a time when the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is vouching for its work in easing farmer loans, in a...
PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar
New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked...
Mevani backs Dalits’ fast unto death in Gujarat
Gandhinagar (IANS): Around 40 people from a Gujarat village, including women and children, have started a fast unto death in Detroj of Ahmedabad district...
Teachers want Ambedkar on currency notes
New Delhi (IANS): Around 50 teachers from Dalit and other marginalised sections took out a march towards the President House on Friday to demand...
Recalling Rohith: Not backing down under state pressure, youth politics emerging strongly in Maharashtra
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...
Does the BJP intend to change the Indian Constitution?
By Ram Puniyani
BJP, which believes in Hindu nationalism, faces a dilemma about Indian Constitution. The party, at least on the surface, has to pay...
‘हमारे ख़िलाफ़ हो रहे अत्याचार पर ये देवी-देवता चुप हैं, तो फिर हम इन्हें...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : 68 साल के बीड़ी जयंत मीरापुर में दलितों के सबसे बड़े मोहल्ले पछाला में रहते हैं. मोहल्ले के...
Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale
Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them.
"You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...
Maharashtra CM faces serious threats to life: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis faces serious threats to his life from certain pro-Hindutva elements, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh President Prakash...
We committed no crime, only followed Babasaheb; say youth as combing operations intensify in...
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...
Why I participated in the Yuva Hunkar rally
Text and photos by Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The Yuva Hunkar rally, which took place in Delhi today, saw a sizeable participation from people from all...
Why atrocities on Dalits, minorities, farmers: Mevani asks Modi
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why atrocities were being committed against...
Bhima Koregaon: Dalits in search of icons from history
By Ram Puniyani for TwoCircles.net
Maharashtra witnessed unprecedented violence against the Dalits who had congregated to pay tributes to the Dalits soldiers (1st January 2018),...
Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities
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...
भीमा कोरेगांव में क्या हुआ और क्यों हुआ?
कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए
क्या है भीमा कोरेगांव का इतिहास और 200 साल बाद की सियासत?
अब पढ़िए आगे…
जब लाखों लोग जब भीमा नदी...
On Bhima Koregaon, your Janaeu was shining brightly on Republic TV: An open letter...
By Disha KR for TwoCircles.net
Dear Mr Arnab Goswami,
Your debate #Endcastepolitics on both 2nd and 3rd of January is a perfect example of a casteist...
क्या है भीमा कोरेगांव का इतिहास और 200 साल बाद की सियासत?
कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए
1 जनवरी 1818 को ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी और पेशवा के बीच पुणे ज़िले के ‘भीमा कोरेगांव’ में लड़ाई हुई थी....
Ambedkarite youths ensure peaceful protests in Mumbai, offer legal help to those arrested
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai, which has been the epicentre of the Ambedkarite Movement in Maharashtra, saw a huge participation by students in the protests...
मीडिया और हिंदुत्व की नई प्रयोगशाला ‘भीमा कोरेगांव’
कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए
भीमा-कोरेगांव में हुई हिंसा का मामला थमता नज़र नहीं आ रहा है. प्रमुख आरोपियों को गिरफ़्तार करने की मांग करते...
BJP anti-Dalit, behind Koregaon riots: Delhi Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday said the BJP and its leaders were behind the riots...
दलित युवा फाड़ रहे हैं अपने घरों में लगे धार्मिक पोस्टर, 3 गिरफ़्तार
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मंसूरपुर : दलितों मे असंतोष लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है. भीम आर्मी के प्रभुत्व वाले क्षेत्र में एक अन्य संगठन...
दलित समाज के ढोंगी नेता दलित अत्याचारों पर खामोश क्यों? —लक्ष्य
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : महाराष्ट्र के भीमा कोरेगांव की घटना को लेकर देश भर के दलितों में गुस्सा बढ़ने लगा है.
दलितों के...
Mayawati blames BJP, RSS for Maharashtra violence
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of engineering the caste violence in...
Courts in 20 UP districts hit by Ambedkar statue row
Ghaziabad, (IANS): Work in courts in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh remained suspended on Wednesday after the state bar association declared a strike over the...
Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some...
भीम आर्मी प्रमुख चन्द्रशेखर को तत्काल रिहा किए जाने को लेकर दिल्ली में विरोध-प्रर्दशन
TwoCircles.net News Desk
नई दिल्ली : भीम आर्मी प्रमुख चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर लगे राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा अधिनियम (एनएसए) को निरस्त करने एवं उनको तत्काल रिहा...
Court sentences death to Ameerul Islam for rape and murder of Kerala law student
Kochi (Kerala), (IANS): A sessions court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced to death Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, who on Tuesday was...
Five-year-old Dalit girl raped, murdered in Haryana; community rises in protests
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
On the night of December 8, 2017, a 5-year-old Dalit girl was abducted from her home, raped, murdered and her body...
निकाय चुनाव : बसपा की वापसी में ‘आवाज़’ है…
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर/मेरठ/अलीगढ़ : पहली बार मेयर चुनाव से रूबरू हो रहे सहरानपुर में बसपा प्रत्याशी हाजी फ़ज़लूर रहमान बेहद नज़दीकी मुक़ाबले में...
Rise in crimes and atrocities against SCs and STs in 2016; UP sees most...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that there had been an increase of 5.5% and 4.6%...
AMU Alumni Forum – UAE dedicates empowerment conference to UAE National Day
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...
Transwomen turn teachers for Dalit children in Bengal
By Sahana Ghosh
Malda/Kolkata, (IANS): Motherhood transcends gender. Unconditional love knows no caste barriers.
Defying norms, in a rundown neighbourhood in Malda in West Bengal, transwoman Arindam...
With Chandrashekhar in jail, Dalits of Saharanpur seek to rekindle struggle
By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Bhim Army is trying to ensure that the fight for justice and equality continues even as its...
भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में अब गांव-गांव लगने लगे हैं ‘द ग्रेट चमार बोर्ड’
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...
चन्द्रशेखर पर रासुका के बाद ‘रिफार्म’ हुई भीम आर्मी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : रासुका की कार्रवाई से सरकार के रुख को देखते हुए दलितों में भीम आर्मी चीफ़ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ के प्रति...
Cleaning India, but dying a slow death: How manual scavengers pay with their lives
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Ghaziabad (UP): It is a busy but regular weekday in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. At the tea point in Sector 10,...
Rahul has agreed to implement our demands if congress comes to power : Jignesh...
Navsari (Gujarat), (IANS): After OBC leader Alpesh Thakore joined the Congress, Gujarat Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here on...
ज़मानत के तुरंत बाद चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ पर लगा रासुका
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : गुरुवार को भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ को इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने ज़मानत दी थी, इधर आज उन पर...
भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को मिली ज़मानत, मगर अभी नहीं होंगे रिहा
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
इलाहाबाद/सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर दलित बनाम ठाकुर हिंसा में मुख्य आरोपी बनाए गए भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को ज़मानत मिल गई है....
Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, (IANS): Police placed Dalit writer and social activist Kancha Ilaiah under house arrest here on Saturday to stop him from leaving for Vijayawada...
भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर ‘रावण’ अस्पताल में भर्ती, प्रशासन पर लापरवाही बरतने का आरोप
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की जेल में आज तबीयत बिगड़ने के बाद उन्हें ज़िला अस्पताल के आईसीयू में...
बिहार में दलित उत्पीड़न : शर्मसार कर देने वाली ये घटनाएं आख़िर कब तक?
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
दलितों पर अत्याचार कोई नई बात नहीं है. ये ऊंच-नीच का भेदभाव आज भी बदस्तूर जारी है. आज भी ऐसी घटनाएं हर...
English education for the SC/ST/OBCs is my long term commitment: Kancha Ilaiah
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Dalit rights activist and writer Kancha Ilaiah has come upfront countering the allegation against him that he has "a Christian agenda"...
दलित की बेटी परीक्षा में ज़्यादा नंबर लाई तो दबंग जाति की लड़कियों ने...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
पचेनड्डा (मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर) : “वो चार लड़कियां लगातार मुझ पर कमेंट करती थीं. उनकी बिरादरी की दूसरी लड़कियां भी इस पर मज़ाक...
मिन्डा कम्पनी में सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?
सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए
गुरूग्राम (गुड़गांव) का पोस्टमार्टम हाउस ‘स्वच्छता दिवस’ के एक दिन पूर्व यानी 1 अक्टूबर, 2017 को लगभग शाम तीन बजे...
Non-Brahmin priests will ensure social justice: CPI-M
New Delhi, (IANS): The appointment of 36 non-Brahmin priests, including six Dalits, in temples in Kerala is a "major step" to ensure that "all Hindu...
The ‘undefined love’ of a left-leaning Defence Committee for the Bhim Army
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
On Tuesday, a few activists and lawyers from Delhi joined hands to protest against 'Modi-Yogi governments' in light of the oppression...
Appointment of non-Brahmins in Kerala temples widely lauded, Brahmin sect warns of agitation
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: The decision by Kerala Government to follow reservation norms in appointing priests from backward communities in temples under the Travancore...
Dalit student stabbed near Gandhinagar, recovering in hospital
Gandhinagar, (IANS): A Dalit student was brutally stabbed here on Tuesday evening, allegedly by two upper caste boys for signing a police complaint as a...
Fear grips Dalits in Gujarat village after youth’s killing
Bhadraniya (Gujarat), (IANS): An atmosphere of fear hung over a colony of Dalits in this Gujarat village after the killing of a young man from...
Dalit student suspended from Ambedkar University alleges harassment, discrimination at the hands of faculty
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Photos courtesy Feminism in India
In another case of alleged discrimination against Dalit students in Indian Universities, Akunth, a second-year BA student...
Civil societies across India and US condemn the attack over writer Kancha Illaiah
TCN News
Attack over the Indian Dalit scholar, writer, and ideologue Professor Kancha Illaiah has sparked various groups and civil societies across the globe.
The Alliance...
सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?
सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए
दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...
दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले में पूरे देश में शीर्ष पर है मध्यप्रदेश
जावेद अनीस, TwoCircles.net के लिए
मध्यप्रदेश को अमूमन शांति का टापू कहा जाता है, लेकिन शायद इस ‘शांति’ की वजह यहां प्रतिरोध का कमज़ोर होना...
दलितों को तबाह व बर्बाद कर देना चाहता है संघ —मायावती
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मेरठ : टूटती आशा और डूबती सियासत के सिग्नल ने दलितों की देवी को जनता के चरणों में लाकर खड़ा कर दिया...
In Maharashtra, Dalits rise to claim grazing land that was promised to them decades...
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
The question of land ownership for people who work and toil on it has been asked for over 50 years now...
‘रासुका से तो अच्छा है मुझे मार दे सरकार’ : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेख़र...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद पर राज्य सरकार राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा क़ानून (रासुका) की कार्यवाही कर रही है. यह...
Muzaffarnagar faces fresh set of violence as Rajputs attacked Dalits leaving 18 injured
Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
A day before the anniversary of infamous Muzaffarnagar riots, violence erupted in Bhoopkheda village as upper caste Rajputs...
फिर से दलित-ठाकुर संघर्ष : दलितों की लड़की छेड़ी, बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मुजाहिदपुर भूपखेड़ी : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर व मेरठ के बॉर्डर पर स्थित भूपखेडी गांव में पिछले दो दिनों से भारी तनाव है. बस्ती सुनसान...
Panther Sena protests against move to install Shivaji statue in BAMU using students’ fund
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
It would be normal to assume that providing adequate facilities to students would be a priority for the administration of any...
HarperCollins to publish Gidla’s memoir of growing up as a Dalit in India
New Delhi, (IANS) After creating waves in US literary circles, the provocative memoir of Sujatha Gidla which details her memories of growing up as an...
Krantikari Janata: First Ambedkarite magazine published in Marathi and Urdu and its potential renaissance
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
In an age where social media and websites have become the easiest way to reach audiences, how feasible is it to...
Amidst bleak future, Safai Karamcharis of Godhra have little interest in upcoming state elections
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Photos by Pratik Parmar
Last year, the nation woke up to atrocities faced by Dalits in our Prime Minister’s Home state of...
SDPI’s 25-day-long countrywide protest against mob lynching concludes in New Delhi
TCN News
New Delhi: Today Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) organized street demonstrations across the country, in all assembly constituencies and districts of 14...
J.V. Pawar: A life dedicated to Ambedkarite movement
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
J.V. Pawar is 74 years old and recently underwent a cataract operation. But age and medical issues do not prevent him...
Revisiting Babasaheb on India at 70: For Dalits, there has never been much to...
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
All photos by Daisy Katta
August 15 has come and gone; delved into, reflected upon, and discussed at length. Yet, the familiar...
इस काम में जान का ख़तरा भी है और कमाई भी कुछ ख़ास नहीं…
TwoCircles.net News Desk
नई दिल्ली : दिल्ली शहर की घनी आबादी के बीच ओखला के एक कमरे के घर में 25 साल का रंजीत अपने...
दलित पत्रकार के ख़िलाफ़ फ़र्ज़ी मुक़दमें को लेकर सड़क पर उतरे शामली के पत्रकार
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
शामली : शामली के वरिष्ठ व मान्यता प्राप्त पत्रकार राजपाल पारवा के ख़िलाफ़ झूठे व फ़र्ज़ी मुक़दमें दर्ज कराने से पत्रकारों...
BHU anti-reservation scam: How the University is denying jobs to Dalit-Bahujans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Earlier this month, we had written about how Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was defying reservation in the appointment process and discussed...
JNUSU calls commission findings on Vemula suicide ‘stupid’
New Delhi, (IANS): The report that said Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and that his suicide was not a result of any political and...
Vemula wasn’t Dalit, didn’t commit suicide due to external factors: Report
New Delhi, (IANS): Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of any pressure exerted by union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru...
Documentary on Rohith Vemula aims to address caste discrimination and Dalit-Muslim solidarity
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: In March 2015, Satya Chakra, a 44-year-old documentary filmmaker from Hyderabad, conceived an idea of making a short documentary...
Act against ‘atrocities’ on Telangana’s Dalits, Congress tells panels
New Delhi/Hyderabad, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday urged the NHRC and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to direct the Telangana government to take action...
‘We have been made to feel like criminals’: How a defamation case is threatening...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Indian Universities, and especially those under the Central Government, have for long been presented as spaces where a student or a...
Dalit woman suspected of braid cutting lynched in Agra
Agra, (IANS): An elderly Dalit woman, termed an evil witch involved in cutting hair of women, was beaten to death near here on Wednesday morning,...
Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US
New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...
भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर जेल में हमला
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’...
जज़्बात से नहीं, अब ‘अक़्ल’ से लड़ रही है भीम आर्मी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : दलित अब सचमुच पहले जैसा नहीं है. पूरी ताक़त से जिस संगठन भीम आर्मी को कुचलने की कोशिश हुई...
Lok Sabha witnesses din as Opposition demands debate on lynchings
New Delhi, (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the...
Government is not anti-Dalit, anti-Muslim: Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Thursday said that incidents of lynching were not "general" and asked the states...
Leaders urge Modi government to pass a bill against lynching
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...
‘गाय तुम्हारी माता है तो गाय तुम रखो, हमें तो हमारी ज़मीन दो’
कलीम सिद्दीक़ी
अहमदाबाद : ऊना दलित-मुस्लिम आन्दोलन की बरसी पर ‘राष्ट्रीय दलित अधिकार मंच’ द्वारा निकाली गई ‘आज़ादी कूच’ यात्रा बनासकांठा के धनेरा में मंगलवार...
Dalit teenager commits suicide after being humiliated by Kerala Police; Congress demands action against...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: The suicide of a Dalit teenager in Kasargod has been turned into a political tussle, with Congress leaders visiting the...
Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection, alleging that...
‘बहन जी ने ठीक किया, अब भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ सभी को एकजुट हो जाना...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री आैर बसपा सुप्रीमो के राज्यसभा से इस्तीफ़े के बाद एक बार फिर से सहारनपुर का...