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

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...

Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well

Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...

Modi shedding crocodile tears over Vermula’s death: Congress

New Delhi: Condemning the BJP's "insensitivity" over the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Associating Buddhism with violence is fashionable: Expert

Kolkata: Buddhism is increasingly being associated with violence and now emerging as a sensitive issue between India and China, a Buddhist studies expert has...

This education Centre in Mumbai named after Rohit Vemula offers education, training to underprivileged...

By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net   Mumbai: A group of young students of Mumbai’s Phule Nagar have collectively started an education centre naming it after PhD scholar...

Tension in UP town over BJP, Congress protests

Ghaziabad : Tension gripped the Kanth area of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district Saturday as the BJP refused to back out of its proposed protest...

Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards

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...

Mayawati to begin UP campaign Thursday

Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati would begin a whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh, her home state, from Thursday, a party leader...

Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, (IANS): Police placed Dalit writer and social activist Kancha Ilaiah under house arrest here on Saturday to stop him from leaving for Vijayawada...

‘Narrative of shakhas and fulminations of right wing fundamentalists are now mainstream discourse’

With six MPs, the Lok Janshakti Party may not count for much in the 330-plus ruling NDA. But Abdul Khaliq, secretary general of LJP, is the first ally to speak out against ‘the unfettered hate being spewed’ against Muslims by ‘a long list of hate mongers’. The by-election results in Bihar and UP are being viewed as a vindication of the deep-rooted and strong secular credentials of the nation. As heartening to the secular devotees is the Prime Minister’s statement that Indian Muslims would live and die for the country. However, the fact that the PM has thought it necessary to underline the patriotism of Muslims is in itself deeply disturbing. Implicit in the statement is the frightening reality of how the Muslim is viewed in today’s India.

I can’t remember how many times I have been attacked…but will continue to fight:...

The attack on Chithralekha is a clear example of how the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while raising its voice against growing intolerance in...

Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...

Kerala youth congress ‘purify’ the spot where a Dalit MLA sat for protest

TCN News Geetha Gopi, a Dalit MLA of CPI, from Nattika constituency, Thrissur District, Kerala, sat down in front of the PWD (Public Welfare Department)...

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

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...

Chandasi Coal Mandi: Asia’s Largest Black Hell Where Laborers Pay with Their Health

Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Mughalsarai, Chandauli: The Chandasi Coal Mandi, located just five kilometers from Varanasi in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, is gripped by severe cold since...

Contemporary Dalit Politics and Ambedkar’s Goal of Caste Annihilation

By Ram Puniyani, On 28th Feb (2014) Ramvilas Paswan of Loktantantrik Jan Party joined the NDA alliance. Same Paswan had left the NDA twelve years ago with the beginning of Gujarat carnage, saying that with the violence in Gujarat he cannot be part of NDA. This time his son formulated the face saver when he said that Modi has received clean chit in the Gujarat carnage. Few days ago another dalit leader Udit Raj directly joined BJP, with the assurance of being given a ticket for forthcoming elections. In Maharashtra, Ramdas Athwaley of Republican Party of India had become part of NDA, and succeeded in being nominated for Rajya Sabha, Upper house of Parliament. There are many others dalits in the fold of BJP directly or in alliance with BJP to be in NDA, for pre poll alliance. Most of these leaders claim to be working on the path shown by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Ambedkar was committed to annihilation of caste and was totally opposed to the concept of Hindu nationalism, as propounded by RSS-BJP.

Lok Sabha passes bill increasing list of SC communities

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill to add more communities to the existing list of scheduled castes in...

Village adopted by BJP MP Kaushal Kishore is a far cry from a ‘model...

By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net Auntgarhi Saura/Malihabad: The BJP, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have repeatedly said in their election campaigns that if BJP is...

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

Attack on Sarath has hidden agenda of breaking Dalit – Muslim unity

By Kaneez Fathima, Ethnic cultures and their manifestations in the public sphere has become target for authoritarianism. BJP government under the leadership of Narendra Modi has been trying to efface the multiculturalism and secularism from the society. Fascist authoritarianism never tolerates the democratic and secular nature of the people’s constitution.

BJP government promotes Indian culture, traditions: Amit Shah

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

Mevani backs Dalits’ fast unto death in Gujarat

Gandhinagar (IANS): Around 40 people from a Gujarat village, including women and children, have started a fast unto death in Detroj of Ahmedabad district...

नंदन को पैदल घर पहुंचने में लगे आठ दिन, टीसीएन को कहा शुक्रिया, अभी...

टीसीएन ने एक हफ्ते पहले हरिद्वार से उत्तर प्रदेश के  मऊ 1400 किमी दूर पैदल जा रहे जिस मज़दूर नंदन का वीडियो इंटरव्यू किया...

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...

निर्मल पाठक की घर वापसी: अम्बेडकर के बहाने गांधी के हरिजन को गले लगाती...

 नीरज बंकर Two circles.net के लिए जहाँ एक ओर ओटीटी प्लेटफार्म ने दुनियाभर की फिल्मों, वेब शोज और बाक़ी कलाओं से परिचय कराया जिससे...

Amidst bleak future, Safai Karamcharis of Godhra have little interest in upcoming state elections

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Photos by Pratik Parmar Last year, the nation woke up to atrocities faced by Dalits in our Prime Minister’s Home state of...

Flag march by police in violence-hit Saharanpur villages

Lucknow, (IANS): Police conducted a flag march in the Shabbirpur, Badgaon, Chandrapura and Maheshpur villages of violence-hit Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday,...

CPI-M demands quota for SC, ST in private sector

Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday demanded reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the private sector and...

“Anti-nationals” of the world unite: Umar Khalid back in JNU campus

By TCN News, New Delhi: The JNU campus was enlighten on Sunday night when Umar Khalid, an accused of raising anti-national slogans, returned to the...

Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis

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...

Tension in Ghaziabad after Ambedkar statue vandalised

Ghaziabad : The defiling of a statue of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar here has led to...

A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter

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...

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

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

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

How BJP got its biggest win ever?

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.

Despite improvements, gaps between Dalits and upper castes persists: Prof. Thorat

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Waltham, Massachusetts: Economic conditions of Dalits have improved in the last sixty years but the gap between Dalits (Scheduled Castes) and higher continues continue to persists, argued Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. Prof. Thorat was giving the opening lecture at the two-day Symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar which began here on Saturday. The symposium is being organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.

Arrest Dalit children’s killers: CPI-M

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...

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance

New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...

Notice to Himachal over caste discrimination in temple

Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the state over caste discrimination in the ancient Maheshwari Devi Temple in Shimla...

Setting up of Balakrishnan Commission is a delaying tactic: Dalit Christian Groups

The case for treating Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians as Scheduled Castes was further delayed after the Supreme Court set up a Commission...

डेल्टा हत्याकांड के दो साल : ‘देश में ऐसा सिस्टम है तो फिर हम...

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : ‘तन और मन से तो पहले ही टूट चुके थे, अब धन से भी टूट चुके हैं. इंसाफ़...

Death of a Doctor: A year later, family still looking for justice

By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: For the 40-45 people who gathered near Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, it was a day to protest...

We sing to celebrate the agenda of equality and dignity: Yalgar Cultural Group

Text and video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Yalgar cultural group (YCG), an association which propagates Ambedkarite ideas, performed at the KCA Hall...

Bhim army supremo Chandrashekar Azad arrested again in Deoband, UP

TCN News Chandrashekar Azad, Chief of Bhim Army was arrested today and taken in police custody Deoband's Kasimpura village. The Dalit leader was on his way...

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

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

मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र

TCN News, वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...

Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks

By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...

Man weds widow in front of Gandhi statue

Patna : Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, whom they termed a 'witness' like...

Dalit-Muslim union creates a flutter in Maharashtra

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) When Prakash Ambedkar filed his nomination papers from the Solapur and Akola Lok Sabha constituencies as a Vanchit...

Two killed as violence grips India amid Dalit protests

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

दलितों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों के ख़िलाफ़ आवाज़ बुलंद करे —लक्ष्य

TwoCircles.net News Desk सीतापुर (उत्तर प्रदेश) : ‘आज़ादी के 70 वर्षो बाद भी इस देश में दलितों की कोई सुनने वाला नहीं है. हर घटना...

देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल

तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

Bihar Mahadalit students complain about teachers, probe on

Patna: A school teacher was among the eight people booked and a probe was ordered after Mahadalit childrens complained of caste discrimination in a...

Set up special courts for Dalit cases: Wasnik

By IANS, Shimla : States should set up special courts to try cases related to atrocities on Dalits, union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said Friday.

सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ के सरधना में दलितों व राजपूतों के बीच खूनी...

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सरधना (मेरठ) : सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ का सरधना क्षेत्र दलितों व राजपूतों के खूनी संघर्ष का गवाह बना. बुधवार को...

In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted

By Nikhil M. Babu As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...

Maharashtra ministers visit Dalit victims of atrocities

Mumbai : Two senior ministers Saturday visited the Dalit victims of recent atrocities against the community in the state - the honour killing of...

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

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...

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...

Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...

By TCN News, Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.

NCDHR condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students

By TCN News New Delhi: The National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) strongly condemned the “calculated expulsion” of three marginalised students from the English...

Understanding the verdict 2014

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, There are huge lessons for every political party as well as people who aspire for a secular democratic space in this verdict 2014 which has brought glimmer in the face of a huge number of people who believed in a ‘dream’ sold to them but also apprehensions and fear among those who have fought against the process of communalization and corporatization.

“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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.

‘रासुका से तो अच्छा है मुझे मार दे सरकार’ : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेख़र...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद पर राज्य सरकार राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा क़ानून (रासुका) की कार्यवाही कर रही है. यह...

Nitish Kumar bats for reservation to Dalit Muslims

By TCN News, Patna: Giving hope to the dalit Muslims and dalit Christians, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has advocated for increasing reservation quota...

एससी-एसटी आरक्षण के वर्गीकरण के खिलाफ और समर्थन में सजातियों में छुआछूत है बड़ी...

Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net देश आजाद होने के बाद संविधान निर्माता डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर ने वंचित समुदाय के लिए आरक्षण की मांग करते हुए इसे संवैधानिक...

The decline of Dalits in Bihar politics

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, In election rallies in Bihar recently Narendra Modi would often be seen flanked by two Dalit leaders–– Ram Vilas Paswan...

Cleaning India, but dying a slow death: How manual scavengers pay with their lives

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Ghaziabad (UP): It is a busy but regular weekday in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. At the tea point in Sector 10,...

SC to hear contempt PIL against three violent lawyers

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear plea for initiation of contempt proceedings against three lawyers who were caught on camera...

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...

Without invoking 80,000 martyrs, Kashmiris will achieve nothing

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.

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...

Writers, publishers, journalists and social activists condemn police action against Forward Press

More than 350 writers, publishers, journalists and social activists from Hindi, English and Marathi, including Uday Prakash, Arundhati Rai, Shamshul Islam, Sharan Kumar Limbale, Kanwal Bharti, Giriraj Kishor, Anand Teltumbade, Manglesh Dabral, Anil Chamadia, Apoorvanand, Veerbharat Talwar, Ram Puniyani , S.Anand and others condemned police action against Forward Press last week.

Prominent Dalit writer stabbed to death in Kolhapur; motive not clear

By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Eminent writer and political thinker Dr Krishna Kirwale was found dead at his MHADA residence in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Initial reports suggest...

सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?

सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...

Protest in Boston against arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders in India

By TCN News: Boston, MA, US: Over 50 people assembled at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to protest against the arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders...

Paswan faces stiff competition, but ‘BJP votes’ may help him clinch victory narrowly

By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hajipur: As Hajipur voted on May 7, local poster of boy in Indian politics, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan appeared to be facing stiff competition, but he may clinch the victory, even though he may not be able to register his name in the Guinness book, this time around.

Dalit girl gangraped, four booked

By IANS, Chandigarh : Three men and a woman have been booked for the gangrape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Haryana's Sirsa district, police said Saturday.

विशेष : रोहित वेमुला ‘परछाइयों से सितारों तक’

तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles.net हैदराबाद सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी के पीएचडी छात्र रोहित चक्रवर्ती वेमुला की आत्महत्या को आज 5 साल हो गए हैं। 26 वर्षीय दलित छात्र रोहित...

JNU scholar complains about discrimination at campus

New Delhi: A week after having threatened to commit suicide over not getting his research grant extended, a Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar on Wednesday...

Census 2011: India’s Muslims are no better today than a few decades earlier

BY Sourjya Bhowmick, Via Catch News Recently released Census 2011 data based on religious faiths has revealed that Muslims have the lowest share...

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...

Reservation: a talk of the hour

A Reflection on the Bollywood film “Aarakshan” By Madhu Chandra

समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे राजन झा, रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...

Hundreds of Mahadalits flee Bihar village after threats

Patna: Their caste kinsman may be the Bihar chief minister but that brings no solace to hundreds of Mahadalits who fled their village in...

जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’

आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...

‘Rise of Maoists due to injustice with tribals’

By IANS, Shillong: Maoist activities are growing in India's tribal areas because the traditional forest dwellers have been denied justice, a tribal leader said Saturday.

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

By IANS, New Delhi: The central government has approved six new residential schools for tribals in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. According to officials from the tribal affairs ministry, the allocation for starting the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya schools has been increased to Rs.12 crore from Rs.2.5 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population in India. The population of Scheduled Tribes in the state is 154.03 lakh -- 23.27 percent of the state's total population of 661.81 lakh. The allocation per student has also been raised.

दलित-मुस्लिम महिलाओं के हक के लिए लड़ती कनीज़ फातिमा

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

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...

‘Mappila Haal’: SIO observes 100th anniversary of Malabar rebellion

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Attack on Soni Sori is an attempt to suppress the voice of voiceless: CLMC

By TCN News, New Delhi: Condemning the attack on Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad-based civil rights group has criticized...

Seminar: On the Kerala Muslim Model of Development

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Atrocities on Dalits following pattern during NDA rule: Congress

New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday said atrocities against the Dalits across India during the National Democratic Alliance government's rule since May 2014...

Principal to be arrested for Bihar Dalit student’s thrashing

Patna : Bihar Police has ordered the arrest of a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV)principal for not taking timely action in a Dalit student's thrashing in...

Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Nitish Kumar

Patna : Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be Bihar's chief minister, ending speculations over his...

JNU to have sombre Diwali with sit-in, prayers for Najeeb

New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday called for a sit-in at the varsity's Administration Block to pray for the...

Kerala police closing in on murderer of Jisha

Perumbavoor (Kerala) : Even as the rape and murder of a Dalit law student continued to rock the poll-bound state of Kerala, police on...

‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices

A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...

‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर :  ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...

RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...

‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges

By TCN News, New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich. “Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.

नौकरानी को प्रताड़ित करने वाली रांची की भाजपा नेता गिरफ्तार

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net रांची से इंसानियत को कलंकित करने वाला मामला सामने आया है। यहां एक 29 वर्षीय आदिवासी महिला को पिछले आठ वर्षों...

Attacks against minorities, Dalits grew sharply in BJP-led regime: US report

Washington, (IANS) : Religious tolerance has deteriorated and religious freedom violations have increased in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, a report by...

Swami Prasad Maurya vows to form a majority BJP government in UP

Lucknow : Former Leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swamy Prasad Maurya, who joined the...

नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...

A report on the performance of MPs from Uttar Pradesh

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.ent Our Government is trying everything possible for progress of Uttar Pradesh - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, February 4, 2017 in Meerut, Uttar...

Panchayat ousts newly-weds from village in gotra row

By IANS, Hisar: In another gotra (clan) row, Khanda village panchayat (council) in this Haryana district Tuesday directed a newly-wed couple to stay away from the village periphery as they were not permitted to marry as per village customs. The panchayat observed that no boy of Khangwal gotra, who lives in Khanda village, can marry a girl of Nagar gotra. "We have taken a decision to bar the entry of this newly-wed couple in the village. Many girls of Nagar gotra already live in our village so we consider them our daughters," said panchayat chief Rati Ram Nagar here Tuesday.

Modi government spreading hatred in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati

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

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Politics of Religion

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...

Indian Americans hail California Democratic Party’s designation of caste as a protected category

The California Democratic Party is the largest state party in the United States to take a stance on caste discrimination, marking an important step...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net  बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

BJP anti-Dalit, behind Koregaon riots: Delhi Minister

New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday said the BJP and its leaders were behind the riots...

Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad

TCN News Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...

Mob lynching: All India Momin Conference writes to Modi, questions ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter All India Momin Conference, an organisation of Muslim weavers and artisans, have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...

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

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...

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: UP Government appropriates Ambedkar’s name for ‘unknown’ reasons

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday night, passed an order to all government bodies of the state...

‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders

Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...

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

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...

‘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...

Activists vow to fight on for complete freedom of thought, speech

New Delhi : A number of academicians, writers, students and activists on Friday vowed at the Pratirodh forum here to keep resistance alive till...

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

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...

Dalit funds not diverted to CWG: Dikshit

By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday dismissed allegations by her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati that the city government had diverted funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games. "We have not diverted any funds from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes welfare schemes for the Commonwealth Games," Dikshit told reporters here. Mayawati had Monday alleged that the Delhi government had diverted Rs.750 crore meant for Dalit welfare to the Oct 3-14 Games.

Mayawati slams Dikshit for diverting Dalit funds to CWG

By IANS, Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has lashed out at her Delhi counterpart Sheila Dikshit for allegedly "diverting" huge amount of funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games. Mayawati also questioned the constitutional validity of the Delhi government's decision to divert Rs.750 crore in this manner.

Two drones seized in Patna rally, two held

Patna : Two drones were seized while video recording a rally of the extremely backward classes here on Sunday and two people were detained...

शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी

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बिजनौर में बन रही है बसपा की दलित-मुस्लिम एकता की नर्सरी

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Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow

New Delhi, (IANS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection, alleging that...

‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब

फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भीम आर्मी संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर के खिलाफ रासुका की कार्रवाई के विरोध और उनकी रिहाई के लिए भीम आर्मी ने  दिल्ली के संसद मार्ग...

Dadarao Patekar: Fighting for the rights of Mumbai’s Safai Karamcharis

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net It would not be an exaggeration to say that manual scavenging remains one of the worst forms of caste atrocities in...

Popular Front condemns arrest of Waman Meshram

TCN News Popular Front of India general secretary M. Mohammed Ali Jinnah in a statement issued today condemned the illegal arrest of Bharat Mukti Morcha...

Next President should be a Dalit: Manjhi

Patna, (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister and an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday demanded that the next...

The Uphill Battle to Rejuvenate the Bahujan Samaj Party: Aakash Anand’s Daunting Task

Asad Rizvi, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: Rejuvenating the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will be a formidable challenge for Aakash Anand. Despite his reinstatement as the national coordinator of...

Eight Mahadalits converted to Christianity in Bihar

Patna: Eight poor Mahadalits, including a woman, converted to Christianity in a village in Bihar's Munger district, an official said Saturday. "It is a fact...

Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: Babu, a 21-year-old from the Paniya community, came out of jail in March after spending close to three months in jail....

And now, a Mayawati temple

By IANS, Lucknow : If all goes well, Uttar Pradesh will soon get a temple dedicated to Chief Minister and Dalit icon Mayawati, whose statues already dot the sprawling state. The temple is proposed to be erected in the poverty-stricken Mahoba district in Bundelkhand, economically the most backward region in Uttar Pradesh. It will come up in Natpura village, about 300 km from here. "Of course, we are planning to install her idol in the temple that will come up on my private land," Kanaihya Lal, a Mahoba-based lawyer, told IANS over telephone.

Yashica Dutt’s book ‘Coming Out as Dalit’ to be released in 2017

By TCN News, A book written by Yashica Dutt, a journalist living in New York, who concealed her identity of being a dalit for a...

Banaras weavers to showcase their products at Dilli Haat

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

Aaghaz Foundation of India calls for applications for Rohith Vemula Scholarship

By TCN News Lucknow based Charity organisation Aaghaz Foundation is inviting applications for its second annual Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship. Constituted in memory of deceased Hyderabad...

March in Delhi on February 23 over Rohith’s suicide

Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad will take out a march in New Delhi on February 23 to...
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