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...

Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile: Displaying centuries-old songs, and artworks on anti-caste struggle of Maharashtra

The project aims to collect Maharashtra’s long history of social reform, accessing 500-year-old traditions of song-writing, performances and poetry against caste-based exploitation and untouchability. Riya...

Will Islam ‘liberate’ Dalits of Bhagana?

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, It was around 11 am on August 8 when the ‘Bhagana Kand Dalit Sangharsh Samiti’ had called a meeting at...

Central ministers drove Rohith to commit suicide: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused central ministers of driving Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, of the University of Hyderabad,...

‘दलित महिलाओं के ज़िन्दा जलाने पर नेताओं की चुप्पी दुखद’

TwoCircles.net News Desk हरदोई : ‘इलाहाबाद में क़ानून की पढ़ाई कर रहे दलित समाज के दिलीप सरोज की निर्मम हत्या को हम भूले भी नहीं...

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:-

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.

PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar

New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked...

‘प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी से इस्तीफ़ा लिया जाए, मुख्यमंत्री योगी को बरख़ास्त किया जाए’

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter  नई दिल्ली : देश में दलित-मुस्लिम-ओबीसी समाज पर बढ़ रहे अत्याचार, ‘भगवा आतंकवाद’ और भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ और भीम...

दुःखद : पानी पीने पर टीचर ने की थी जिस बालक की पिटाई, अब...

खान इक़बाल Twocircles.net के लिए राजस्थान के जालौर में दिल दहला देने वाली जिस घटना में सायला गाँव में एक अध्यापक ने नौ साल...

Nationalism is core identity of BJP, says Modi

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the "nationalism" was core identity of the BJP and called upon party workers...

Government slammed for ‘anti-farmer policies’, lynching

New Delhi, (IANS): The Bhumi Adhikar Andolan (BAA) on Sunday condemned the central government for its "anti-farmer policies" and lynching of minorities and Dalits through...

Civil liberties committee condemns police action on University of Hyderabad

By TCN News, Hyderabad : Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has strongly condemned police action against protesting students at Hyderabad Central University after the re-joining...

Bihar shutdown disrupts rail, road traffic

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

Dalits in Haryana allege bias over power supply

By Pradeep Singh, IANS, Sihi (Haryana) : Residents of a Dalit-dominated village near Gurgaon say they are being denied adequate power supply because they are from depressed communities.

BJP ally RLSP announces candidates for two Bihar seats

Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s ally in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), Tuesday announced candidates for two of the 3...

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.

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.

Gorakhpur: SP alliance to pose a tough challenge to BJP thanks to NISHAD party’s...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net A few kilometres east of Gorakhpur railway station, there is a lake named Ramgarh Tal. Walking along the banks of the...

Haryana rape victim cremated, two more held

By IANS, Narwana (Haryana) : Two more people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a Dalit girl in Haryana's Jind district, police said Sunday.

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...

Banaras weavers to showcase their products at Dilli Haat

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

27 अगस्त को पटना में दलित उत्पीड़न के विरूद्ध राज्य स्तरीय कन्वेंशन

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना : देश में दलितों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों और उनके उत्पीड़न का सिलसिला एक बढ़ोतरी की ओर है. गुजरात के ऊना...

“Dalits are not definitely a block, and there is an intellectual blossom,” Kancha Ilaiah

By Ajmal Khan and Anish for TwoCircles.net, Professor Kancha Ilaiah had well predicted that Narendra Modi would become the next Prime Minister under BJP, and he has also been instrumental in raising criticism on how Indian Left failed to understand the caste question. After the parliament elections, he described how the caste equations has been used in the country by the BJP. As soon as the BJP came into power, many decisions have already been taken by the ruling government, which will have far reaching consequences on the lives of dalits, adivasis, Muslims and Bahujans. In this context, Ajmal Khan and Anish engaged in conversation with Kancha Ilaiah, writer, a dalit rights activist and former Professor and head of the Political Science department at the Osmania University, Hyderabad, on contemporary politics in India, particularly on Muslim, Dalit and Bahujan politics. He argues, that Muslims will have to form their own national party or a national coalition of all the Muslim parties by retaining their political and social identity.

Nitish, legislators reach Delhi; Manjhi announces quotas

Patna/New Delhi : Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state,...

Krantikari Janata: First Ambedkarite magazine published in Marathi and Urdu and its potential renaissance

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net In an age where social media and websites have become the easiest way to reach audiences, how feasible is it to...

उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित वोटों का बंटवारा और बसपा का विकल्प

विद्या भूषण रावत उत्तर प्रदेश में बहुजन और दलितों का नेतृत्व करने वालों की कतार लग गयी है. ये कोई बुरी बात नहीं है क्योंकि...

Maharashtra braces for Koregaon-Bhima 201st anniversary

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...

Intra Kashmir women activists will achieve nothing by merely emulating their male counterparts

Ref:- Human rights of women dependents of Kashmiri martyrs & massive participation in exports, hold the key.

Dear Sir

This refers to three day Intra Kashmir women's conference 'Connecting women across the LoC' organised by Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation New Delhi & Women's Studies Centres of J&K Universities, which concluded on November 18, at Srinagar.

40% of UP voters undecided, finds poll

By Shreya Shah  Elections for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, Indias largest state -- 138 million voters -- start on February 11, but 40 PER...

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,...

Bihar assembly adjourned over attack on Dalits

Patna : Amid uproarious scenes, the Bihar assembly was on Thursday adjourned when the opposition sought a debate on the police lathicharge on Dalit...

I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP

New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...

Labour rights activist Shiv Kumar released from jail after 48 days, taken to hospital...

Labour rights activist and President of Mazdoor Adhikar Manch (MAS) was released on March 4 after being incarcerated for 48 days in a case...

Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...

Tribal outfit strikes again, Assam death toll is 22

By IANS, Guwahati: Tribal separatists continued their killing spree in Assam Tuesday, gunning down two more non-tribals and taking the death toll in overnight serial attacks to 22, police said.

दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान

मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...

The wall of religion is the tallest for Dalits in Gujarat

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...

Farzand-E-Pakistan and Pindi garbage

In early seventies, when the so-called "Furzand-e-Pindi" was student of Gordon College there used to be a garbage or filth disposal point near the gate of the College on the College Road side. The local sweepers used to throw filth and garbage at that place and it was then taken away by the Corporation workers in trucks.

Empower NHRC to act against erring officials: Justice Dattu

Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Wednesday sought amendment to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, to empower...

एक ‘संत मुख्यमंत्री’ जो लाइफ़बॉय साबुन से नहाए दलितों से ही मिलते हैं…

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter कुशीनगर : जब यूपी की कमान योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभाला था, तो पूरे मीडिया में उनके ‘व्यक्तित्व’ को लेकर खूब गुणगाण किया...

Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day

An open letter from Radhika Vemula to the Prime Minister Jai Bhim everyone, My name is Radhika Vemula. I am Rohith Vemula’s mother. This International Women’s...

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

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

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

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

Labourer killed in Agra over a mere Rs.100

Agra : An unskilled labourer was killed by the grandson of a retired army Major in the Katra Wazir Khan locality here late Tuesday...

Article 370 will be dealt later, peace in Valley a priority: Ahir

Panaji : Abrogation of Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will happen in due course of time, but right now...

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.

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

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...

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर जेल में हमला

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों की महिलाओं पर बेहद आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करने वाली वीडियो के बाद अब भीम आर्मी के संयोजक चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’...

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...

Dalits still fear returning home after arson attack

By IANS, Hisar (Haryana) : Nearly 20 terrorised families are still camping outside Haryana's Mirchpur village after last month's arson attack on Dalit houses, in which two people were burnt alive. They refuse to return home despite assurances of financial help and security from the state government.

Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale

Kolhapur (Maharashtra), (IANS): Thousands of people on Saturday gathered at the home of noted Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale, who was murdered by a carpenter...

Dalits protest against grabbing of their funeral land in Jalana District of Maharashtra

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Partur : Dalits living in the vicinity of Partur town, district Jalana (Maharashtra) went to the Partur tahesil along with the dead body protesting against the encroachment of their funeral land by some people.

Campaigning in Mumbai: Nightmare for candidates

By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : From residential skyscrapers to the villas of the super-rich to the squalor of slums and starkness of pavement shacks, campaigning...

Ambedkar statue vandalized in UP

Lucknow, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar was vandalized in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in...

Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act

*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, disrupting rail...

Amnesty International asks Chattisgarh govt to investigate rape complaints of Adivasi women

By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Chhattisgarh: Two weeks after rapes and assaults were reported from Chhattisgarh while security forces were conducting anti-Maoist operations, Amnesty...

Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal

By Dr Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Awards were conferred to as many as 80 persons working in different fields in recognition of their dedication to...

Unnao case: “UP Police accused us of inciting riots,” allege Dalit activists, police deny...

Surpakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: On February 18, three Dalit girls were found unconscious, tied with a single cloth in a field in Unnao, Uttar...

All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all vacant posts meant for SC/STs would soon be filled. "We will ensure that...

Muslim fundamentalist militancy, the product of western secularism.

Ref:- Improvised Shiv-Sena model (as UN controlled IPP) can be the solution Dear sir The various terrorist attacks like 9/11, terrorist attacks in UK, terrorist attacks in India, Lal Masjid fight etc. by Muslim militants, during last 6 years, have made the Muslim fundamentalism a burning issue which is testing the competence & sagacity of politicians / statesmen / political scientists of the entire world. And now after Glasgow terror attack in which three highly qualified Indian Muslims (Engineer and Doctors) are alleged to be accused, it has become a political head-ache for India.

मरी गाय ले जाने के कारण लखनऊ में पीटे गए दलितों की आपबीती

TCN News लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों लखनऊ के तकरोही के चंदन गांव का मामला प्रकाश में आया था, जहां मरी हुई गाय को लेकर जा...

Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...

भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट

By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...

Creating “Muslim as the enemy” is the RSS-BJP mantra: Jignesh Mevani

By TCN News New Delhi: Creating “Muslim as the enemy” to mobilize the Hindus and manufacture a conflict between the two is...

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...

Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions

Kanhaiya Kumar: JNU and University Autonomy By Ram Puniyani On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of...

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

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

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...

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

BJP ally in Maharashtra to lead protest against beef ban

Shetkari Sanghatana (Farmers Association) too term Beef ban as against farmers’ interest By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Mumbai: The Republican Party of India...

The untold story behind the Sabarmati riverfront

By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.

Implement Ambedkar’s philosophy, says Hamid Ansari

Raipur: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday called for implementation of B.R. Ambedkar's three-point corrective - using constitutional methods of achieving social and...

सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : मोदी-योगी सरकार ने जल्द ही कोई कार्रवाई नहीं किया तो...

TwoCircles.net News Desk फ़रीदाबाद (हरियाणा) : सहारनपुर शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए दलितों के साथ जातीय संघर्ष और फिर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा का विरोध अब उत्तर...

7 Dalit youths attempt suicide in Gujarat over atrocities

Rajkot : Seven Dalit youngsters on Monday attempted to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Saurashtra the entire region erupted into a wave...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – The...

(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...

Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders

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

Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...

A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...

‘Give My Son Justice’: Father of Dalit Boy Beaten to Death Over a ‘Spelling...

Aliza Noor | TwoCircles.net Raju Kumar Dohre, a thirty-six years-old dalit man from Uttar Pradesh, found himself at a loss for words to talk about...

उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित युवतियों का तालाब में मिला था शव, ख़बर लिखने पर...

आकिल हुसैन । Twocircles.net  लोकतंत्र में मीडिया को चौथा स्तंभ माना गया है, मीडिया की जिम्मेदारी होती है कि वो लोगों तक सही खबर पहुंचाए।...

Patel delegation hands over 27-point charter to Gujarat CM

Ahmedabad: A delegation of Patidar community leaders, including BJP MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya, who is mediating between the state government and the agitating...

Protest held in Latur against mob lynching and inaction of government bodies

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Narendra Modi’s government faced the first stain of lynching when Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a Pune-based techie was killed in May 2014...

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...

Ambedkar great son of India: Modi tells British Parliament

London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described B.R. Ambedkar as a "great son of India" in his speech at the British Parliament and...

Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net New Year’s eve was a time of joy and happiness everywhere, and Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, was no different. But...

SC to hear Ramdev’s plea on clubbing of cases

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Friday hear a plea by yoga guru Baba Ramdev seeking the clubbing together of all cases against him...

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

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

Make eligibility of pre and post-metric scholarship for minority students same as that for...

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The present eligibility criteria of scoring at least 50% marks in the previous year’s examination to claim pre-...

Dalit youth killed in firing in Bihar

Patna, (IANS): A young man belonging to a Mahadalit caste was killed on Monday while three others were injured in Bihar's Darbhanga district after...

‘एआईएमआईएम’के साथ गठबंधन की बात में रत्ती भर भी सच नही : मायावती

न्यूज डेस्क । Twocircles.net बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने यूपी चुनाव के लिए बसपा और एआईएमआईएम के गठबंधन की खबरों को खंडित किया हैं और...

Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula

New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...

बुलंदशहर में दलित युवक के साथ मारपीट

अहमद खबीर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक दलित युवक के साथ बुरी तरह मारपीट की गई है आरोप स्वर्ण समाज के युवकों पर...

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.

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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 in Gujarat to meet Dalit atrocity victims

Ahmedabad : BSP supremo Mayawati arrived in Gujarat on Thursday to express her solidarity with the Dalit victims of the July 11 atrocities...

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

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In Sangrur, Dalit face ostracisation, death and Jail for demanding land

By Pritam Singh Tinna, TwoCircles.net For the past few weeks, most of the attention towards Punjab has been regarding the upcoming elections, and whether...

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...

Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Artist Navin Chahande does not like to prove his point using abstract forms. He says his art is direct. Navin is...

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Two booked for beating Dalit couple

Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...

Death of a Delta: Part 2

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...

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...

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...

Attacks on Dalits rise under Modi-Yogi: Left

New Delhi, (IANS): Left parties on Monday blamed the "callous attitude" of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for the caste violence in...

CM meets Dalits; sporadic protests, partial shutdown in Gujarat

Ahmedabad : Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister...

NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...

By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...

Raja targeted because he is Dalit: Karunanidhi

By IANS, New Delhi: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday denied the allegations against Communications and IT Minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum allocation saying he was being targeted because he was a Dalit. "Dominant forces are creating a big issue because Raja is a Dalit," Karunanidhi said. He was speaking to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7, Race Course Road, residence.

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net संकरी गलियां, बहती नालियां और साइड में रखा नालियों से निकला मलबा। दिल्ली की ज्यादातर झुग्गियां शायद ऐसी ही दिखती हैं। सर्दी में धूप...

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)...

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

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

‘गुजरात के ‘विनाश मॉडल’ को ध्वस्त करेगी दलित-मुस्लिम एकता’

TCN News लखनऊ : ऊना, गुजरात में गौरक्षकों द्वारा दलितों की पिटाई के बाद ‘गाय की पूंछ तुम रखो, हमको हमारी ज़मीन दो’ के नारे...

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.

Defeating BJP in 2019 is the key to save constitution, says resolution drafted by...

TCN News New Delhi: Jolted with the recent violence, suppression of Muslims and Dalits in the country and to chalk out a solution senior Dalit...

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Quota for faculty members at IIMs on anvil: Javadekar

Ahmedabad : The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is considering introducing reservation for faculty positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Union HRD Minister Prakash...

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,...

Kerala forests suspected to shelter Maoists: Police

By IANS, Alappuzha: Police suspect the presence of Maoists in the forests across Kerala but is unsure of their activities, a top police officer said here Wednesday.

A letter to Rohith Vemula from a young Muslim

Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Dear Rohith, I am not sure how or whether this letter will ever reach you. However, after reading and rereading your heartbreaking...

Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai

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

8 मार्च को देश भर में गिरफ़्तारी देगी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर ने जेल से...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी ने अपने सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई को लेकर अब सख़्त फैसले लेने शुरू कर दिए...

Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs

New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...

In Kerala, Dalit students facing difficulties to get educated

By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net, Nilambur (Kerala): The Dalit Students of the area, who were sent to schools far away in the district, are returning back in groups to their homes. The parents, who are ignorant of the importance of education have not got any complaint on this matter.

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

No ‘Achhe Din’ for drought hit Maharashtra farmers even in Modi era

By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Maharashtra farmers are continuing to commit suicide due to drought, unseasonal rains and hailstorm damaged crops in thousands of...

Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance

The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part Two

By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

UK-based South Asia Solidarity Group deplores burning alive of Dalit children in India

By TCN News London: One of Britain’s key activist organisations, South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG), has applauded the courage of the more than 40 writers,...

मिन्डा कम्पनी में सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?

सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए गुरूग्राम (गुड़गांव) का पोस्टमार्टम हाउस ‘स्वच्छता दिवस’ के एक दिन पूर्व यानी 1 अक्टूबर, 2017 को लगभग शाम तीन बजे...

DMK allots Chidambaram constituency to VCK

Chennai : The DMK Thursday inked a seat sharing agreement with Dalit party VCK. allotting it Tamil Nadu's Chidambaram constituency for the general elections. A...

रियल बिहार : “हम घर से बाहर कम ही निकलते हैं। गांव के लोग...

बिहार चुनाव: बिहार के मुसलमानों को क्यों पसंद नहीं है नीतीश कुमार का विकास- ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट प्रतिभाशाली रिपोर्टर मीना कोतवाल इस समय बिहार में है...

Unhappy with cases against Dalits, Chandrashekhar Ravan sits on fast until death inside prison

By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan', the founder of Bhim Army, has decided to fast until death inside the prison,...

For short-cut to sainthood, consult journalists of Bihar

By Soroor Ahmed for TwoCircles.net There is a unique short-cut route to sainthood in Bihar. Vatican must learn from it. There is no need to wait...

Citizens’ Solidarity with Voices of Democracy

TCN This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five...

UP: Dalit farmer dies after loan agents throw him down from tractor

Lucknow (IANS): At a time when the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is vouching for its work in easing farmer loans, in a...

यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले

TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...

On Eid, an entire village mourns the loss of a son: A visit to...

By Mehebub Sahana and Shahnawaz Ahmad Wani for Twocircles.net The recent lynching of Mohammed Junaid, a 16-year-old from Haryana, has not only shocked the Muslim...

Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as "murder of democracy, social justice...
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