Indian embassy to appeal to Qatar SC for two on death row

New Delhi : The Indian embassy in Qatar is making preparations for an appeal to the country's Supreme Court on behalf of two Indians...

Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

Taliban doesn’t necessarily need to be turban clad, swinging AK47, loitering around the streets of Kabul, aiming to kill those who don’t necessarily agree...

Shut courts if they can’t protect rights: SC/ST Act vedict judge

By IANS New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who headed a bench which delivered the judgment forbidding immediate arrest under SC/ST Act, on Friday said...

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...

जिग्नेश की पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रियता से बसपा में हलचल, आज मेरठ में गरजे,...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों के उभरते हुए नेता जिग्नेश मेवानी लगातार पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रिय हैं. आज मेरठ में जिग्नेश मेवाणी...

आदिवासी बच्चों को उनकी जड़ों से अलग करते बस्तर के ये स्कूल

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दंतेवाड़ा/सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : बस्तर में चल रहे स्कूल ज्ञान के केंद्र होने के बजाय अज्ञान के कीड़े साबित होते जा रहे...

Five-year-old Dalit girl raped, murdered in Haryana; community rises in protests

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter On the night of December 8, 2017, a 5-year-old Dalit girl was abducted from her home, raped, murdered and her body...

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

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...

पटना में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई पर गरमायी सियासत

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

Bhagana’s Dalit victims seek justice; protest at Jantar Mantar

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The movement for justice for the victim of Bhagana violence is growing day by day. On April 27, protested at Jantar Mantar in the national capital. The protesters called the dharna a “prelude,” adding that if the government and political parties fail to respond to it timely then they may witness “huge public protest” in the coming days.

“Dalit community needs business leadership,” Padma Shri Ravi Kumar Narra in exclusive chat with...

Padma Shri Ravi Kumar Narra is an entrepreneur and social activist. He is the National President of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and...

Students, teachers associations seek removal of Hyderabad varsity VC

New Delhi : Students' and teachers' associations here on Monday sought immediate removal and arrest of University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice Chancellor P. Appa...

Targetted for being Dalit, tweets sacked Delhi minister

New Delhi : Former Delhi Social Development Minister Sandeep Kumar tweeted on Thursday that he was being targetted as he was a Dalit and...

TwoCircles.net to celebrate its 10 year anniversary with community awards

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TwoCircles.net, the news website of the marginalized has achieved a major milestone this month by completing ten years of continuous operation. TCN...

Ramdas Athawale – best survivor among Dalit leaders

Mumbai : Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas B. Athawale, who was sworn-in as Minister of State in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council...

Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives

Sumeet Samos, TwoCircles.Net Mar 12. 2020. Every year around the time of Holi and Durga Puja we encounter a discontent emanating from a Bahujan activists...

Parents protest ‘lower caste’ women cooking food in schools

By Adnan Alavi, The outrage among parents over Dalit or Lower Caste [sic] women cooking food for their children in schools has once again demonstrated the casteist face of our society. 'Upper caste' families are insistent that they would not send the kids to school if the children are served food cooked by Dalit women. In several places, villagers have turned violent and the cooks had to be sent away.

दलित युवक के मूँछ रखने पर दबंगो का हमला

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net गुजरात के अहमदाबाद में लंबी मूंछें रखने पर एक दलित युवक पर हमले का मामला सामने आया है। बताया जा रहा है हमले...

By leaking his conversations with Mayawati, Naseemuddin has not helped his own cause

Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Before the UP Elections, the Samajwadi Party and its internal affairs rivalled primetime television shows. Every other day, one of the disgruntled...

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...

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...

More autonomy assured for northeast tribals’ councils

By IANS, Agartala: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is keen to give more autonomy to the autonomous district councils in northeast India for the development of the tribals, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanasamy said Tuesday. "Congress governments, both at the centre and states, are always sincere for the development of tribals and to grant more autonomy to the backward tribals," he told reporters here.

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

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...

Former village head booked for ‘threatening’ Dalits in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad : A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said...

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...

Delhi Assembly passes resolution against police ‘brutality’ on students

New Delhi : Condemning police action against students seeking justice for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, the Delhi assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding "immediate...

Why is conversion to Buddhism so controversial?

In India, the right to profess, practice and propagate one’s own religion remains marred by socio-political lacunas as well as judicial travesty. Aatika S...

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...

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.

Dalits will be protected against atrocities: Wasnik

By IANS, Chandigarh : Rights of Dalits will be protected and strict laws will be implemented to prevent atrocities against them like the arson attack on Dalit homes in Haryana, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said here Wednesday. "I have travelled to various states of the country to see whether there is any discrimination with these sections of society. We will strictly implement the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 at all places," Wasnik told reporters.

In Amul town, Dalits drink milk to protest

Ahmedabad : The protests by Dalits over the July 11 flogging of Dalit boys in Una by self-styled cow protection vigilantes continued for 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...

Ambedkar’s ideology: Religion, nationalism and Indian Constitution

By Ram Puniyani, In order to gain larger legitimacy, the RSS has been making claims of sorts. One that was made few months back was that Gandhi was impressed by functioning of RSS. Now, came another distortion that Ambedkar believed in Sangh ideology (Feb 15, 2015). This was stated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Recently on the occasion of Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary many programmes were held by RSS combine giving a pro-Hindutva tilt to presentation of Ambedkar.

भीम आर्मी के भारत बंद का व्यापक असर, दिल्ली मे भिड़े दो गुट, अलीगढ़...

आसमोहम्मद. कैफ़, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। दलित के हितों के लिए सँघर्ष करने का दावा करने वाले संगठन भीम आर्मी एकता मिशन के आह्वान पर सर्वोच्च अदालत...

A day ahead of ‘grand-alliance’ rally, Pasmanda Muslims’ meet turn out to be a...

’If no party, including the BJP, comes to seek support, PMM may field 30-40 candidates.’ By Abhay Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Patna: Held in the shadow...

The story of minors: A note on the practice of untouchability in Uttar Pradesh

The mainstream Manuwadi media and Savarna liberal media are always desperate to take note of the atrocities on Dalit-Bahujans in a particular fashion. The...

Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition

Organized by Adavi Myah, an art collective led by Dalit and Bahujan women, the exhibition will run for four weeks until May 30, 2022. BOSTON,...

Anandiben resignation offer due to AAP’s growing popularity, says Kejriwal

New Delhi : Soon after Gujarat Chief Minster Anandiben Patel offered to resign, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the development was the result...

Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums

Dr Fatma Faheem Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...

2-year-old girl dies in Bihar on way to hospital as roads blocked due to...

Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) A critically ill two-year-old girl died on Monday on her way to a hospital as Bharat Bandh supporters blocked roads...

Custody death: Cops to face identification parade

By IANS, Gurgaon : An identification parade would be held to narrow down on accused policemen in the alleged custody death of a 29-year-old Dalit cab driver here last week, police said Monday.

Remembering Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim teacher who laid the foundation of Dalit-Muslim unity

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, a number of political forums and parties have experimented with uniting Dalits and Muslims, given their...

Mayawati threatens to resign from RS

New Delhi, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise...

Rahul blames Haryana government for Dalit killings

Faridabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Haryana's BJP government of failing to ensure security for the weaker sections. Gandhi also said that...

BJP a party of greedy people, not Hindus, says Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the BJP, saying it claims to be a party of the...

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

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...

Tension in Haryana’s Hisar after Dalit-Jat spat

By IANS, Hisar : Tension prevailed in the Surya Nagar area of this Haryana district Tuesday after stray incidents of violence following a dispute between the members of the Dalit and Jat communities, police said. "Yesterday (Monday) night a buffalo, belonging to a member of Dalit community, collided with a vehicle that was owned by a Jat youth. At that time there were some heated arguments but the situation was somehow controlled," a police official said.

Dalit woman suspected of braid cutting lynched in Agra

Agra, (IANS): An elderly Dalit woman, termed an evil witch involved in cutting hair of women, was beaten to death near here on Wednesday morning,...

‘दलित चेतना’ आंदोलन को अब उत्तर प्रदेश लेकर जाएंगे जिग्नेश मेवाणी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: गुजरात के उना कांड की चिंगारियां अभी भी सुलग रही हैं. उना में दलितों को इंसाफ़ दिलाने की लड़ाई...

BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

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.

“पुलिस से इंसाफ की कोई उम्मीद नही वो पूरी कहानी को बदल रहे हैं”...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ।बुलंदशहर, TwoCircles.net बुलंदशहर में एक दलित परिवार को दबंगो द्वारा छेड़छाड़ से रोके जाने पर दिल दहलाने वाली घटना हुई है.घटना सोमवार की रात...

बिहार : जमींदारों ने की भाकपा (माले) कार्यकर्ताओं की हत्या और मुसहरों के साथ...

TCN News अररिया(बिहार): जब दुनिया नए साल की खुशी मना रही थी, उसी दौरान बिहार के अररिया जिले में जमीदारों ने अपने हक की मांग...

The Black Coat Terrorism!

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,...

Demonstration outside Rajasthan Bhavan against killings of the Dalits in Nagaur

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A protest demonstration was organised on Saturday outside the Rajasthan Bhavan in the capital demanding justice to the victims of mass killings by the dominant caste in Naguar district. Dalits and Adivasis, women activists, advocates and concerned citizens of the country from different Civil Society organisations and all those in support of the cause of marginalized people, gathered to condemn the killings of 3 dalits by the dominant Jat caste on Thursday.

Motorcycle diaries from UP; political lessons at every pitstop: A travelogue from the upcoming...

By Rajan Pandey, Twocircles.net Armed with a press card and a laptop, I started from Delhi on a motorcycle around ten days ago to understand...

Dalit posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh

By IANS, Bhopal : National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Buta Singh Sunday said that Dalits were being denied their fundamental right in Madhya Pradesh and that the government was recruiting general category candidates to fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for these castes. Singh, who was on the fact-finding mission to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's native village in Sehore district, 100 km from here, after media reports that Dalits were not allowed entry into the three temples there, was accompanied by NCSC member from Madhya Pradesh Mahendra Boudh.

I Feel Unmistakable Sense of Belonging: Rishab Dahiya, the Photographer Behind  Powerful Photographs of...

Aatika S | Twocircles.net Aatika S. interviews Rishab Dahiya, a dalit photographer and a filmmaker who is famous for clicking powerful pictures of members of...

A silent morcha by ‘forward’ castes and the ‘wrath’ of Dalit Sena in Aurangabad

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad: Dalit Sena, a group of a working class youth in Aurangabad, protested on the night of August 28, against...

How a new documentary aims to break the “upper”-caste hegemony over who ‘explains’ Ambedkar

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net How does one interpret the life and works of Dr BR Ambedkar? Who speaks for, about him, and where? What is...

50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna

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

Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case

Hyderabad : In a dramatic judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday set aside an order of a special court that sentenced 21 people...

USA invitation to India may usher into alternative to UN

Ref: - India to insist on formal launch of “United Democratic Nations�

Dear Sir

This refers to Indian media highlighted USA invitation given to India (to join US-led global alliance of democracies)  through statement of Condoleezza Rice (US Secretary of State) issued on Thursday by her at annual US Indian Business Council meeting where India was further ‘enlightened’ about the redundancy of Non Alignment Movement (NAM).

BSP in Maharashtra: Struggling to make a mark

By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, After the polls closed in Nagpur, where competing factors include the Brahmin BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari and the incumbent Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar, around 30 male supporters of the Ambedkarite pro-Dalit Bahujan Samaj Party scattered around in groups at the BSP’s Nagpur office discussing the elections.

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)."

Rs.1.7 cr fine slapped for commercial use of property

By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday directed a woman to pay Rs.1.7 crore for using for commercial purposes a residential plot alloted to her by the central government. Since the woman has died, her heirs have been asked to pay the fine. The property, situated in posh Friends Colony, was leased out to Savitri Devi for residential purposes in the year 1976 but she rented out her premises for commercial purposes over the years.

From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi

62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the...

Seven years and counting: No justice in sight for Dalits of Bhagana

By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net With Lok Sabha elections approaching, every political party is trying to show that it cares for the marginalised communities and if...

Communal violence again erupts in Meerut over Rs 50

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Meerut: In communal charged Western Uttar Pradesh, a brawl between two youths – one Muslim and one Dalit - over Rs 50 turned into a communal riot in a Meerut village on Sunday evening. Five persons were injured in a communal clash between members of dalit and Muslim communities in Durveshpur village under Parikshitgarh police station in Meerut district. Soon the rumor mill got acting, escalating communal riots in the neighboring villages as well.

Already 50% communist India needs new monetary regime

Ref:- Jurisdictionally confused India will have to adopt genuine federalism.

Dear Sir

Amidst the hullabaloo of last week's Indian share market crises (where in the face of allegedly ailing US economy, SENSEX again crashed heavily with attended heart burns in secondary market and primary market also faced problems as the IPO of reputed companies were either withdrawn or caused heavy losses to investors) the people have generally ignored a very important & unfortunate development i.e. last week's media coverage of :-

सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद बदल गई है भीम आर्मी की कहानी

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद के भीम आर्मी गहरे बदलाव की और है इसके लिए भीम आर्मी के...

दलित युवा फाड़ रहे हैं अपने घरों में लगे धार्मिक पोस्टर, 3 गिरफ़्तार

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मंसूरपुर : दलितों मे असंतोष लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है. भीम आर्मी के प्रभुत्व वाले क्षेत्र में एक अन्य संगठन...

Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat

By IANS, Gandhinagar: The opposition Congress staged a walk-out from the Gujarat assembly Thursday, protesting remarks from the treasury benches that many of the tribals were Maoists. The walk-out came at the end of a daylong debate on the budgetary demands for the forest and tribal welfare department when Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel was giving his reply.

Memorandum to the Governor of Gujarat on Present law and order situation

To, Sri Naval Kishore Sharma The Honorable Governor of Gujarat Gandhinagar. Sir, The Socialist Unity Centre of India, Gujarat State organizing Committee would like to draw your attention to some of the very vital problems of Gujarat haunting the state and taking a very ugly turn in an alarming scale. The Soharabuddin encounter case

Dalit agitation forces Gujarat to set up atrocity courts

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government on Thursday announced setting up of special courts in 16 districts of the state to handle cases related to...

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...

With Chandrashekhar in jail, Dalits of Saharanpur seek to rekindle struggle

By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Bhim Army is trying to ensure that the fight for justice and equality continues even as its...

Dalits, Muslims share food in JUH event in Lucknow

By TCN News In an effort towards strengthening Dalit-Muslim unity, the Jamiat Ulama - i - Hind (JUH) organised a feast for the two communities...

Research fellowship hiked for others; SC/ST, minority scholars feel let down by govt’s biased...

By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Research fellows belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and minority communities across the country are feeling let down alleging that the central government overlooked them from the recent fellowship hike that their counterparts from other categories received.

‘नीट’ में ओबीसी आरक्षण को लेकर भीम आर्मी का प्रदर्शन

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net देशभर में मेडिकल परीक्षा नीट में अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग का आरक्षण खत्म करे जाने का मुद्दा अब गरमाता जा रहा हैं। राजनैतिक...

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

Aaghaz’s Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship awarded to a Dalit student

By TCN News, New Delhi:Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among minorities has announced the winner of ‘Rohith Vemula...

One acerbic comment cracks BJP’s Dalit dream in UP

By Mohit Dubey Lucknow : In politics, fortunes change overnight. They certainly did in Uttar Pradesh within just 24 hours for two players -- the...

Una assault lifts lid on atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat

By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad : The brutal thrashing of four Dalit youths by self-styled cow protection vigilantes is no isolated incident in Gujarat. As many...

Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author

By IANS, Pune: A few Dalit activists in Maharashtra have demanded action against a Pune-based author for his anti-Brahmin comments in a book while Brahmin groups are yet to decide on any action.

The Old Boys’ Public School (OBPS) Implementation Scheme

The Association has launched an ambitious project of establishing a chain of English medium schools with the brand name Old Boys' Public School (OBPS) under clause 2 (vi) of the rules of the association. The objective is to nurture pure morality, free inquiry and large hearted tolerance in students and impart purposeful education so that they can face the challenges posed by the modern and emerging societies. The OBPS board of management has worked out an effective scheme for implementing the OBPS project. The management is offering

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

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 |...

From Dalit Leader to ‘Hindutva Icon’, the ‘Transformation’ of Chirag Paswan

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Chirag Paswan, the son of the late Ram Vilas Paswan — a stalwart Dalit leader — and Reena Sharma, a non-Dalit, seems...

After Moradabad, 180 Dalit families of Saharanpur to convert to Buddhism if atrocities do...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter After 50 Dalit families from Moradabad converted to Islam last week citing Yogi Government's total negligence and upper caste violence against...

Brinda Karat demands probe in tribal girls’ deaths in Andhra Pradesh

By IANS, New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Monday asked Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to order a probe into the deaths of four tribal girls given a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination by an NGO in Andhra Pradesh. In a letter to Azad, Karat said a programme of HPV vaccination was launched in several districts of Andhra Pradesh, exclusively among young, mainly tribal girls from the ages of 10-14 years by an NGO.

स्त्री – शिक्षा के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने वाली सावित्रीबाई फुले

हमारे जानी दुश्मन का नाम है अज्ञान उसे धर दबोचो मजबूत पकड़ कर पीटो और उसे जीवन से भगा दो! तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net उपर लिखे हुए एक-एक शब्द भारत की...

Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat

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‘गुजरात में अल्पसंख्यकों, दलितों को लेकर क्राईम ब्रांच का रवैया भेदभावपूर्ण’

TwoCircles.net News Desk अहमदाबाद : पिछले दिनों विधायक जिग्नेश मेवाणी की क्राईम ब्रांच द्वारा अचानक गिरफ़्तारी को लेकर अल्पसंख्यकों और दलितों के अंदर गुस्सा पनपता...

Congress will raise Gujarat incidents in Parliament: Sonia

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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...

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.

To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card

By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi : To end the impasse in parliament, the government is planning to bring out next week its...

Our Muslim brothers fast in Ramadan; we have been fasting for 5 years waiting...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “For our Muslim brothers, Ramadan comes once a year, but we have been fasting continuously for the past...

Delhi Congress’ women’s wing protests

New Delhi:Hundreds of female activists of the Delhi Mahila Congress protested at the BJP headquarters here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his recent...

Why keeping a moustache continues to be deadly for some Dalits

Unable to digest upward mobility of many erstwhile untouchables, Dalits now face caste violence over the most mundane things including a moustache.  Smitha R  |...

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...

Five point programme for Indian muslims

we are living in a society where interest is collected for every work.under inevitable circumstances lakhs of indian muslims converted into pan brokers,bankers etc.They never lend money to their muslim brothers without interest.why? they have to survive. Crores of indian muslims addicted to dowry.They wont marry a girl without taking dowry.

Boston NRIs condemn Telangana Government brutality at University of Hyderabad

Demands resignation of VC Podile Appa Rao By TCN News, On Sunday March 27, several dozen NRIs in Boston gathered to express outrage at the brutal...

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net हाथरस की गए गेंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की  आज सुबह दिल्ली के सफदरजंग अस्पताल में हुई मौत के बाद दलितों का...

How Communalism Divides the Nation?

Dictate to Chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ as an Example! By Ram Puniyani, Today in India the gulf between religious communities is widening at...

Does the BJP intend to change the Indian Constitution?

By Ram Puniyani BJP, which believes in Hindu nationalism, faces a dilemma about Indian Constitution. The party, at least on the surface, has to pay...

Dalit man chops off finger after accidently voting for BJP

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...

Manjhi quits, claims threat to life

Patna : Embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday dramatically resigned just ahead of a floor test, the move coming despite the BJP...

Left parties demand recall of Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor

Hyderabad : The Left parties on Monday staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan here, demanding recall of University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor...

Lok Sabha begins debate on atrocities against Dalits

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday began general discussion on the "atrocities against Dalits" in the country under Rule 193. Communist Party of...

LJP demands Bihar CM’s resignation over Mahadalits’ exodus

Patna : Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP Friday demanded Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation following the exodus of hundreds of Mahadalits...

BHU anti-reservation scam: How the University is denying jobs to Dalit-Bahujans

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“His head was blooming like a lotus,” recalls mother of slain 9-year-old Dalit boy...

By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net  Mumbai: “His head was blooming just like a lotus”, recalls Mangesh Shivsharan’s mother, who collected parts of his nine-year-old son’s brain,...

Kashmiris to emphasize and practise ‘Unified J&K’

Ref: - Present goodwill of India , Pakistan & international community be utilized

Dear Sir

Normally any community which lays down the lives of its so many people does not remain without being master of its political destiny. But Kashmiris (despite sacrificing more than 80,000 people as per Nicholson's report adopted by EU's Parliament vide A6-0158/2007 on May 24, 2007) are still groping in the dark mainly due to:-

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

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...

USA Prez elections should motivate India to make party elections, the State responsibility.

Ref: - Without inspiring & disciplining parties, democracy is meaningless.

Dear Sir

There is any number & type of democracies being practiced in contemporary world and one need not ape the other. But there is always some radical element in one democracy which if adopted by another democracy (may be in a modified form) then it can prove to be a panacea for quite a number of problems faced by that ailing democracy. In this context the fundamental difference between democracies of USA and India needs highlighting.

Irked with denial of water by upper castes, Dalit man digs up well in...

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Washim (Maharashtra): In an exemplary display of courage and commitment, a dalit man from a drought-hit village in Washim district...

DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim

New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...

TISS students’ strike enters Day 4, support pours from Universities across India; demands yet...

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The strike in Tata Institute Of Social Sciences called by the students of all the four campuses has entered day 4...

Art festival at TISS celebrates the colours of Bahujan resistance

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences was abuzz with the colours of Bahujan Art the past weekend as...

Music for protest: Azadi and Inqilab as the new Hindustani beats

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net As marches and rallies dominate the most commonly practised ways of protest, the youth are now searching new ways to protest...

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...

Dalit woman in MP sees ‘conspiracy’ to remove her as Sarpanch

Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : A Dalit woman here has accused Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Mallya of engaging in a "conspiracy" to have...

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...

‘Ambedkar was a national, not just Dalit, leader’

New Delhi : It is "grossly unfair" to describe B.R. Ambedkar as a Dalit leader, says a new biography, adding that the architect of...

Bhima Koregaon: Dalits in search of icons from history

By Ram Puniyani for TwoCircles.net Maharashtra witnessed unprecedented violence against the Dalits who had congregated to pay tributes to the Dalits soldiers (1st January 2018),...

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...

A letter to the Financial Reforms Committee of Planning Commission of India

By Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai proposal for joint ventures in islamic banking in collaboration with international islamic banks and/or international banks with islamic banking operational expertise Financial Sector Reforms are needed, as per Mr. Raghuram G. Rajan's introductory remarks, to

Court accepts terror charges against Kobad Ghandy

By IANS, New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday accepted a fresh set of formal charges filed by police against Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy for prosecuting him under terror charges.

Ambedkarites across Mumbai pay homage to Panther Raja Dhale

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...

The Bhagana protest in Delhi

The four school-going Dalit girls were allegedly kidnapped and raped March 23 by upper caste men in Bhagana. The protestors have been demanding the arrest of the village head and his son along with others whose names have not been included in the police complaint.

125 years on, Dalits wait for a leader like Ambedkar

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Notwithstanding reservation in education, job, Lok Sabha and state Assemblies India is yet to produce as towering a Dalit personality as...

Dalit killing case shifted out of Haryana

By IANS, New Delhi: In a blow to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the Supreme Court Wednesday transferred the trial of those accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana to New Delhi.

Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay

Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar

New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...

Time running out for Kashmiris

Ref:- Invocation of Kashmiri martyrs , the only leverage left for Kashmir solution. Dear Sir This refers to the statement of Indian prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at a function on Sunday in Jammu where he proposed (a)- the turning of LOC into a line of peace with free flow of ideas, material and people across the border and (b)- Land and water resources of entire J&K (including PAK) can be used jointly for the benefit of people of J&K living on both sides of LOC.

‘Manual scavenging-free India’ still a distant dream

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...
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