‘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...
दम है मायावती बनने का!
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष बहन मायावती हमेशा से ही अपने फ़ैसलों से राजनितिक पंडितों को आश्चर्यचकित करती रही हैं. शुरुआत...
Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Dalits, Mayawati threatens to quit
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...
Mayawati threatens to resign from RS
New Delhi, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise...
More Cow : Modi’s 19-member ‘scientific team’ to research on cow dung and urine
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Even if Narendra Modi has condemned atrocities of right wing organizations in the name of cow-protection, but the action of his government...
Indian Americans express outrage over mob lynchings in India through protests across US
TCN News
The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States and various coalition partners held protests...
‘प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी से इस्तीफ़ा लिया जाए, मुख्यमंत्री योगी को बरख़ास्त किया जाए’
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : देश में दलित-मुस्लिम-ओबीसी समाज पर बढ़ रहे अत्याचार, ‘भगवा आतंकवाद’ और भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ और भीम...
In Sultanpur, upper-caste attack on Dalit family leaves one dead, 3 injured
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After a few calm days in Uttar Pradesh, caste violence has now engulfed Sultanpur in Eastern UP.
Ramnathpur village of Sultanpur had...
Azadi Kooch, a rally to mark one year of Una uprising, stopped in Mehsana,...
By Payal for TwoCircles.net
All Photos courtesy Nayan Jyoti
A year ago, four Dalits were publicly beaten, stripped and humiliated by Gau Rakshaks in Una, Gujarat...
Gujarat: Dalits and Muslims come together to protest against mob lynchings
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In another addition to the 'Not in my Name' protests against mob lynching, protests were organised in Ahmedabad and saw the...
Mob lynching: All India Momin Conference writes to Modi, questions ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
All India Momin Conference, an organisation of Muslim weavers and artisans, have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...
Mahadalit women denied temple entry in Bihar
Patna, (IANS): Tension gripped a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district where dozens of Mahadalit women were denied entry into temples, police said on Saturday.
The women...
Toilet tales: Why Divya Bharathi’s Kakkoos is a must-watch documentary
By Sibi Arasu for TwoCircles.net
Strap: Kakkoos (Latrine) is a Tamil documentary that is a powerful indictment of society’s apathy towards the thousands who are...
100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism
Amreli (Gujarat), (IANS): At least 100 Dalits in Amreli district in Gujarat on Thursday embraced Buddhism in protest against government inaction over the death of...
दलितों में उत्साह जगा रही है भीम आर्मी चीफ़ चन्द्रशेख़र ‘रावण’ की जेल से...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी का खेल ख़त्म समझने वाले अपनी ग़लतफ़हमी दूर कर लें, क्योंकि इसके समर्थकों की संख्या लगातार बढ़ती जा...
National Dastak barred from sharing content on its Facebook page
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In what seems like a case of an attack on Dalit-Bahujan spaces in social media, Facebook has barred National Dastak from...
Protest held in Latur against mob lynching and inaction of government bodies
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Narendra Modi’s government faced the first stain of lynching when Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a Pune-based techie was killed in May 2014...
‘दलितों व मुस्लिमों पर अत्याचार, दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोगों की एक सोची समझी चाल’
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...
‘बीफ़ के मुद्दे पर धार्मिक ध्रुवीकरण करके ब्राह्मणवादी सरकार मूलनिवासी बहुजनों को आपस में...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : बामसेफ की राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष डॉ. मनीषा बांगर ने देश की मौजूदा स्थिति को लोकतंत्र के लिए ख़तरनाक बताया है....
UP Police arrests ex-IPS officers and activists from a press conference on atrocities over...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
It seems protesting against Yogi Adityanath has now become a crime in Uttar Pradesh.A few days ago, eight students from Lucknow...
Government slammed for ‘anti-farmer policies’, lynching
New Delhi, (IANS): The Bhumi Adhikar Andolan (BAA) on Sunday condemned the central government for its "anti-farmer policies" and lynching of minorities and Dalits through...
Dalit tied to a tree, beaten up in Karnataka village
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A Dalit man was tied to a tree and beaten up in a village in Vijayapura district on suspicion of helping...
Hundreds protest in Delhi against lynchings, communal divide
New Delhi, (IANS): Hundreds of people, including film stars and social activists, on Wednesday gathered at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the recent incidents...
On Eid, an entire village mourns the loss of a son: A visit to...
By Mehebub Sahana and Shahnawaz Ahmad Wani for Twocircles.net
The recent lynching of Mohammed Junaid, a 16-year-old from Haryana, has not only shocked the Muslim...
Dalit for President: Tokenism wins
By Amulya Ganguli
It's a no-brainer, for the result is known before the contest. The support which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able...
An open letter to President-elect Ramnath Kovind: Hope you follow the Indian Constitution, not...
By Shamsul Islam for TwoCircles.net
Respected Ramnath Kovind,
Namaskar, I must congratulate you for being chosen as presidential candidate of the Indian Republic by BJP. It...
SASG urges UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the spiral of human rights violations in...
TCN News
London: The London based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging UN Special Rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye...
भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में आए ओवैसी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में अब ओवैसी की पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) भी आ गई है.
इस...
Dalits still converting to Buddhism, but at a dwindling rate
By Manu Moudgil
Around 180 Dalit families converted to Buddhism after caste violence in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh in May 2017. Bhim Army, the...
Taking cue from Black Lives Matter, ‘Dalit, Minorities, Tribal Lives Matter’ campaign launched in...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Taking a cue from the ongoing mass campaign Black Lives Matter, South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association has decided to launch a...
अब बलिया में दलितों पर हमला, 6 बुरी तरह घायल, 3 की हालत गंभीर
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : बलिया से सटे ग़ाज़ीपुर के सीमावर्ती गांव गोसलपुर में भाजपा व संघ परिवार से जुड़े ठाकुर ज़ाति के लोगों ने...
BJP’s Dalit love a sham, says Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh and said the Chief...
दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों की फेलोशिप पर होगा इस बदलाव का असर
अरविंद कुमार और दिलीप मंडल
‘नीयत’ यानी इंटेंशन अगर सही नहीं हो तो भारतीय दर्शन परंपरा में महिमामंडित ‘न्याय’ और ‘नीति’ का समागम भी समतामूलक...
I&B Ministry denies permission to exhibit three documentaries, draws ire from Kerala government
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The refusal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to give permission for three documentaries to be exhibited in the International...
अब मां कमलेश लड़ रही हैं चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की लड़ाई
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : कहने को चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ के साथ दुनिया भर का दलित था, मगर अब वो अकेला पड़ गया है....
Rahul Gandhi’s Mandsaur visit raises political temperature
Mandsaur/Bhopal, (IANS) Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh was calm on Thursday, two days after police shot dead five protesting farmers, but Congress Vice President Rahul...
Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar arrested by UP STF in Himachal Pradesh
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Founder of the Bhim Army advocate Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan' was arrested today from Dalhousie town of Himachal Pradesh by Special Task Force...
Goyal visits Dalit’s house, says government will implement reservation
Bengaluru, (IANS): Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday visited a Dalit's house in south Bengaluru for breakfast and assured that the Narendra Modi...
Attacks on Dalits rise under Modi-Yogi: Left
New Delhi, (IANS): Left parties on Monday blamed the "callous attitude" of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for the caste violence in...
Our Muslim brothers fast in Ramadan; we have been fasting for 5 years waiting...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “For our Muslim brothers, Ramadan comes once a year, but we have been fasting continuously for the past...
पुलिस ने रखा भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ पर 12 हज़ार का ईनाम
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...
एक ‘संत मुख्यमंत्री’ जो लाइफ़बॉय साबुन से नहाए दलितों से ही मिलते हैं…
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
कुशीनगर : जब यूपी की कमान योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभाला था, तो पूरे मीडिया में उनके ‘व्यक्तित्व’ को लेकर खूब गुणगाण किया...
एसआईटी करेगी सहारनपुर के दंगों व जातीय संघर्ष की जांच, डीआईजी ने बना दी...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : यूपी के ज़िला सहारनपुर में पिछले एक माह में हुए सभी 5 दंगों या जातीय संघर्षों की जांच एसआईटी को...
Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur...
BJP’s Dalit outreach under threat
By Amulya Ganguli
There is a long way to go before Uttar Pradesh can become Uttam Pradesh, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised after his...
SC declines early hearing of PIL for SIT probe into Saharanpur violence
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to...
Flag march by police in violence-hit Saharanpur villages
Lucknow, (IANS): Police conducted a flag march in the Shabbirpur, Badgaon, Chandrapura and Maheshpur villages of violence-hit Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday,...
मोदी सरकार के तीन साल और दलितों में टकराव व बदलाव की नई चेतना
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
देश में आज से तीन साल पहले भाजपा की मोदी सरकार बनने के साथ ही लोगों में ये उम्मीद साफ़ देखने को...
Saharanpur violence: Bhim Army demands justice for Dalits
New Delhi, (IANS): Newly formed Dalits' rights group Bhim Army on Thursday issued ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the perpetrators of...
Amit Shah had food cooked by non-Dalits, says Telangana CM
Hyderabad, (IANS): After former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP President Amit Shah also seems to have landed in a controversy reportedly for eating...
सहारनपुर : ‘पुलिस पीड़ित दलितों के खिलाफ़ ही मुक़दमे दर्ज कर रही है’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : सहारनपुर में पुलिस संरक्षण में दलितों पर हो रहे हमले और हाशिमपुरा-मलियाना जनसंहार की तीसवीं बरसी पर रिहाई मंच, गोंडवाना...
Dalits of West Medinipur district facing social boycott for past two years, state government...
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-hit Saharanpur tense but under control: Official
Lucknow, (IANS): A day after clashes between Dalits-Rajputs left one dead, the situation in a violence-hit village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district remained tense...
बहन मायावती की वापसी के साथ ही शब्बीरपुर में फिर बवाल, एक की हत्या,...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCorcles.net
सहारनपुर : बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती के शब्बीरपुर पीड़ितों से मुलाक़ात कर लौटने के तुरंत बाद बड़गांव चन्दपुर मार्ग पर शब्बीरपुर से...
Mayawati announces compensation for victims of Saharanpur anti-Dalit violence
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
BSP President Mayawati visited Saharanpur's Shabbirpur area and announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 for families whose houses were burnt down...
Mayawati to visit Saharanpur on Tuesday
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati is scheduled to visit Shabbirpur village in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, where a caste conflict had...
After Moradabad, 180 Dalit families of Saharanpur to convert to Buddhism if atrocities do...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After 50 Dalit families from Moradabad converted to Islam last week citing Yogi Government's total negligence and upper caste violence against...
Thousands of Dalits protest at Jantar Mantar over Saharanpur clash
New Delhi, (IANS): Thousands of Dalits on Sunday protested in the national capital to demand justice for community members who, they said, fell victim to...
50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...
Aaghaz Foundation awards second Rohith Vemula memorial scholarship to female student from Gorakhpur
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: An economically weak female student from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's constituency has won the second Rohith Vemula Memorial...
By leaking his conversations with Mayawati, Naseemuddin has not helped his own cause
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Before the UP Elections, the Samajwadi Party and its internal affairs rivalled primetime television shows. Every other day, one of the disgruntled...
सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : मोदी-योगी सरकार ने जल्द ही कोई कार्रवाई नहीं किया तो...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
फ़रीदाबाद (हरियाणा) : सहारनपुर शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए दलितों के साथ जातीय संघर्ष और फिर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा का विरोध अब उत्तर...
More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three years in power amid tall claims of development, the India Exclusion...
दरभंगा में पुलिस फ़ायरिंग में एक दलित की मौत, सदर एसडीओ को निलंबित करने...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना : बिहार में दरभंगा ज़िला के हावीडीह गांव में पुलिस फायरिंग में हुए एक दलित युवक की मौत की घटना की भारतीय...
Ashit Sable: A young documentary maker highlighting the role of Shahiris of Maharashtra
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
In its purest sense, the role of an artist has always been to work for the empowerment and enlightenment of the...
‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...
दलितों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों के ख़िलाफ़ आवाज़ बुलंद करे —लक्ष्य
TwoCircles.net News Desk
सीतापुर (उत्तर प्रदेश) : ‘आज़ादी के 70 वर्षो बाद भी इस देश में दलितों की कोई सुनने वाला नहीं है. हर घटना...
सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ के सरधना में दलितों व राजपूतों के बीच खूनी...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सरधना (मेरठ) : सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ का सरधना क्षेत्र दलितों व राजपूतों के खूनी संघर्ष का गवाह बना. बुधवार को...
जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...
आज सहारनपुर में दलित महापंचायत, प्रशासन ने लगाया धारा —144
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...
सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : क्या सोचते हैं यहां के दलित नौजवान?
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...
Dalit youth killed in firing in Bihar
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...
भारत के हिंदू राष्ट्र बनने में सबसे बड़ी बाधा डॉ. अम्बेडकर —अनिल चमड़िया
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : भाजपा डॉ. अम्बेडकर के विचारों की हत्या करने के लिए अभियान चला रही है. जिसमें दलित समाज से आने वाले...
सहारनपुर : डीजीपी सुलखान सिंह ने सर्किट हाऊस में लिया जायज़ा, घटनास्थल पर नहीं...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष...
सहारनपुर : पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही से दलितों में रोष, लखनऊ में आन्दोलन की...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली/सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब पुलिस की...
सहारनपुर : दलितों पर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही का आरोप, मुश्किल घड़ी में मुसलमान...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...
Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs of the area tried to take a procession parade on Maharana Pratap...
Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya
Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...
Four upper caste people awarded life imprisonment for burning down a Dalit’s house
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Four upper caste people were awarded life imprisonment on May 2, 2017, by the sessions court in Beed, Maharashtra, for attacking...
Ambedkar’s Bust inaugurated in Boston, USA
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Boston Study Group (BSG), an organization dedicated to working towards a just and equitable society based in Boston (MA), was a proud contributor...
India at par with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Egypt in violation of religious freedom, reports...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has alleged that 10 of the 29 Indian states are suffering from...
2016-17 saw over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits
Kolkata, (IANS): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits were...
NHRC issues notice over sanitation workers’ death in Noida
New Delhi, (IANS): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to Noida authorities regarding the deaths last week of two sanitation workers...
Dalit boy in UP commits suicide after being boycotted for killing a Calf
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: On Saturday, an 18-year-old Dalit boy named Ramu committed suicide in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by jumping in front...
Armed with a camera and the Law, Bipin Solanki aims to end manual scavenging...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Manual scavenging, a curse of the caste system, remains one of the most degrading jobs in the country for the Dalits....
National workshop on Urdu translation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s writings begins at AMU
By TCN News
Aligarh: Today Aligarh Muslim University organized the inaugural session on the Second Two Day National Workshop on ‘Urdu Translation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s...
Fresh autopsy on Dalit youth’s body in Telangana
Hyderabad, (IANS): A fresh autopsy was conducted on Monday on the body of a Dalit youth who died under suspicious circumstances in Peddapally district...
Remembering Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim teacher who laid the foundation of Dalit-Muslim unity
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few years, a number of political forums and parties have experimented with uniting Dalits and Muslims, given their...
Bills for constituting Commission for Backward Classes
New Delhi, (IANS): The government on Wednesday introduced separate bills to constitute a commission for the socially and educationally backward classes -- to be...
Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...
मेरठ : दलित व जाट में खूनी संघर्ष, दलितों पर एकतरफ़ा कार्रवाई का आरोप
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : गंगानगर थाना क्षेत्र के रजपुरा में शुक्रवार की शाम बुग्गी टकराने को लेकर हुए मामूली विवाद ने शनिवार को...
‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...
This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...
For 6 years, Deepa Mohanan has been fighting against casteist abuse in MG University,...
This is the first in a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit Bahujan Adivasi students at the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam,...
Next President should be a Dalit: Manjhi
Patna, (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister and an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday demanded that the next...
डेल्टा मेघवाल : सारे सरकारी आश्वासन झूठे निकले
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : राजधानी दिल्ली में बलात्कार व उसके बाद हत्या की कोई घटना होती है तो हमारी संवेदना सड़क पर...
Bengal to form Scheduled Caste Advisory Council soon
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), (IANS): The West Bengal government will soon set up a Scheduled Caste Advisory Council, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on...
RS stalled over discrimination against backward classes
New Delhi, (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was on Monday disrupted and repeatedly adjourned, with opposition parties alleging that the central government was discriminating against backward...
The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...
By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net
The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...
JNU suicide: ABVP seeks CBI probe, teachers’ suspension
New Delhi, (IANS): The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday demanded a CBI probe into JNU student J. Muthukrishnan's suicide and sought suspension...
Life of Dalits hasn’t changed since Ambedkar’s times: Chidambaram
New Delhi, (IANS): Revisiting the death of Rohith Vemula and the assault against Dalits in Gujarat's Una, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said...
JNU Dalit student’s suicide issue raised in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, (IANS): The issue of the alleged suicide by a Dalit student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), J. Muthukrishnan, was raised in the...
Another Rohith? Dalit student from JNU commits suicide, says ‘no equality in admission’ in...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
In a shocking incident, Muthukrishnan Jeevanantham, a Dalit PhD student studying at Jawaharlal University’s Centre for Historical Studies, committed suicide on...
Maya Kharat: A Dalit woman who has dedicated her life to distributing Babasaheb’s writings
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
Over the past few years, the works of Dr BR Ambedkar have been appropriated by a number of publication houses-big and...
The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part Two
By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net
Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...
Tension, Dalits’ migration in Haryana village: CM sends minister
Chandigarh, (IANS): The migration of Dalit families from a Haryana village due to tension in the wake of stone-pelting over 'ghurchari' was raised in...
The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One
By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net
Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...
Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), (IANS): Thousands of people on Saturday gathered at the home of noted Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale, who was murdered by a carpenter...
Prominent Dalit writer stabbed to death in Kolhapur; motive not clear
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Eminent writer and political thinker Dr Krishna Kirwale was found dead at his MHADA residence in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Initial reports suggest...
Kerala govt cancels aid to Dalit auto driver Chitralekha, Abu Dhabi organisation steps in
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Over the past decade or so, Chitralekha, a Dalit auto driver has been at the receiving end of abuse and threats...
Village adopted by BJP MP Kaushal Kishore is a far cry from a ‘model...
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
Auntgarhi Saura/Malihabad: The BJP, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have repeatedly said in their election campaigns that if BJP is...
The UP election is a tussle between Hindutva and Dalit Bahujan politics
By Sanjay Kumar & Badre Alam for Twocircles.net
More than three decades of BSP politics have, no doubt, given political voices to the Bahujan masses....
बुंदेलखंड : वोट के लिए दलितों को प्रताड़ित कर रहे हैं भाजपा प्रत्याशी
प्रियंका कोटमराजू और अंशु ललित, TwoCircles.net
बुंदेलखंड : 'वोट नहीं दोगे, तो देख लेंगे. सरकारी नल से पानी नहीं पीने देंगे, सरकारी रोड पर चलने...
Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...
अनाथ नज़र आता है मायावती का आदर्श ग्राम ‘माल गांव’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
माल/ मलीहाबाद (लखनऊ) : ‘हमें बहन जी ने गोद में लिया कब था, ये अलग बात है कि गोद में लेने...
बिजनौर : दलित-मुस्लिम एकता में खटास
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बिजनौर: उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के मतदान से ठीक पहले बिजनौर जिले में सांप्रदायिक तनाव है. एक युवक...
Marginalization of BJP’s Dalit MPs
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 71 returned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Two returned BJP ally Apna Dal...
Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...
A report on the performance of MPs from Uttar Pradesh
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.ent
Our Government is trying everything possible for progress of Uttar Pradesh - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, February 4, 2017 in Meerut, Uttar...
In UP, the truth is that no Muslim party plays a major role in...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
With UP going to elections this weekend, it is clear that the gloves are off and everyone is either trying to...
Attacks against minorities, Dalits grew sharply in BJP-led regime: US report
Washington, (IANS) : Religious tolerance has deteriorated and religious freedom violations have increased in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, a report by...
Attack on marginalised students shows SFI is losing the plot in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
For the past year, campus politics in India has taken up a sizeable space in the media; but the focus has...
Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister
Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...
UP people should vote for a government that ensures safety, security to Dalits and...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
The Federation of Social Justice, an organisation that seeks to give a platform to all the marginalised voices in the country,...
40% of UP voters undecided, finds poll
By Shreya Shah
Elections for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, Indias largest state -- 138 million voters -- start on February 11, but 40 PER...
In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...
Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget
New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...
If Owaisi can criticise every leader in UP, why does he spare Mayawati?
By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net
The strategy of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is different from the one adopted during the campaign ahead...
Aaghaz Foundation of India calls for applications for Rohith Vemula Scholarship
By TCN News
Lucknow based Charity organisation Aaghaz Foundation is inviting applications for its second annual Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship.
Constituted in memory of deceased Hyderabad...
Left alone to battle, Delta Meghwal’s father says he has little hope of getting...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
On March 29, 2016, when the news of the brutal murder of Delta Meghwal first flashed across TV screens and websites,...
रविदास जयंती के पहले बेगमपुरा एक्सप्रेस रद्द, दलितों और सिखों में गुस्सा
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी : बनारस में एक मोहल्ला है, सीर गोवर्धन. यहां आप संत रविदास जयंती के दिन घुसेंगे तो पिसने की नौबत आ...
Motorcycle diaries from UP; political lessons at every pitstop: A travelogue from the upcoming...
By Rajan Pandey, Twocircles.net
Armed with a press card and a laptop, I started from Delhi on a motorcycle around ten days ago to understand...
Dalit journalist from Gujarat returns award over anti-Dalit policies of state government
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Sunil Jadav, a veteran Dalit journalist from Gujarat, has decided to return the award conferred upon him by the Gujarat government...
Notice to Delhi government, AAI over failure to rehabilitate Dalits
New Delhi (IANS) : The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) following...
An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
“This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...
Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...
Text and Video by Shiva Thorat
The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...
Congress terms RSS top brass’ comment on reservation anti-Dalit
New Delhi (IANS) : Condemning head of RSS' communications department Manmohan Vaidya's call to abolish reservation, the Congress party on Friday said that BJP and...
Lone survivor of Khairlanji massacre, Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, dies of heart attack
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor of the Khairlanji massacre, died of a heart attack on Friday, January 20. For the past...
Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
A protest against the death of Ishwar Singh, a Dalit employee of HAFED (Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation...
Delhi Assembly passes resolution against police ‘brutality’ on students
New Delhi : Condemning police action against students seeking justice for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, the Delhi assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding "immediate...
On Rohith Vemula’s first anniversary, Jamia students pay respect, organise protests
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...
Human Rights Watch criticises Modi government over increasing attacks on Muslims and Dalits
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Hindu vigilante groups attacked Muslims and Dalits over suspicions that they had killed, stolen, or sold cows for beef....
Students protesting for Rohith Vemula detained in Delhi
New Delhi : About 250-300 students, staging a demonstration here commemorating the death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were on Tuesday detained when they...
Protest rocks Hyderabad varsity on Rohith suicide anniversary
Hyderabad : Protests rocked the University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as police stopped students and activists from entering the campus on the first anniversary of...
नफरत से टकराना यानी रोहित वेमुला हो जाना है
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‘गुड मॉर्निंग, जब आप सब यह खत पढ़ रहे होंगे, मैं आपसे दूर चला जा चुका होऊंगा.. मैं इस तरह की चिट्ठी पहली...
Dalit students attacked allegedly by SFI cadre for organising a collective in Kottayam
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
A Dalit student was beaten allegedly by SFI activists at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam on Thursday. Vivek Kumaran, an M...
बिहार : जमींदारों ने की भाकपा (माले) कार्यकर्ताओं की हत्या और मुसहरों के साथ...
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अररिया(बिहार): जब दुनिया नए साल की खुशी मना रही थी, उसी दौरान बिहार के अररिया जिले में जमीदारों ने अपने हक की मांग...
Geeta Bharti: A Maratha lady dedicated to singing Kirtans of revolt and presenting the...
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
Revolt came early in the life of Geeta Bharti. Born in 1943 and married her early 20s, that event was also...
In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...
Dalit Panther Bhagwat Jadhav’s martyrdom day celebrated in Mumbai
Text and video by Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
The 43rd martyrdom day of Bhagwat Jadhav, a prominent Dalit leader of the 70s, was marked in Mumbai...