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Campaign to provide clothes to Dalit Adivasi children in Maharashtra during Ramadan a huge...

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On May 24, TwoCircles.net published a story which showed a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...

Dalits sore over Khairlanji massacre verdict

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By IANS, Nagpur : Dalit leaders have reacted sharply to the Bombay High Court's decision Wednesday to reduce the punishment awarded to six convicts in the massacre of a Dalit family in Khairlanji in 2006, saying it was a failure on the part of the government. Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Bahujan Maha Sangh, said that the court had not even considered the cruelty committed against the victims. "We will request the Maharashtra government to file an appeal in the Supreme Court at the earliest," he said.

Forward Press claims police confiscating copies

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By TCN News, New Delhi: FORWARD Press, a magazine devoted to dalit issues, has alleged that the Delhi police went on rampage and vandalism at its Nehru Place office on October 9 and allegedly detained four staff members.

While SP fights, BJP prepares extensive roadmap for upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The Samajwadi Party may be busy with its infighting, but it is clear that the BJP is doing all it...

Dalit family embraces Islam, media loses objectivity

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Didn’t protect Dalit family for vote bank: Bihar CM

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes from a "powerful caste" had once...

बिजनौर : दलित-मुस्लिम एकता में खटास

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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...

‘बहन जी ने ठीक किया, अब भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ सभी को एकजुट हो जाना...

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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...

No more skinning of dead cows, say Dalits marching from Ahmedabad to Una

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Ahmedabad: The Azaadi Kooch (Azadi March) oragnised by Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti from August 5 to August 15, starting...

Online campaign against ‘untouchability’ in Rajasthan

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By IANS,

A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter

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Dear All, Jai Bheem and Namo Buddhaya, The loss of my dear friend Rajkumar D Kamble (I call him mottu with love, for which he never...

Visually challenged Dalit labour rights activist jailed in Haryana, family alleges ‘torture’

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Shiv Kumar is a Dalit labour rights activist who is named in the same FIR as incarcerated activist Nodeep Kaur, but according to eyewitnesses,...

Another Dalit party in Maharashtra to support Congress

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Mumbai : The Congress in Maharashtra secured a further advantage with Dalit party, the Panther Republican Party (PRPI), Monday coming out in its support...

Can a Savarna apply for a ‘Dalit’ job? No, says RSS

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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...

NHRC issues notice over sanitation workers’ death in Noida

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New Delhi, (IANS): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to Noida authorities regarding the deaths last week of two sanitation workers...

Dalits organize mass gathering over Una incident in Gujarat, one poison consuming youth dies

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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...

BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

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By IANS, New Delhi : Alleging that funds meant for Scheduled Castes had been diverted by the Delhi government to the Commonwealth Games, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha. Soon after the house re-assembled at 11.40 a.m. following an adjournment, the BSP MPs created an uproar. BSP's leader in Lok Sabha, Dara Singh Chauhan, alleged that Rs.750 crore meant for the welfare of Dalits had been diverted by the Delhi government for the October Games.

यूपी विधानसभा चुनाव : 143 हारी हुई सीटों पर सपा के 27 मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ– उत्तर प्रदेश का चुनाव नज़दीक आते ही सूबे में राजनीतिक गतिविधियां गर्म हो गयी हैं. सत्ताधारी समाजवादी पार्टी ने आज यहां 2012 विधानसभा चुनाव में हारी हुई सीटों पर प्रत्याशियों की पहली सूची जारी कर दी है.

Caste prejudices hit Bihar’s anganwadi centres: Report

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By Imran Khan

Haryana pleads for reservation to more castes

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By IANS,

Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change

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By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : It was never easy for Meera Jato, 42, to confront her in-laws' taunts, deal with household hassles and start the country's first rural language weekly "Khabar Lahariya" (News Wave) run only by women. It has in its short existence carved out a clear niche for itself in the ever-expanding media space in India.

How is Ghar Vapasi Different from Forcible Conversions?

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By Ram Puniyani, Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi areas in 1950s, then the Meenaxipuram conversions of Dalits into Islam, the and then the gruesome murder of Pastor Graham Stewart Stains on the charges that he was doing the conversion; are few amongst the big spectrum related to the phenomenon of conversions. As such the regular propaganda by communal forces that Muslim Kings converted people into Islam by sword has been made the part of ‘social common sense’ by now. On regular basis around Christmas time one saw the anti Christian violence in Adivasi areas a decade ago, and in that context rather than focusing on the violence against religious minorities, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee called for a National debate on Conversions.

‘My memoir is on inter-relational experiences of caste’: Dalit rapper Sumit Samos

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Sumeet Samos is a 28-year-old Dalit rapper whose memoir, published earlier this year, offers a fresh perspective on the Dalit autobiographical tradition. Riya Talitha |...

Powerful feudalists with BJP support targeting Bihar’s Mahadalits’

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By Imran Khan , Patna: Mahadalits, the poorest of the socially marginalised in Bihar, have been targeted by powerful feudal forces which have the full...

Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...

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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...

Arrest Dalit children’s killers: CPI-M

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Faridabad (Haryana): The CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the immediate arrest of those who killed two Dalit children here. "It is the utter failure of the...

जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री

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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...

Dalit women travel through Odisha to map caste violence against dalit women

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All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch journeys to exposes horror of caste-ridden society By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net “I have been running from pillar to post demanding...

Police to question Ashis Nandy, three others in Delhi

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By IANS,

J.V. Pawar: A life dedicated to Ambedkarite movement

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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...

Kejriwal meets Gujarat Dalit victims

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the Dalit victims at a hospital in Una on Friday and attacked the Gujarat government...

Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals

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By Nikhil M. Babu In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and...

बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...

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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...

डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net 2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...

IOS organises lecture on ‘Religious Minorities in India and Legal Perspective’

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Focusing on the constitutional provisions for the religious minorities to profess and propagate their religious belief, Professor Manzoor Ahmad, former IPS officer and vice chancellor of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, examined how the freedom of religion, right to equality and the right to maintain their cultural identity guaranteed under the Constitution were being allowed to be practised unfettered.

Bihar’s Healthcare Crisis: Dalit Woman Struggles for Kidney Transplant After Tragic Surgery

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MI Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: There appears to be no hope for justice for Sunita Devi, a Dalit woman from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, who allegedly had both...

Here’s what explains Mayawati’s rout in UP election

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Many independent observers believe that Mayawati may be down but she is not out yet. Hina Khan | TwoCircles.net LUCKNOW — The rout of the Bahujan...

Congress supports NCSC on Dalit education issue

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New Delhi : The Congress on Friday welcomed the National Commission of Scheduled Castes' (NCSC) observation that amendments to the panchayat acts which mandated...

Uddhav trying to split RPI: Athawale

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Mumbai : Grappling with an intra-party controversy over his decision to ally with the BJP, Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas Athawale Tuesday...

मोदी जी! क्या लड़कियां सिर्फ़ अचार बेचने के लिए हैं?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net इन दिनों सोशल मीडिया पर पीएम नरेन्द्र मोदी का एक बयान पर काफी कुछ शेयर किया जा रहा है, जिसमें उन्होंने कहा...

Fasting students at Hyderabad varsity evicted

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Hyderabad: Seven students who were on hunger strike in University of Hyderabad for the last four days were forcibly shifted to hospital on Saturday. With...

“Nodeep is in jail because she stood with protesting farmers,” says family, vows to...

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As per her family, Nodeep dismantled the government’s claim that people from the nearby areas are facing problems due to the farmer’s protest by...

50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna

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Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...

AAP main focus for BJP’s Delhi candidates

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New Delhi : The seven Lok Sabha candidates of the BJP in Delhi have their eyes set on their opponents from the AAP while...

Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders

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Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...

200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, probe ordered

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday ordered a probe into the conversion of 40 Mahadalit families comprising 200 people to Christianity...

Modi government spreading hatred in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati

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Lucknow : BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, saying it is spreading hatred and communalism in Uttar...

BJP forms panel over atrocities on Dalit women in Kerala

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New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah has set up a three-member committee to look into the incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...

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

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

A Dalit Groom Rides a Horse Under Police Protection in MP, Challenges India’s Caste...

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Akansha Deshmukh, TwoCircles.net A wedding procession moves along a kaccha road of Bharatpura, a remote village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. On both sides, humble...

भाजपा के मनुवादी सोच की अभिव्यक्ति है मधु मिश्रा का बयान

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Bihar outcome a referendum on Modi: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: The BJP-led coalitionÂ’s defeat in Bihar was a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra ModiÂ’s working style, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said...

Bihar shutdown disrupts rail, road traffic

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Patna : A shutdown in Bihar Tuesday to protest the arrest of three men for the alleged gang rape of six Mahadalit women has...

‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...

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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...

BJP anti-Dalit, behind Koregaon riots: Delhi Minister

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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...

‘Sometimes My Chest Burns, But I Still Go Up’: The Silent Suffering of Women...

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Saloni Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Long before the city awakens, Ansura, a rag picker, begins her climb every morning. With a torn sack slung over...

This time, Sangh Parivar should not be allowed to get away

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Ref: - Great implications of Ram Setu controversy on Babri Masjid dispute & on future of SAARC. Dear Sir

Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits

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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...

बिहार चुनाव: जीतनराम मांझी का भगवा चोला

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.Net पटना/ नई दिल्ली: बिहार में विधानसभा चुनाव के संभावित समय का ऐलान होते ही अब सारी रणनीतियां रंग दिखाने लगी हैं. पुराने...

JD-U may be headed for split over CM Manjhi

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Patna: Bihar's ruling JD-U Friday appeared headed for a split over the likely replacement of Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi by his predecessor Nitish...

BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...

BSP candidate slaps Ramdev with case in Bihar

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Patna : Chandradip Ram, BSP candidate from Bihar's Gopalganj constituency, Tuesday filed a case against yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice...

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani rejects invite to CPM programme in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Kerala CPI (M) leadership was left red faced after Jignesh Mevani, Una agitation leader, rejected the party’s invitation to attend...

Dying of hunger in an age of food apps

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

Telangana Police files closure report in Rohith Vemula suicide case, claims research scholar wasn’t...

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TCN News New Delhi: Doubting Rohit Vemula to be a Dalit and speculating that he ended his life out of fear that his true caste identity...

Dalit tied to a tree, beaten up in Karnataka village

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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...

Atrocities against SCs, STs: Odisha to set up three special courts

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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government is taking steps to set up three special courts in Cuttack, Bolangir and Balasore districts to try cases of...

Minor boy burnt alive in Bihar for goat’s grazing

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Patna : A boy's goat grazed some of a farmer's paddy crop. That really got the farmer's goat. He burnt the boy alive in...

Civil societies across India and US condemn the attack over writer Kancha Illaiah

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TCN News Attack over the Indian Dalit scholar, writer, and ideologue Professor Kancha Illaiah has sparked various groups and civil societies across the globe. The Alliance...

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

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

Sandeep Pandey returns NREGS achievement award

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

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

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

Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand

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Haridwar, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking...

भीम आर्मी का नया रंग : शादी के कार्ड पर चंद्रशेखर की तस्वीर और...

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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...

Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The alleged gang rape and murder of two dalit girls on 27 May 2014 in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh has been condemned largely throughout the country by every section of the society. The condemnation did not stop within the borders of the country but international organizations have also expressed their dissatisfaction towards lack of adequate sanitation facilities and growing sexual violence of women resulting into the violations of human rights in India. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appalled by the brutal rape and killing of two dalit girls in UP whereas Amnesty International has criticized the police machinery of India who have time and again found to have derelict towards registering and investigating cases of rapes of low caste girls and their lackadaisical behavior in booking higher caste culprits in those cases.

Lone survivor of Khairlanji massacre, Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, dies of heart attack

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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...

भारत में सरकार नाम की कोई चीज़ है या नहीं?

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डॉ. खजान सिंह हाल ही में दबंगो द्वारा गुजरात के ऊना में दलितों के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार ने सारे देश के बहुजनो को...

सोनभद्र का रामबाबु : वेटर के तौर पर अपमान झेला ,लोकडाउन में नौकरी...

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मोहम्मद आसिम। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे पिछड़े इलाकों में शुमार करने वाले आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र सोनभद्र के लाल ने कमाल जैसा कुछ कर दिया...

Aalaap: First movie out of Chhatisgarh will take on Naxalism head on

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By TCN News, Mumbai: Chhattisgarh is caught between Capitalism and Naxalism. A group of people who hail from the region are making a movie to change the perception of the region.

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

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By Badre Alam & Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net Editors: Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 263 Price (Hardbound): Rs 850 Professor Christophe Jaffrelot...

Four upper caste people awarded life imprisonment for burning down a Dalit’s house

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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...

दरभंगा में पुलिस फ़ायरिंग में एक दलित की मौत, सदर एसडीओ को निलंबित करने...

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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...

बिहार : एक जिला, दो महीने और 21 दलितों की हत्या

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार : बिहार में जहां एक तरफ राजनीतिक सरगर्मियां बढ़ती जा रही हैं वहीँ दूसरी तरफ आपराधिक घटनाओं का ग्राफ भी तेजी से बढ़ा...

वर्धा विश्वविद्यालय-पहले बिना कारण दलित-ओबीसी छात्रों को निष्कासित किया, अब निष्कासन लिया वापस

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By मीना कोटवाल, TwoCircles.net Photos by Chandan Saroj महाराष्ट्र का केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालय वर्धा में 9 अक्टूबर को एक कार्यक्रम किया गया था, जिसमें हिस्सा लेने वाले...

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

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

हाथरस से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “ऊंची जाति के लोग अब हमसे बात नही करते,...

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रियाज़ हाशमी, हाथरस से Twocircles.net के लिए 19 वर्षीय दलित लडकी से गैंगरेप के बहुचर्चित मामले में सवर्ण जाति के चारों आरोपियों के खिलाफ सेंट्रल...

Dalit Bihar Legislator Alleges Caste-Based Harassment, Police Register FIR

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TCN News A shocking incident of alleged caste-based harassment has surfaced in Bihar, where CPI(ML) legislator Gopal Ravidas was allegedly denied the right to inaugurate...

Ashit Sable: A young documentary maker highlighting the role of Shahiris of Maharashtra

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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...

Harvard India Conference sees protests against Rohith Vemula’s suicide

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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...

Public prosecutor in the Una Dalit atrocity case quits

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TCN News Citing reasons of security and remuneration, special public prosecutor Dipendra Yadav has written to the legal department to be relieved from the Dalit...

Azadi Kooch, a rally to mark one year of Una uprising, stopped in Mehsana,...

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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...

Without invoking 80,000 martyrs, Kashmiris will achieve nothing

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Ref: - Time running out fast for Kashmiris in view of impending elections. Dear Sir As per September 1 media reports Huriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, asked people of J&K to completely boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.

Mayawati criticizes BJP government for ignoring Dalit icons in conferring Bharat Ratna

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has come down heavily against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government for discriminating against Dalit icons such as Kanshi Ram while awarding Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya.

Mayawati blames BJP, RSS for Maharashtra violence

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Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of engineering the caste violence in...

‘Dalit students in J&K not getting scholarships on time’

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By TCN News, Jammu: Aman Thappa, a former NSUI leader has appealed to the Director, Social Welfare Department of Jammu & Kashmir regarding problems being faced by SC students of the state. Addressing the media, Mr. Aman Thappa appealed the Director to intervene into the burning issues of SC students. He said that dalit students are not getting timely scholarships due to which they are facing a lot of hardships.

Like Mayawati like Manohar: Social engineering redux in Goa

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,

सहारनपुर : पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही से दलितों में रोष, लखनऊ में आन्दोलन की...

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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...

Faridabad arson: Fight between two thriving families?

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Faridabad: In a horrendous incident, two children were burnt alive when a Dalit family's house was set afire in a Faridabad village on...

UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women

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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....

वीडियो रिपोर्ट : अब वन गुर्जरों की जंगल से ज़मीन की और जाने की...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net हिमाचल ,उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश की शिवालिक रेंज में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते हैं वो पशुपालन करते हैं और दूध को बाजार...

First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States

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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...

Dear Prime Minister, are you sure the rich are not sleeping well post...

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By Soroor Ahmed for Twocirlces.net As a son of a poor ‘chai-wallah’, Narendra Modi knows well how comfortably––‘aaram se’, to use his own expression––the...

The Black Coat Terrorism!

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By Mansoor Durrani for TwoCircles.net, Some leading members of India’s fascist forces publically admire Adolf Hitler. Martin Niemöller was a German national conservative and also,...

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

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

‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net (The following is a first-person account of a youth from Amreli district) Amerli, Gujarat: My name is Sagar Bagada. I am...

रविदास जयंती के पहले बेगमपुरा एक्सप्रेस रद्द, दलितों और सिखों में गुस्सा

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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...

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi gears up for Maharashtra Assembly polls with Bootcamp for campaign staff

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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...

Dalit man chops off finger after accidently voting for BJP

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Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has chopped...

Karnataka banks on education to end bizarre ritual

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By IANS,

Chandrashekhar’s Letter from Prison shows Bhim Army is far from over

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The leader of Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar ‘Ravan’ may be in jail, but if you believe that this will lead to the...

नीतिश राज में लाचार बिहार के पिछड़े व दलित

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार के पिछड़े, दलित और महादलित सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री नीतिश कुमार के बड़े वोट-बैंक रहे हैं. इन तबक़ों ने...

Web-based tool to monitor atrocities against Dalits, tribals

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New Delhi : Claiming that the government has failed to safeguard the interests of the marginalised, National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

Made to work as bonded labour, ‘fined’ Rs 1.5 lakh: The story of Jasgeer...

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By Amit Kumar This is the last of the four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during a tribunal...

The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

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The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...

Two BSP MLAs accuse Mayawati of selling tickets for crores

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Lucknow : Two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators raised the banner of revolt against the party leadership on Wednesday and accused party chief Mayawati...

Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...

पटना में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई पर गरमायी सियासत

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना / नई दिल्ली : गुजरात के बाद अब बिहार में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई के मुद्दे पर राजनीति गरमाती नज़र आ...

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

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

Seminar: On the Kerala Muslim Model of Development

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Are you interested to understand what it means to be an Indian Muslim? Where does the Indian Muslim stand in comparison with his/her fellow countrymen? Are you anxious about the present and future of the Indian Muslim society? Where does the solution lie? In particular, what lessons can be learned from the Kerala Muslim example?

If you have something to say, a golden opportunity is waiting for you to be part of a serious discussion at the

The Muslim factor in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, It is high time to call off the bluff of Muslim vote bank in Indian politics. The Dalits like to vote the party that favors them, so are the Hindu caste groups, and even their Jatis are doing the same. Everyone wants to seek affiliation with the nearest similar identities and try to influence the electoral process. It’s the rule of the game of ballot box democracy and there is nothing unusual about it. In fact such designs are encouraged by the political parties who give tickets to the candidates that have significant electoral base.

Gujarat to give 10 percent quota for economically backward classes

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Gandhinagar : Ten percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions will be given to the economically backward classes (EBCs) in Gujarat, the ruling...

Thackeray blows hot and cold at BJP in Dussehra rally

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Mumbai : Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recent surgical strikes across the Line of...

‘Muslim and Christian Dalits must also get the SC Status’

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By TCN News,

पंजाबः मज़हब से हटकर राजनीतिक होती दलित गायकी

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मनीषा भल्ला बीएसपी दा आ गया हाथी, बणेया जो सबना दा साथी, गरीबी अते गुलामी वाला, जेकर अंत कराणा जी, इस बार वोटां ते सबणे...

Ambedkarites across Mumbai pay homage to Panther Raja Dhale

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Daisy K for Twocircles.net Ambedkarites across Mumbai paid homage to Raja Dhale the co-founder of Dalit Panthers of Maharashtra.Raja Dhale 78, passed away at his...

IMRC का स्वास्थ जागरूकता अभियान: तीन दिनों में हुआ 1500 मरीजों का इलाज

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ/बाराबंकी: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें...

Caste lines blurred in Varanasi poll?

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Varanasi : As Varanasi votes Monday, traditional caste lines seem to have blurred and loyalties changed. With nearly 17 lakh voters as per figures of...

हाथरस कांड : सीबीआई ने माना, गैंगरेप के बाद ही हुई थी दलित युवती...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में गैंगरेप और हत्याकांड मामले की जांच कर रही सीबीआई ने शुक्रवार को मामले की एससी/एसटी कोर्ट में...

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

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On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India. Tabeenah...

पश्चिम में दलितो का उबाल निकाल न दे भाजपा के अभियान की हवा

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आस मोहाम्द कैफ | TwoCircles.net मेरठ: पिछले सप्ताह मेरठ में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की बैठक में दलितों पर विशेषतौर पर विचार विमर्श किया...

Lok Sabha witnesses din as Opposition demands debate on lynchings

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the...

NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits

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By IANS, Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.

How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack

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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...

JNUSU Election: No place for Jeetus and Salims?

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By Mahtab Alam,

Politics of Religion

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By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net, When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...

Four-day Tribal conclave starts in Jamshedpur

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By TCN News Jamshedpur : In a bid to mark the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, the iconic tribal...

Left’s terror blame against Muslims, Dalits rejected in Kerala election

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By Anas Nilambur,

Emergency can never be imposed again: Ravi Shankar Prasad

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New Delhi : Another emergency can never be imposed in India and the country can run only as a democracy, union minister Ravi Shankar...

More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says...

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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...

‘संविधान का अपमान ही देश का अपमान है’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk सीतापुर : ‘संविधान का आदर ही देश का आदर है. लेकिन कुछ दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोग अपने स्वार्थ के चलते क़ानून को...

In Rural Telangana, How a Dalit Women-Run Radio Station Is Changing Lives

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Mohini Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: Not long ago, in a corner of southern India where caste and gender boundaries still hold strong, the idea of Dalit women...

‘Manual scavenging-free India’ still a distant dream

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Is the government really serious about rehabilitation of manual scavengers? By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: It is centuries old, most inhuman of the...

Dalit man murdered in Haryana

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By IANS, Jind (Haryana): A 31-year-old Dalit man, a resident of a village in this Haryana district, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in adjacent Sonepat district Sunday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Vijender Singh. His body was recovered from the fields in Sonepat. He worked as a farm worker in the fields of a Jind resident belonging the Jat community.

Kaamgar Patrika: A magazine of – by – and- for sanitation workers to be...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is one of the largest and richest Municipal corporations in the country, with an annual budget...

Maharashtra CM faces serious threats to life: Prakash Ambedkar

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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...

DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational...

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Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the...

दिल्ली में रविदास मन्दिर पुनर्निर्माण आंदोलन तेज़। अनुयायियों में भारी आक्रोश!

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली - बीते 10 अगस्त को दिल्ली के तुगलकाबाद में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देश के आलोक में डीडीए द्वारा ध्वस्त किए गए...

Construct memorial for Ayyankali: SDPI to Kerala Govt

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government should be ready to construct a memorial for the noted Dalit leader Ayyankali, said Abdul Majeed Faisy, state general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India. He was delivering the chief address at the Ayyankali memorial conference organized by the party in Thiruvananthapuram. Ayyankali was a famous Dalit leader and reformist who fought for Dalit rights in the state.