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...
क्या चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद यूपी के अगले चुनाव में मुख्यमंत्री के दावेदार हों सकते है?
आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर। उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति एक बार फिर करवट ले रही है। पीएम मोदी, गृहमंत्री अमित शाह और सूबे के...
योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...
लखनऊ से कौशल कुमार , Twocircles.net के लिए
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...
Ambedkar Foundation appoints AMU prof. to manage Urdu translation of Ambedkar writings
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Professor Mohammad Asim Siddiqui from the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been appointed as the managing editor...
Constitution should be amended for reservation in higher judiciary: Madras High Court Judge
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Chennai: Raising the pitch for reservation to backward classes in the higher judiciary, the Madras High Court sitting judge D....
Una victims become ‘symbol’ of Dalit Chetna Yatra as Sangh Parivar goes all out...
By Amit Kumar and Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
On July 11, four Dalits were publicly stripped and beaten up by Gau Rakshaks in Una...
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...
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...
JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary quits party over ‘anti-Dalit’ policies
Patna (IANS): Senior ruling JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary, a former
Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, on Wednesday said he was quitting the ruling
Janata Dal-United...
बिहार में सभी 243 सीटों पर लड़ेगी चंद्रशेखर की आज़ाद समाज पार्टी
नेहाल अहमद। Twocircles net
भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर आजाद ने बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव में 243 सीटों पर चुनाव लड़ने का ऐलान किया है। चंद्रशेखर की...
बिहार : घर में काम करने से इंकार किया तो दबंगों ने कर दी...
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
आज 21वीं सदी में भी धर्म और जाति के आधार पर हो रहे अपराधों का आंकड़ा थमने का नाम नहीं ले रहा और...
Maharashtra Dalit Murders: Demonstrations continue as triple murder mystery remains unsolved
This is second of the two part series report about the brutal killing of a dalit family in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district and the subsequent agitation it has sparked because police is yet to arrest anybody for the ghastly crime.
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: It’s been more than a week that three members of a dalit family were killed in Jawkheda Khalasa under Pathardi tehsil of Ahmednagar district but the police are still clueless about the perpetrators. It has resulted in Maharashtra witnessing an increased protest from various community organizations demanding immediate arrest and harsher punishment.
Ramdas Athavale appointed as MoS in cabinet reshuffle
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Ramdas Bandu Athavale, 57, president of the Republican Party of India (Athavale fraction) and Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the...
Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
There is a famous story that many might have already heard. It is an excellent parable for the Indian Muslims...
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...
The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (II)
By Atul Anand
https://youtu.be/nUdGjND3_ps
On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue. It...
Ambedkar King Study Circle Hosts Anti-Corruption Activist in California
By TCN Staff
Nov 2, 2019, 2019 Fremont, California. Last week Mr. Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyakkam ( non-violent war movement), Tamil Nadu shared...
बहराइच : प्रधान की मौत के लिए अब तक परिजन मांग रहे इंसाफ,मायावती ने...
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...
खेत से मूली उखाड़ने पर दलित की छाती में दाग दी गोली
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...
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...
As Chirang goes to polls, Santhals, Bodos hope peace is prioritised, not politicised
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Chirang: William Tudu, a 60-year-old Santhal, is not sure who to vote for. He has been voting in the past elections...
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...
The decline of Dalits in Bihar politics
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
In election rallies in Bihar recently Narendra Modi would often be seen flanked by two Dalit leaders–– Ram Vilas Paswan...
Creating “Muslim as the enemy” is the RSS-BJP mantra: Jignesh Mevani
By TCN News
New Delhi: Creating “Muslim as the enemy” to mobilize the Hindus and manufacture a conflict between the two is...
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...
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...
एक साल बाद आज भी सहमा है शब्बीरपुर ,बदल गई है दलितो की जिंदगी
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...
रिहा होने के बाद नवदीप कौर का ऐलान संघर्ष जारी रखूँगी
तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net
पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय ने शुक्रवार को श्रम अधिकार कार्यकर्ता नवदीप कौर को जमानत दे दी। 23 वर्षीय कार्यकर्ता नवदीप ने...
यूपी सरकार के मंत्री का गंभीर आरोप,दलित समाज से होने के कारण हुआ भेदभाव,इस्तीफा
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार अभी 100 दिन पूरे होने की कामयाबी का जश्न मना रही थी कि चार महीने की इस...
नौकरानी को प्रताड़ित करने वाली रांची की भाजपा नेता गिरफ्तार
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
रांची से इंसानियत को कलंकित करने वाला मामला सामने आया है। यहां एक 29 वर्षीय आदिवासी महिला को पिछले आठ वर्षों...
Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs
Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.
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...
नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020
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...
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...
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...
भीम आर्मी चीफ का 23 फरवरी को भारत बंद का ऐलान, तेज़ हुई हलचल
आस मोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
सहारनपुर।
प्रोन्नति में आरक्षण को मौलिक अधिकार मानने से सुप्रीम कोर्ट के इंकार के बाद दलितों में आया उबाल अब आंदोलन की तरफ...
Dalit-Muslim unity is the need of the hour – Asaduddin Owaisi
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: It’s a rough summer afternoon in Hyderabad, but the newly renovated Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen headquarter ‘Daraul Salam (abode of peace)’ is packed with ticket aspirants, many of them interestingly are Dalits. MIM’s screams of expansion and alliance with Dalits has resonated well with its cadre to expand their base.
A Kashmiri activist arrested, a Dalit leader detained, a Muslim killed by Gau Rakshaks:...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh was a gruesome incident. But that was last year. Now, Dadri has...
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...
अंबेडकर नगर में दलित युवक की पिटाई से मौत, परिजनों ने पुलिस पर लगाया...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के अंबेडकरनगर में पुलिस की पिटाई से एक दलित युवक की मौत का मामला सामने आया है। मृतक के परिजनों ने...
The background of caste-based reservations
THE BACKGROUND OF CASTE-BASED RESERVATIONS
Dear all Assalam alaikum
The basic need for the Muslim intelligentsia at
present is to make concerted efforts to forestall
these ignorant maulanas from interfering into every
affair of the community, whether they know it or not.
I would like to give the background of this
caste-based reservation as I and our party All India
Muslim Forum have remained deeply associated with the
issue for many years.
The backward castes(both Hindus and Muslims)
which were covered by the Mandal Commission
CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Between Arundhati Roy’s walk with the comrades and corporations-backed government war machine mowing down the jungles in Chattisgarh, there are millions of tribals whose voices remain unheard. Not that they cannot speak but there is a barrier to access because of language and remote areas. Knight International Journalism fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary intends to change that by using technology as a platform to make news & information easily accessible to all.
FORWARD editor defends controversial ‘Mahishasur’ as Bahujan rendition
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Days after the police action against FORWARD Press following the complaint by saffron organisations regarding a painting of Goddess Durga published by the magazine, its consulting editor Pramod Ranjan has said the controversy possibly has roots in the Bahujan rendition of the narrative of a mythical character called Mahishashur.
BJP’s Dalit outreach in UP a pretence: Congress
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,...
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...
‘एआईएमआईएम’के साथ गठबंधन की बात में रत्ती भर भी सच नही : मायावती
न्यूज डेस्क । Twocircles.net
बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने यूपी चुनाव के लिए बसपा और एआईएमआईएम के गठबंधन की खबरों को खंडित किया हैं और...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात
आलोक राजपूत twocircles.net के लिए
BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...
Protest against Tsundur Judgment at AP and Telangana High Court
By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: On Monday, the Tsundur Dalits Struggle Committee For Justice, comprising seventy-five people’s organization, protested against the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which released the twenty-one accused in the Tsundur Dalit massacre case. The protest was a part of the long struggle the committee has taken up. In the history of dalit movement, this was the first time a protest has been staged in front of a High Court demanding justice for the Tsundur dalits. All of the protestors taken into preventive custody and were released in the afternoon.
Will the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 provide succor to Dalits and...
Govt urged to pass SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his pre-poll promise to the SC/ST communities, the National Coalition for Strengthening SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) has demanded the government to pass the pending Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session of the Parliament.
AIMIM Pune protests against the murder of Dalit, questions media’s silence over issue
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net
Pune: The Pune-Chinchwad Unit of All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has strongly condemned killing of a Dalit youth Vicky Dhepe...
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....
मदरसों के पक्ष में मायावती ने उठाई आवाज़
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
बसपा प्रमुख मायावती उत्तर प्रदेश में अपनी खोई हुई ज़मीन मुस्लिम वोटरों के जरिए तलाशने में लगीं हैं। पिछले कुछ समय से...
Muslims in the new world order
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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...
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...
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...
Labour rights activist Shiv Kumar released from jail after 48 days, taken to hospital...
Labour rights activist and President of Mazdoor Adhikar Manch (MAS) was released on March 4 after being incarcerated for 48 days in a case...
Stalin torchbearer for upliftment of Dalits: Karunanidhi
By IANS,
Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said his second son, M.K. Stalin, would be the party's torchbearer after him to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.
रोहित वेमुला के नाम मार डाले गए एक होनहार का ख़त
By ए मिरसाब, TwoCircles.net
देश में हैदराबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र रोहित वेमुला की मृत्यु के बाद एक शोक और आक्रोश का मिश्रित माहौल है. विश्वविद्यालय...
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...
Fear of “objectionable video” going viral led Dalit youth to commit suicide, says family
By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net
Disconsolate parents and siblings of an 18-year-old Dalit youth who had committed suicide in the intervening night of Diwali agreed to...
Jigajinagi, a tall Dalit leader from Karnataka
New Delhi : Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, 64, who took oath as Union Minister of State in New Delhi on Tuesday, is a five-time BJP...
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...
जातिवाद के विनाश बिना देश का लोकतंत्र कमज़ोर: उर्मिलेश
TCN News
"हम देश को लोकतान्त्रिक राज्य तो कहते हैं पर सहभागी लोकतांत्रिक व्यवहारों से परहेज करते हैं. देश नागरिक सामान्य तौर पर आधार को...
Bharat Bandh protests on the issues of 13-point roster and Forest Rights
Text and video by Atul Anand for TwoCircles.net
The first week of March 2019 has seen two major protests against the NDA government and the...
बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
आज आज़ादी के 74 सालों के बाद भी दलित उत्पीड़न की घटनाएं कम नहीं हो पाई हैं। नया मामला बुलंदशहर जनपद के नरसैना थाना...
Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India
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’.
Beyond Homosexuality and AMU: Why ‘Aligarh’ is a must-watch movie
By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net
Last week, a day after Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh was released for public viewing in theatres across the country...
Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale
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First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States
TCN News
For the first time in the United States a Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination is going to be hosted on 22nd May at...
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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...
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गुजरात के अहमदाबाद में लंबी मूंछें रखने पर एक दलित युवक पर हमले का मामला सामने आया है। बताया जा रहा है हमले...
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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया जिले में परीक्षा में ग़लत जवाब देने पर टीचर ने एक दलित छात्र की पिटाई कर दी थी जिसके...
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Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...
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By TCN News,
Ahmedabad: While the Dalit community is protesting strongly against the public beating of four youths in Una of Gujarat, one youth who...
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By TCN News:
National Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination based on Caste (Work and Descent) was organized on 27th September in Constitution...
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अहमद खबीर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक दलित युवक के साथ बुरी तरह मारपीट की गई है आरोप स्वर्ण समाज के युवकों पर...
Eight-year-old Dalit boy’s hand chopped off for refusing to work
By TCN News,
In another gruesome case of caste atrocity, a Dalit boy, aged 8, lost his left hand after he was pushed towards a...
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Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi
Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister
By TCN News,
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
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Modi is anti-Dalit, will defeat BJP in 2019: Rahul
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‘Entire society must come forward to fight fascist forces’
Daya Pawar Memorial Award received by Pratima Joshi and Bhimsen Dethe
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
This year, ‘Padmashri Daya Pawar Smruti Puraskar’ (Padmashri Daya...
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The clash between police Dalits and police took place after idols and pictures of Hindu Gods were allegedly removed at a religious function...
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No bail for activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon arrests even after a year; campaign...
TCN News
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(Editor’s Note: This is Case Study which is part of a new annual report titled ‘State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015’...
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Most people expect a cycle repair mechanic to do just that: repair cycles, and make a living. Dattu Thorat also does...
Protest in Boston against arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders in India
By TCN News:
Boston, MA, US:
Over 50 people assembled at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to protest against the arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders...
Striving to Ensure Budget Justice: Voices from the Grassroots
A report on the " National consultation on “Budget Justice: Agenda for the Next Five Years” by Pervez Bari
New Delhi, September 19: D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of...
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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
विश्व भर की विकराल समस्या बन चुका कोरोना वायरस से जान जोखिम में डालकर लड़ने वाले कोरोना फाइटर्स में सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों की बेहद...
‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 24 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी 6 दिसम्बर का...
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...
University of Oxford expresses concern over rising caste, gender-based violence in India
TCN News
The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the prestigious University of Oxford have expressed grave concerns against the rising caste and gender-based violence...
JNU scholar complains about discrimination at campus
New Delhi: A week after having threatened to commit suicide over not getting his research grant extended, a Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar on Wednesday...
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...
Citizens’ Solidarity with Voices of Democracy
TCN
This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five...
SC/ST amendment bill to be introduced in Parliament in this session
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said a bill to amend the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act, approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday,...
A lawyer for the community
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
Indore: K.P. Gangore, a 35-year-old lawyer from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party, lives with his extended family in a depressed slum area of the city called Solanki Nagar. On the inside, the foyer of the three-room house has a nothing but a cot for a bed and a few chairs. The surrounding area of dirt roads consists of small homes where the heat beats down on the residents. According to Gangore, the neighborhood he lives in is predominantly scheduled caste. While he could possibly afford to move, he chooses to stay in that area to make a point that his interests are in community advocacy.
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...
दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
नियुक्तियों और प्रमोशन में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को लेकर दलितों में आक्रोश बढ़ता जा रहा है। दलित इसके...
Dalit leader accepts Islam, pens a book
By The Milli Gazette,
New Delhi: After 52 years of struggle, a well known dalit leader in Tamil Nadu, T. M. Mani, accepted Islam. The English version of his book "End of Casteism" will be released in New Delhi on Sunday, 18 April 2010.
Mr. T.M. Mani waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. He fought ferociously for 52 years and at the end, accepted Islam. His struggle's sufferings and achievements are detailed in this book.
Venue of the book release will be Ghalib Academy, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi and time: 10.30 am-2 pm
Mayawati vs Ram Vilas Paswan: A ding-dong battle for Dalit politics
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
The decimation of Mayawati-led hitherto strong Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and the revival of the virtually defunct Dalit outfit of Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party, deserve an objective study. The former failed to open its account notwithstanding the fact that it managed to get about one-fifth votes of UP while fighting alone, whereas in Bihar the LJP won six seats when it got just 6.4 per cent votes. The only difference is that it contested in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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...
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...
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...
We are done with Godfather-like politics…the oppressed can speak for themselves: Rahul Sonpimple, BAPSA...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Rahul Sonpimple, in one-on-one conversations, maintains eye contact at all times: although I interviewed him in near darkness at the...
We sing to celebrate the agenda of equality and dignity: Yalgar Cultural Group
Text and video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Yalgar cultural group (YCG), an association which propagates Ambedkarite ideas, performed at the KCA Hall...
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...
Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance
New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...
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...
Harvard India Conference sees protests against Rohith Vemula’s suicide
By TCN News,
Cambridge (USA): The 13th annual edition of the Harvard India conference saw protests against the death of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research...
Yet another couple attacked over intercaste marriage in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A man attacked his daughter and son-in-law with a machete and baldy injured them here on Wednesday, in another case...
I can’t remember how many times I have been attacked…but will continue to fight:...
The attack on Chithralekha is a clear example of how the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while raising its voice against growing intolerance in...
‘गुजरात के ‘विनाश मॉडल’ को ध्वस्त करेगी दलित-मुस्लिम एकता’
TCN News
लखनऊ : ऊना, गुजरात में गौरक्षकों द्वारा दलितों की पिटाई के बाद ‘गाय की पूंछ तुम रखो, हमको हमारी ज़मीन दो’ के नारे...
Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula
By TCN News
The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...
Una agitation can usher a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics
By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net
The Una incident has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘Gujarat model’ as...
बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...
‘दबंगों ने गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी नहीं छोड़ा’
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बलिया : पिछले दिनों टी-20 में भारत के ऑस्ट्रेलिया से जीत का जश्नी काफी महंगा पड़ा. जीत की खुशी में दबंगों ने...
ये चेहरे यूपी चुनाव में भाजपा के लिए मुसीबत का सबब बन सकते हैं
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश का विधानसभा चुनाव अब चंद महीने ही दूर बचा हुआ है. समाजवादी पार्टी को छोड़कर लगभग सभी दलों ने प्रदेश...
Himachal tribal women don’t come under inheritance law
By IANS,
Shimla: Tribal women in Himachal Pradesh do not come under inheritance law if there is a male member in the family, Revenue Minister Kaul Singh said Tuesday.
Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers
By IANS,
Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...
Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years
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.
Bahujans exhorted to remain united at Forward Press event
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: “Your identity – as a dalit, as ST or OBC – is imposed on you. You fight that and then you get locked in it. This is what they want. They want the dalits, Muslims, Christians, tribals etc to fight. The upper caste hegemony is a ‘demonically clever system of administration’ wherein the conflict is not from top to bottom, but the fight is at the bottom with each other,” said author Arundhati Roy on Wednesday.
Nine months after attack, Dalits of Samastipur wait for justice while accused roam freely
By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net
This is the second in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...
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...
For Muslim reservation, PFI marched to the Parliament
By TCN staff reporter,
New Delhi: Demanding 10% reservation to all Muslims in India in Central Government services and educational institutions in the light of Justice Ranganath Misra Commission report thousands of Popular Front of India (PFI)’s activists marched to the parliament.
Front’s chairman E. M. Abdul Rahiman while inaugurating the Public meeting after march to parliament said, “This march to the Indian Parliament is part of a two months long nationwide campaign for Muslim Reservation by Popular Front of India”
Judiciary should not be a “Holy Cow”
By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net,
On May 12TH, 2014 Dalit Stree Shakti, an organization based in Hyderabad fighting against violence on dalit women organized a seminar on "Judiciary and its Functioning" in the memory of Lakshmipeta dalits, a place in Srikakulam where 7 dalits were beaten to death by Thoorupu Kapu (men/women) (Backward Caste) in 2012. The Meeting was organized in Ravindra Bharati, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad.
Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits
By Amit Kumar
For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...
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...
Athawale’s remark exposes BJP’s double speak on Bhima-Koregaon: Congress
New Delhi (IANS): Demanded a fair investigation into the Bhima-Koregaon riots, the Congress on Friday slammed BJP's double speak after NDA ally and Union...
Gandhi’s people in Maoist land
By Aishik Chanda,
Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.
A letter to Rohith Vemula from a young Muslim
Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net
Dear Rohith,
I am not sure how or whether this letter will ever reach you. However, after reading and rereading your heartbreaking...
ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU
They disrupted a program featuring a JNU professor, threatened TCN reporter
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Varanasi: Earlier today Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) members tried to stop...
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...
हाथरस में गेंगरेप आरोपियों के पक्ष में दबंगो की पंचायत,बढ़ रहा है जातीय तनाव
मोहम्मद आसिम Twocircles.net के लिए
हाथरस गेंगरेप में एक बेहद चौकाने वाला घटनाक्रम चल रहा है। इस मामले को जातीय रंग दिए जाने का षड्यंत्र...
सुल्तानपुर में दलित को पीटा, बुलन्दशहर में रेप
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में दलितों के उत्पीड़न के मामले में बढ़ोत्तरी हो रही है। ताज़ा मामला सुल्तानपुर का हैं जहां एक दलित व्यक्ति...
बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...
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...