Polimer TV’s coverage of Akshay Dev’s suicide shows how lives of trans-men are reduced...
By Charupriyan for TwoCircles.net
Translation by Uma Murugan
This piece is being written in condemnation of the deeply transphobic and unethical journalistic coverage by Polimer Television,...
‘Summary and Recommendations’ of the Kundu Committee
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Post-Sachar Evaluation Committee, headed by Prof Amitabh Kundu, presented its final report to Dr Najma Heptullah, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs. The Centre has not yet clarified whether it has accepted the recommendations of the Kundu Committee, as it later came to be known as.
Torture is one of the most common forms of human rights violations
By Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
Why was the right arm of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue broken in UP’s Gautam Budh...
Aatika S | TwoCircles
As the internationally celebrated event of Dalit History month comes to an end, the Indian subcontinent is reeling with an increased...
नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...
Kerala HC judge glorifies Brahmins; breaks constitutional protocol calling for agitation against reservations
TCN News
Shocking comments were made by the Kerala High Court sitting judge Justice V. Chitambaresh at a“Tamil Brahmins Global Meet” held at Kochi,, while...
राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...
राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है।
हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...
‘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...
Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA
By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net
Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...
जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
देश में एक बार फिर से दलित राजनीति गर्म हो गई हैं,उसकी वज़ह है पंजाब। कांग्रेस ने बड़ा फेरबदल करते पंजाब में...
राजस्थान का नागौर जिला दलितों की कब्रगाह बनता जा रहा है
By भंवर मेघवंशी,
राजस्थान के नागौर में हुए दलितों के जनसंहार पर भंवर मेघवंशी की यह रिपोर्ट इस मुल्क का चेहरा है, जो रोज ब रोज दलित-मुस्लिम-आदिवासी बस्तियों में देखने को मिलता है. भंवर राजस्थान में दलित, आदिवासी और घुमन्तु समुदाय के लिए संघर्षरत है. प्रतिरोध से साभार.
The untold story behind the Sabarmati riverfront
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.
नागौर : दलितों के साथ क्रूरता की सारी हदें पार, प्राईवेट पार्ट में डाला...
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
जुर्म- चोरी का शक
सजा- बुरी तरह मारा गया, गुप्तांग में पेट्रोल और पेच कस डाला गया
पीड़ितों की संख्या- दो (विसाराम और पन्नालाल)
पीड़ितों...
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...
हाथरस : 9 महीने से जेल में बंद मसूद अहमद के बिखरते ख्वाब, परिवार...
वसीम अकरम त्यागी Twocircles.net के लिए
उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में वाल्मिकी समाज की एक युवती के साथ हुई दरिंदगी के बाद पीड़िता के...
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...
Ramabai Nagar: 17 Years, 11 deaths, 26 injured and Justice is still awaiting
By Yogesh Maitreya, Daisy Katta,
“That firing was something as if it was firing of India and Pakistan war” said Bhante Kashyap, reminiscently, one of the eye witnesses of Ramabai Nagar homicide of 1997, in the heartland locality of Mumbai, Ghatkopar East. Another narrator and also an eye witness of this arrogantly brutal massacre of Dalits in Ramabai Nagar, has depicted how thirteen years old boy had been shot dead by police’s bullet hitting his skull and splintered it in two pieces. Few more eye witnesses as well as victims, after seventeen years of the incidence have gathered courage to come up on the stage, provided by ‘Ramabai Nagar Hatyakand Sangharsh Samitee’ at their arranged conference at Ramabai Nagar, on the seventeenth anniversary of this incidence.
कोरोना से जनता लड़ रही हैं, सीमा पर सेना लड़ रही है और हमारी...
Twocircles.net के साथ अपने एक घण्टे के इंटरव्यू मे भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद- बहुजनों की तमाम परेशानियों, षडयंत्रो और संभावनाओ पर बात करते हैं। वो...
DHRM for a new Dalit movement in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) has decided to form a new Dalit movement by the time of the coming Assembly elections, reports say. The DHRM will also reportedly vote against the CPI (M) in the coming panchayat elections.
The Telegraph redefine newspaper front pages
By IndScribe
Telegraph, the Calcutta-based English newspaper, has redefined the front pages of newspapers.
Creative, catchy and often shocking headlines, apart from unique presentation has...
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,...
Almost 60 years later, Deekshabhoomi continues to draw Ambedkarites
By Nivedita Khandekar
Nagpur (Maharashtra): Hemlata Sontakke, 60, was too young to remember the epoch making event she had attended with...
Popular Front condemns arrest of Waman Meshram
TCN News
Popular Front of India general secretary M. Mohammed Ali Jinnah in a statement issued today condemned the illegal arrest of Bharat Mukti Morcha...
UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of the 2014 civil services examinations on Saturday afternoon....
थोड़ा-सा जहर, रस्सी, इच्छा-मृत्यु और रोहित वेमुला का खत
नासिरूद्दीन
18 दिसम्बर 2015 यानी ठीक एक साल पहले. हमारे जैसे सभ्य नागरिक समाज के लोगों का एक आम-सा दिन था. मगर हैदराबाद केद्रीय...
Vitthal Umap: A versatile folk artist who will be remembered for his enthusiasm
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...
The battle for rights should be fought outside India: Rajratna Ambedkar
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
After the demolition of the Guru Ravidas Temple in the Tughlakabad forest area on August 10, there have been protests not...
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...
Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...
Ladai Seekhle: The story of Sumeet Samos, rap and annihilation of caste
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The list of atrocities against marginalised communities in India can make for a small book, but the forms of resistance against...
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...
Is Onam an inclusive festival?
As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition.
By...
Bihar: Protests and politics over OBC status to “Ashraf Muslims”
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Patna: A controversy is in offing on the issue of inclusion of Shaikh into OBC category in Bihar. Many backward caste groups, including those among Muslims in the state, have registered their protest with the State Commission for Backward Castes (SCBC) against attempts by Shaikh, an upper caste Muslim group, to get OBC status.
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...
JNU students’ elections put BAPSA in the national spotlight
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In two days time, students will be voting for representatives in the university-wide student union elections in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi....
Sunil Abhiman Awachar: An inimitable voice in Dalit poetry and painting in contemporary India
Dr Sunil Abhiman Awachar is clearly an antithesis to discourse on contemporary Indian art.
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Dr. Sunil Abhiman Awachar is well known as a poet and painter, also an assistant professor with the Department of Marathi in University of Mumbai. Meanwhile, he is full time activist in dalit human rights movement. He has published four anthologies of poetry, all in Marathi, that include ‘Global vartamanachya kavita (2008)’ ‘Mi mahasattechya darashi katora gheun ubha rahanaar nahi,’ ‘Bravo! Fox minds of capitalist’ and ‘Poems of the occupied everything’.
Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks
By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net
The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...
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...
Marathi book on Tipu Sultan shines light on his contributions to India
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Solpaur (Maharashtra): In an attempt to bring out the role and contributions of the great Mysore king Tipu Sultan, Sarfaraz...
In Maharashtra, a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Apart from fasting, the pious month of Ramadan is also seen as an ideal time to spread the messages and teachings...
दो दलित बच्चों की हत्या: खुले में शौच या जाति की वज़ह से गई...
By Meena Kotwal, TwoCircles.net
मध्यप्रदेश के शिवपुरी ज़िले का एक छोटा-सा गांव है भावखेड़ी. मुश्किल से 150 से 200 घर होंगे.
भावखेड़ी वो गांव है जहां...
‘Land most important for Kerala Dalits’ – Bluestone rising scholar awardee Maya Pramod
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net
Maya Pramod, a research scholar who received the prestigious Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize instituted by the Brandeis University, USA, believes ownership...
‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by...
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI –On March 28, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the...
Dhanya Raman: Giving a voice to the marginalised in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Thiruvananthapuram: In March 2016, while the entire mainstream media was still busy with the incidents in JNU,...
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...
How the life of a Sufi leader paved way for interfaith harmony in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Malappuram: At a time when inter-religious conflicts are rearing their ugly heads across the country, Mamburam Makham in Malappuram...
30 years of SC/ST PoA Act: Lacks and loopholes
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: On 5 November, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that insulting a Dalit or tribal person would not...
A book by this Dalit author has left RSS fuming
The 72-page book on RSS by a Dalit writer Devanur Mahadeva from Karnataka criticizes the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and is hitting record sales...
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...
In Kerala, Dalit students facing difficulties to get educated
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,
Nilambur (Kerala): The Dalit Students of the area, who were sent to schools far away in the district, are returning back in groups to their homes. The parents, who are ignorant of the importance of education have not got any complaint on this matter.
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...
Who is Sant Ravidas and why are his devotees agitating? Pardeep Attri provides background
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
On August 10th, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), on the orders of Supreme Court, demolished a Sant Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlakabad...
It feels like Babasaheb’s blessing: Woman whose Bhimgeet video went viral overwhelmed with response
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kakhet lekru, Hatat jhadan, Doi war Shenachi Paati, Maye Bhima na sonya ne bharli woti”
(Child in arms, broom in the hand...
The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down
By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net
“…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...
Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT
‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’
By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net,
Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.
चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद रावण ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के समक्ष किसान आंदोलन एवं सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन के दौरान...
Meo Muslims wants ST status like Mina
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Smoking Huqqa and eating steaming hot Kichadi, sitting on their traditional chairs, hundreds of old men and youth of Muslim Meo community of Haryana and Rajasthan made their unique presence at Jantar Mantar. They were rallying to demand ST status to the Community like Mina, with a difference style.
A prosperous, Muslim-majority district? No wonder Subramanian Swamy wants it under AFSPA
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
What would you call a district where female literacy is more than 90%? Where the sex ratio is much better than...
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi gears up for Maharashtra Assembly polls with Bootcamp for campaign staff
TCN News
Maharashtra based party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), led by Mr. Prakash Ambedkar has signed up with OurDemocracy.in, a digital campaigns organization - to...
Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to...
I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...
‘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...
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...
Strong case for deleting Presidential Order of 1950: A response to Social Justice Minister...
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,
Plato has once again been proved right: politics is the art of gaining power and the craft of retaining it. Media has reported the current central government saying that opening up the list of Scheduled Castes beyond Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism - would encourage religious conversions. He said this in the context of the demand of Muslims & Christians that the definition of 'scheduled caste' should be made religion-neutral by deleting para 3 from the presidential order of 1950. That's what has been stated a couple of days ago by the union Social Justice Minister Thavar Chand Gehlot, "Allowing SC status (to converts to Christianity & Islam) would provide a fillip to religious conversions. The demand is not constitutional and we want to work within the parameters of the statute for the welfare of 'these communities' (read Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists)."
Prof. Kancha Ilaiah to Deliver Keynote Speech at Ambedkar-King Conference in USA
August 12. Cupertino, California, USA | TCN Staff
Indian political theorist and academic Prof. Kancha Ilaiah has been confirmed as the chief guest and key...
कन्हैया के चुनाव लड़ने से किन्हें और क्यों परेशानी?
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net
बात 2016 की है. जेएनयू स्टूडेंट्स यूनियन के उस वक्त के अध्यक्ष कन्हैया कुमार जमानत पर जेल से छूट कर आये थे. कन्हैया...
In murder of Dalit man in Rajasthan, caste atrocities surface despite lockdown
In spite of the ongoing country wide lockdown in India, enforced by the government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, caste based violence reared its...
‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...
By Ira Anbazhagan for TwoCircles.net
The Southern India Buddhist Vihar re-opened in Perambur after renovations in January this year, going from a 1-storey to a...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...
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...
Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...
By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Bihar: Gopal Ravidas, 51, could not complete his law education but he is now a lawmaker in Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Son of...
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...
Being Dalit means being casteless – Kavin Malar
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...
Unhappy with cases against Dalits, Chandrashekhar Ravan sits on fast until death inside prison
By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan', the founder of Bhim Army, has decided to fast until death inside the prison,...
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...
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...
In this Gujarat town, no place to bury dead as high-caste residents flood Dalit...
By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wealthy state of Gujarat are named and shamed during their entire lives but, for...
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...
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...
Adivasi, Muslim and Dalit organizations jointly hoist national flag and condemn growing atrocities
By TCN News,
Jaipur: As many as fifteen Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi organizations jointly celebrated Independence Day here and hold a program in favour of...
Can a Savarna apply for a ‘Dalit’ job? No, says RSS
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: It is no secret that when it comes to doing menial jobs in our society, it is almost always seen...
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...
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...
Does India face tyranny of the majority?
Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...
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...
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...
“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi
The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...
Remembering anti-caste leader T. M. Umar Farooq on 6th death anniversary
T. M. Umar Farooq was born a Hindu as T. M. Mani, in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were bonded labourers...
A new documentary challenges notions of mainstream anti-caste movement
Caste-ing Space raises serious questions about the prevalence of caste in social spaces and underlies crucial concerns in anti-caste circles.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
KERALA — A...
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...
दलित-मुसलमानों की ‘बक्खो’ जाति बदतर जिंदगी गुजारने को मजबूर
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
वो कहते हैं न कि अपना घर सभी को अज़ीज़ होता है चाहे वो महल हो या झोपडी हर शख्स सुकून से...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Different forms of untouchability among Muslims: Dalit Muslim Muhim
By Khalid Anis Ansari,
Mohammad Noor Hasan Azad, one of the founding members of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, discusses the contemporary lower caste movement among Indian Muslims
Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad
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Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...
Raju Chalwadi: Helping migrant Dalit-Bahujan students crack higher education
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a small room located on the first floor of a tiny two-storey house in the migrant colony of Baiganwadi area...
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...
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...
Dalit Muslim leaders urge Baba Ramdev to lead their fight
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Prakash Ambedkar, Asad Owaisi announce alliance in Maharashtra to unify Dalit-Bahujan-Muslim votes
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a move that has the potential to play a major role in Maharashtra politics, Adv. Prakash Ambedkar of BHARIP (Bharatiya...
‘I was denied food and beaten,’ the unregistered story of child trafficking in Bihar
Trafficking is a common story of hundreds of children every year in Gaya and adjoining districts of Bihar including Nawdah, Aurangabad and Jahanabad. Many...
The works of a restless Dalit mind: Understanding Prabhakar Kamble’s art.
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
The history, and the baggage, of the caste system in our country have always been felt the most by the...
Book review: Loknath Yashwant’s Broken man might be too hard-hitting for ‘Ghalib’ fans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Mirza Ghalib is a celebrated figure in the vast world of poetry, and many times Ghalib produces a self-demolishing effect on...
‘Liberal’, ‘Ambedkerite’ Islamophobia and communal violence: A counter narrative
By Dr Mohammad Kamran Ahsan
As hate becomes the fulcrum, and the new normal of Indian polity, various view-points have emerged analysing this institutionalised hatred...
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...
Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...
“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...
Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...
Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...
Towards an Organic unity of the marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance...
By Hisham ul wahab P
Towards an Organic Unity of the Marginalized:
BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance in JNUSU Elections
The JNU student community will elect a...
128th Dr Ambedkar Birthday Celebration in Cupertino, California
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Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC), Association for India’s Development (AID), San Jose Peace and Justice Center (SJPJC) and Organizations for Minorities of India...
भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...
Meet Manjeet Sarkar: The Anti-caste Comedian
Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net
Humour is often associated with comic enjoyment. The question of whether that enjoyment comes from subjugation or incongruity is rarely spoken...
“We should record our history, our victory” Dalit poet Mercy Margaret
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Dalit literature that revolves around the struggles and lives of Dalits first emerged in the 1960s and has seen exponential growth since....
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bhubaneswar: National Confederation Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has decided to train Dalits and Adivasis in the state of Odisha to...
3D stereo caste: A sophisticated way of treating caste discriminations in music
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,
Reservations and Muslims in Telugu States
By Shaik Amer Arafath for TwoCircles.net,
When our Constitution was framed, the framers made a special provision with intention to provide equal opportunity in the...
How independent publishers ensure Ambedkarite literature continues to reach the masses
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Every year on December 6, millions of people from all over India gather at Chaityabhoomi in Shivaji Park, Mumbai to pay...
Death of a Doctor: A year later, family still looking for justice
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: For the 40-45 people who gathered near Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, it was a day to protest...
‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
भीम आर्मी संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर के खिलाफ रासुका की कार्रवाई के विरोध और उनकी रिहाई के लिए भीम आर्मी ने दिल्ली के संसद मार्ग...
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...
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...
This Dalit woman activist is taking Dalit history to grassroots in Rajasthan
Suman Devathiya is a senior Dalit activist from Rajasthan who has been at the forefront of fighting for Dalit women’s rights and taking Dalit...
Funds collected outside Pune mosques help rebuild 74 Dalit homes in Pune
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
In a heart-warming story of Dalit-Muslim unity from Maharashtra, an NGO managed to rebuild homes of 74 Dalit families who lost...
Murder of 8-year-old Dalit girl in Thoothukudi reveals caste prejudice at play
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Kalvilai: At around 11 am on 15 July, an eight-year-old Dalit girl from Kalvilai village in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
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...
Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits
By Chandra Sen for Twocircles.net
Author: By Badri Narayan
Publisher: Penguin, Delhi
Price: Rs 374 at Amazon.in
‘The caste has come into politics’, ‘the standard...
Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report
The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall.
Suchitra...
दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...
Maharashtra Dalit Murders: Jawkheda – Anatomy of a dalit triple murder
This is first 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 Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net,
Jawkheda, Pathardi (Dist Ahmednagar): When entire Maharashtra was celebrating Diwali – it is five days of festivities – Jawkheda (Khalsa), a village of about 2500 population, was mourning.
‘मूकनायक’ जैसी पत्रकारिता आज भी जरूरी क्यों है!
मीना कोटवाल, twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। ‘मूकनायक’ के सौ साल पूरे होने की खुशी में देशभर में इसका आयोजन किया गया। देशभर के आंबेडकरवादियों ने एकजुट होकर...
‘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....
Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India
Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...
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...
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...
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...
If you believe in Babasaheb, you will understand the importance of December 6 and...
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
For the past eight years, November 26 has become synonymous with the terror attacks in Mumbai, but while no one...
For these girls living in Delhi’s slums, education is a dream fraught with violence,...
By Suprakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net
The first thing Janaki does in the morning is to help her mother prepare food. Beside the chulha (a stove), covering her face...
A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities
The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...
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...
‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA
BY TCN News,
Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...
New report by NDMJ-SASY reveals surge in atrocities against Dalits, Adivasis amid COVID-19 lockdown
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National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ), headquartered in New Delhi, has released a detailed report on increasing human rights violation cases against Dalits,...
Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile: Displaying centuries-old songs, and artworks on anti-caste struggle of Maharashtra
The project aims to collect Maharashtra’s long history of social reform, accessing 500-year-old traditions of song-writing, performances and poetry against caste-based exploitation and untouchability.
Riya...
Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’
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Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...
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...