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सवर्णवादी व्यवस्था से पीड़ित पत्रकार मीना कोतवाल ने अब ‘सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों’...

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मीना कोतवाल,Twocircles.net के लिए सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों, प्रशांत कन्नौजिया को जेल गए हुए 50 दिन हो गए हैं. एक ट्वीट की वजह से प्रशांत...

Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis

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Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...

ज्योतिबा फुले से उपेंद्र कुशवाहा तक…

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काशिफ़ यूनुस जो लोग उपेंद्र कुशवाहा के उन दिनों के संघर्ष से वाक़िफ़ हैं, जब वो राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी के गठन का प्रयास...

Rahul Gandhi continues protest at Hyderabad varsity

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Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday continued his protest along with the students who are on hunger strike at the University of...

Overdue SC/ST Amendment bill passed after avoidable one year delay

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A full one year after its introduction, the long overdue amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...

High time for the Church to introspect

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By R. L. Francis

यूपी उपचुनाव में दलितों का रुख तय करेगा 2024 का भविष्य

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में मैनपुरी लोकसभा सीट, रामपुर और खतौली विधानसभा सीट पर उपचुनाव हो रहें हैं। तीनों सीटों पर मुख्य मुकाबला बीजेपी...

Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards

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By TCN News In the 4th Edition of Connections 2020 by the IIMC Alumni Association, independent journalist Meena Kotwal was awarded the Indian Institute of...

Bhopali Kids Drive Home their Demands to PM

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Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case

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

Congress misleading on Ambedkar memorial, Thackeray warns Dalits

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By IANS,

“Change in the social system and need of a better future”: Ambedkar’s 127th Birth...

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By Sidharth Dhamma On Sunday, April 15, 2018, various progressive organizations from Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, USA organized a program to commemorate Dr....

Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP

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By IANS,

Court sentences death to Ameerul Islam for rape and murder of Kerala law student

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Kochi (Kerala), (IANS): A sessions court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced to death Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, who on Tuesday was...

JNU suicide: ABVP seeks CBI probe, teachers’ suspension

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday demanded a CBI probe into JNU student J. Muthukrishnan's suicide and sought suspension...

Violence-hit Saharanpur tense but under control: Official

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Lucknow, (IANS): A day after clashes between Dalits-Rajputs left one dead, the situation in a violence-hit village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district remained tense...

No fees for girls upto higher secondary level in state schools, says J&K government

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a significant move which will benefit thousands of girls studying in state run schools in Jammu and Kashmir,...

TNTJ resolution for Muslim reservation

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By TCN News The resolutions adopted at the Conference on The Rights of the Oppressed. The Conference on the Rights of the Oppressed organized by Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath on July, the 4th , 2010 at the Island Grounds, Chennai unanimously adopted the following resolutions.

Man accused of violence against Dalit woman activists arrested

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By IANS,

Why the CAA and NRC are not good solutions to a country bleeding with...

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Dr Anis Ansari, IAS (Rtd) The unprecedented wave of nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the...

Where Are the Rest? ‘Panchayat’ Celebrates Rural India but Ignores Its Dalits, Marginalised

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Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net The hit Amazon Prime series 'Panchayat' has become one of India’s most popular web shows, widely appreciated for its simple storytelling and...

Dalit group seeks action against Andhra home minister

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By IANS,

Two more arrested in Una case, 24 now in custody

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested two more persons for flogging four Dalit youngsters in Una on July 11, taking the total...

2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

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TCN News Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two MPs are from the Dalit community from VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). These two MPS Dr...

For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles

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In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...

BJP government promotes Indian culture, traditions: Amit Shah

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Ujjain : BJP president Amit Shah, who took a holy dip in the Shipra river on Wednesday as part of programmes during the ongoing...

Poll panel recommends police case against GJM chief Gurung

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By IANS, Kolkata : A police case was filed Monday on the Election Commission's recommendation against Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung for allegedly threatening non-Nepalese people to vote for the GJM-backed Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Darjeeling candidate Jaswant Singh on April 30. The Communist Party of India (CPI) alleged that Gurung had last month during a speech at Dajreeling Gymkhana grounds, warned non-Nepalese people including Muslims and Tibetans of serious consequences if they did not vote for Jaswant Singh.

Shutdown in Telangana town over Dalit man’s killing

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Hyderabad, Sep 15 (IANS) A shutdown was imposed in Telangana's Miryalguda town on Saturday over the murder of a Dalit man in an apparent...

How Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith is bringing marginalised into the mainstream

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The brain behind several hit films in Tamil, Pa Ranjith is forcing us to confront caste in all its complexities. Smitha R | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI...

‘हमारे 3 विधायक 240 पर भारी पड़ेंगे’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net बिहार में लालू-नीतिश के जीत की शोर में एक बेहद ही दिलचस्प घटनाक्रम दब कर रह गया. यह घटना भाकपा माले...

Hundreds join solidarity march for Rohit Vemula

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New Delhi : Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan...

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...

Modi has time to talk about Balochistan, but not for Dalits: Congress

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New Delhi : Gujarat Congress leaders on Sunday submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee highlighting "atrocities" against Dalits in the state, and criticised...

Government to blame for cow vigilantes’ violence: CPI-M

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New Delhi : The CPI-M on Sunday blamed the Narendra Modi government for the rising number of attacks by so-called cow vigilantes on Dalits...

‘गाय तुम्हारी माता है तो गाय तुम रखो, हमें तो हमारी ज़मीन दो’

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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...

Yet another couple attacked over intercaste marriage in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A man attacked his daughter and son-in-law with a machete and baldy injured them here on Wednesday, in another case...

Dalit girl attacked for resisting rape, one held

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By IANS,

UP Police make arrests in Sanjali’s murder case; Bhim Army questions findings and asks...

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By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net In a major breakthrough, the UP Police claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a Dalit girl who was...

‘One million post cards campaign’ launched to press for inclusion of Dalit Christians &...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

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...

Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India

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Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...

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...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

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Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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Ref: - ECI being allowed to derelict in BJP CD case Dear Sir What communal politics did to Muslims of India during last two decades can not be fully comprehended merely by the stories of demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 (despite Supreme Court's observe over there) and by the horrifying details of the massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims since late eighties including in 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

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Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...

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

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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...

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...

Act against ‘atrocities’ on Telangana’s Dalits, Congress tells panels

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New Delhi/Hyderabad, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday urged the NHRC and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to direct the Telangana government to take action...

Dalit woman held for CPI-M office trespass ‘attempts suicide’

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Kannur (Kerala) : One of the two Dalit women held on charge of trespassing into the CPI-M office in Thalaserry was late Saturday night...

Five arrests in Gujarat Dalit beating up case

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Ahmedabad : With more arrests on Wednesday, five persons have been rounded up so far on charges of beating up four Dalit youths who...

Abducted student found murdered in Guragaon

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Gurgaon : An 18-year-old student, who was abducted last weekend, was on Thursday found murdered, police said, adding she might have been sexually assaulted...

Success in Bihar victory against RSS, Modi: Rahul

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New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the success of the Grand Alliance in Bihar was a victory against the RSS,...

Embarrassment in Nepal

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, The self- respecting people of Nepal need to be congratulated for compelling the jingoist Indian media to ponder over its follies and idiocies in reporting the painful stories of earthquake from Nepal. The thing is that the reportage of TRP hungry TV channels is not new to us when they market our emotions and sentiments as these are the most ‘saleable’ products in our market apart from sex, rape, babas, tantra, cricket, corporate and Bollywood.

Does India face tyranny of the majority?

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Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...

DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim

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

Manjhi’s self-interest, political hara-kiri, an alarm bell

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By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net, Bihar has witnessed a very chaotic crisis in the recent time, which in turn has directly or indirectly affected the common people of the state. With the resignation of Jitan Ram Manjhi, the self-proclaimed political superman of Bihar from the CM’s post all types of speculations came to an end.

Have quotas in judges appointment, SC told

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday was told that besides being meritorious candidates to be considered for judgeship, it should address the question...

Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour

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By Aatika S | TwoCircles Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...

Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts

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33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM). Riya...

Jarawa women dance clip old, videographer will be held: Chidambaram

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By IANS,

Doctoring History for Political Goals: Origin of Caste System in India

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By Ram Puniyani, Caste hierarchy is a major obstacle to the goal of social justice and it continues to be a major obstacle to social progress even today. There are many a theories, which have tried to understand its origin. The latest in the series is the attempt of RSS to show its genesis due to invasion of Muslim kings. Three books written by RSS ideologues argue that Islamic atrocities during medieval period resulted in emergence of untouchables and low castes. The books are ‘Hindu Charmakar Jati’, ‘Hindu Khatik Jati’ and ‘Hindu Valmiki Jati’.

22 years on, justice eludes Dalit victims of Bathani Tola massacre

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By Nafis Haider, TwoCircles.net Bihar: On 11 July 1996, Bathani Tola was painted red with the blood of Dalits and poor farmers which included women,...

हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा

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हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...

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...

Dalit leader accepts Islam, pens a book

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By The Milli Gazette, New Delhi: After 52 years of struggle, a well known dalit leader in Tamil Nadu, T. M. Mani, accepted Islam. The English version of his book "End of Casteism" will be released in New Delhi on Sunday, 18 April 2010. Mr. T.M. Mani waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. He fought ferociously for 52 years and at the end, accepted Islam. His struggle's sufferings and achievements are detailed in this book. Venue of the book release will be Ghalib Academy, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi and time: 10.30 am-2 pm

Protest against Tsundur Judgment at AP and Telangana High Court

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: On Monday, the Tsundur Dalits Struggle Committee For Justice, comprising seventy-five people’s organization, protested against the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which released the twenty-one accused in the Tsundur Dalit massacre case. The protest was a part of the long struggle the committee has taken up. In the history of dalit movement, this was the first time a protest has been staged in front of a High Court demanding justice for the Tsundur dalits. All of the protestors taken into preventive custody and were released in the afternoon.

UC Raman, the Dalit face of IUML, aims to strengthen Dalit-Muslim alliance in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Hardly a day after his candidature was announced, U C Raman made a beeline to Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab...

UP Polls: Congress attempts to woo Dalit voters with eight-point agenda

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net Ahead of assembly polls, Congress has begun its attempt to woo Dalits with ‘eight’ promises. UP Congress President Raj Babbar...

Maoists to release abducted collector Thursday

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By IANS,

Indian Americans’ mark Independence Day celebration by solemn pledge to protect pluralism

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Indian American Muslim Council organizes celebratory event in Florida; participate in protests against targeting of Dalits and minorities in the name of cow...

English education for the SC/ST/OBCs is my long term commitment: Kancha Ilaiah

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Dalit rights activist and writer Kancha Ilaiah has come upfront countering the allegation against him that he has "a Christian agenda"...

Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author

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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.

Transwomen turn teachers for Dalit children in Bengal

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By Sahana Ghosh Malda/Kolkata, (IANS): Motherhood transcends gender. Unconditional love knows no caste barriers. Defying norms, in a rundown neighbourhood in Malda in West Bengal, transwoman Arindam...

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

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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...

The works of a restless Dalit mind: Understanding Prabhakar Kamble’s art.

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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...

Death of a Delta

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...

Dalit agitation forces Gujarat to set up atrocity courts

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

बनारस में कौमी एकता का महासम्मलेन, गूढ़ प्रश्नों पर खामोश रहे वक्ता

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: कल बनारस में कौमी-एकता को लेकर एक बड़ा कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया, जिसमें नगर और देश के बड़े मौलवियों, धर्मगुरुओं और महंतों ने शिरकत की. इस ‘कौमी यकजहती सर्वधर्म एकता महासम्मेलन’ का आयोजन बनारस स्थित अस्थायी हज हाउस में किया गया था.

Multi-crore SC scholarships racket unearthed in Uttar Pradesh

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By Sharat Pradhan, IANS, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has unearthed a multi-crore racket in disbursement of scholarships to Scheduled Caste students in educational institutions in the state. The racket involves hundreds of engineering, medical, dental and management colleges that have mushroomed over the past few years in several parts of the state.

Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya

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Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...

दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net नियुक्तियों और प्रमोशन में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को लेकर दलितों में आक्रोश बढ़ता जा रहा है। दलित इसके...

Chandy to hold reception for Ghulam Ali in Kerala

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will lead a reception here for Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali on January 14 ahead of his performance. Ali...

Tent of Bhagana protesters removed from Jantar Mantar by police; asked to leave

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The tent of Bhagana protesters at Jantar Mantar has been removed by the Delhi Police today morning and they have been asked to leave.)

Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Ram Vilas Paswan

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : There is a "sea change" in the perception by Dalits, backward class and scheduled tribes in the last two...

ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net 14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 2 – Sister,...

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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...

To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card

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

Dalit Literature Festival to take place at DU’s Kirori Mal College

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New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A two-day Dalit Literature Festival will take place at Delhi University's Kirori Mal College here on February 3 and...

Two killed as violence grips India amid Dalit protests

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New Delhi, (IANS): Two persons were killed and many injured as violence gripped parts of India on Monday as Dalit groups enforced a day-long country-wide...

Religious leaders stress on strengthening mutual love, harmony in India

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TCN News New Delhi: A get-together of the prominent leaders of different religions was organised at the Archbishop House here on Monday to strengthen mutual...

Upgrade Mayawati’s security, BSP tells Akhilesh

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By IANS,

Eight JNU students suspended for speaking out against fees hike and other discriminatory orders

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: Eight Dalit, Adivasi and minority students of Jawaharlal University (JNU) were suspended with immediate effect and their...

Haryana told to arrest all Dalit attack accused by Monday

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Haryana government for its failure to arrest all those who looted and burnt Dalit houses in Mirchpur village in Hisar district April 21 and told it to arrest by Monday all accused who are on the run. If those responsible for committing atrocities could not be arrested then what right does the director general of police have to continue in office, asked an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly.

Maharashtra braces for Koregaon-Bhima 201st anniversary

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Pune, Dec 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Saturday geared up for the upcoming 201st anniversary of the Koregaon-Bhima war with a series of...

Non-Indian Muslims to enlighten Kashmiris on Article 370.

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Ref: - Indian Muslim not competent to do this job.

Dear Sir

Though casually reported in Indian media but the news of Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray group) activists disrupting, on June 16, the public meeting of PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti went largely unnoticed and un-discussed though it contains issues of profound importance to Kashmir problem.

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

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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...

Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...

Aurangabad HC acquits all 7 accused in dalit youth lynching case of 2009

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By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has acquitted seven accused from the charges of stoning to death a dalit youth in 2009. The divisional bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice P R Bora on Wednesday acquitted three women of all charges, while the four male accused have been convicted under section 341 of IPC ((punishment for wrongful restraint).

Tribals’ nod must for takeover of their land: Rahul Gandhi

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Raipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that tribals must be asked for their permission before their land is taken away from...

Jigajinagi, a tall Dalit leader from Karnataka

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New Delhi : Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, 64, who took oath as Union Minister of State in New Delhi on Tuesday, is a five-time BJP...

The wall of religion is the tallest for Dalits in Gujarat

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By Manjula Pradeep for Twocircles.net After finishing my Masters in Social Work from M. S. University, Vadodara, I immediately joined Navsarjan Trust, which I...

Vemula wasn’t Dalit, didn’t commit suicide due to external factors: Report

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New Delhi, (IANS): Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of any pressure exerted by union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru...

Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years

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Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.

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...

A Kashmiri activist arrested, a Dalit leader detained, a Muslim killed by Gau Rakshaks:...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh was a gruesome incident. But that was last year. Now, Dadri has...

दलित बहुल गांव के लोगों का झलका दर्द

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार के औरंगाबाद जिले में बसा नारायण खाप गाँव, जहां 4000 आबादी वाले गाँव में 1200 से भी अधिक दलित परिवार रह...

A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket

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By Priyanka, New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...

SASG urges UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the spiral of human rights violations in...

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TCN News London: The London based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging UN Special Rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye...

We must protest brutalisation of women: Mahasweta Devi

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By IANS,

Bhima-Koregaon: Maharashtra police raids Dalit activists who supported protest

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Mumbai, (IANS): The Maharashtra Police carried out multi-city raids on Tuesday against prominent Dalit activists and supporters in a fallout of the January 1...

My fight against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) can help all Safai Karamcharis: Sunil Yadav

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Text and video by Shiva Thorat A lot of us are taught as children that if you want to study, there are no barriers...

How BJP got its biggest win ever?

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By Dr Shahnoor Rahman, India, being the largest democracy in the world, the identification and special care of the poor and deprived of the society -- mostly the Dalits and minorities by the government is the most important thing for social justice. This is the most important thing as well so that everyone can contribute towards the progress of the country.

Demonstration outside Rajasthan Bhavan against killings of the Dalits in Nagaur

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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.

Supreme Court stays AP High Court Judgment in Tsundur Dalit massacre case

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The Supreme Court stayed the Tsundur judgment delivered by Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday and also sent notices to all the convicts who were released and gave four weeks time to respond.

Death of a Delta: Part 2

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, TwoCircles.net visited Nokha to investigate the story of Delta Meghwal. Within a couple of hours we...

जेलों में 64 फ़ीसदी आबादी दलित व पिछड़ों की, अल्पसंख्यकों की संख्या भी बढ़ी...

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net देश में जहां दलितों व पिछड़ों के ख़िलाफ़ अपराध में इज़ाफ़ा हुआ है, वहीं भारत के जेलों में भी...

Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra

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Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...

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...

‘Sangma not representative of tribals’

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By IANS,

As Chirang goes to polls, Santhals, Bodos hope peace is prioritised, not politicised

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Chirang: William Tudu, a 60-year-old Santhal, is not sure who to vote for. He has been voting in the past elections...

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...

Historic day for Mahadalits in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : The Mahadalits of Bihar, who constitute an overwhelming number among the state's downtrodden, are in a festive mood like never before ahead of India's 65th Independence Day.

NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...

‘Voters or Citizens,’ Matua community hold key in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021

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The Matua community, with 1.5 crore voters, has always been politically active in West Bengal. Amid political drama and family feuds with fiery statements,...

Letter to the PM over encounter killings of Muslims

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3rd May 2007

To: The Prime Minister of India

Shri Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
Room No. 152, South Block,
New Delhi - 110 001
INDIA
Tel: +91 11 23012312 / 23013149 / 23019545
Fax: +91 11 23016857

Respected Sir,

Subject: Misuse of powers by three senior IPS Officials of Gujarat and Rajasthan Cadre (Anti-Terrorist Squad) in fake encounter of Soharrubudin Sheikh and dissappreance of Kausar Bi in 2005 - reg

दलित समाज में बढ़ी सामाजिक जागरूकता : लक्ष्य

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TCN News, दलित-बहुजन समाज में लक्ष्य द्वारा सामाजिक जागरूकता का अभियान तेजी के साथ आगे बढ़ रहा है। जहाँ दलित समाज की महिलाओं द्वारा इसे...

‘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...

India’s human rights situation is very serious, says UN Special Rapporteur

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UN Special Rapporteur asks India to free 16 Human Rights Defenders accused in Bhima-Koregaon case By TCN News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

Delhi to increase loan amount for minorities, Dalits

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By IANS,

Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai

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Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official...

Dalit women in Haryana to march for redressal of cases of atrocities committed by...

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By Lalita Sharma, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) is organizing a Pad Yatra (long-march) in in Kurukshetra for redressal of pending cases against atrocities faced by Dalits, particularly women, beginning February 17. They organized a similar march last year as well.

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

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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.

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