Anti-GM protest in Delhi on May 6th 2008

By Kavitha Kuruganti The anti-GM battle in India has reached a crucial stage - soon, Mahyco, the Indian avataar of Monsanto, would be walking up to the regulators for permission for the second [and last] year of large scale trials this Kharif [starting June 2008] of Bt Brinjal, the first food crop in India and the first such GM vegetable crop with Bt gene anywhere in the world.

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...

Muzaffarnagar faces fresh set of violence as Rajputs attacked Dalits leaving 18 injured

Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net A day before the anniversary of infamous Muzaffarnagar riots, violence erupted in Bhoopkheda village as upper caste Rajputs...

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

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

Anna Hazare’s Campaign against Corruption

A Perspective from India’s North East By Madhu Chandra

Congress will raise Gujarat incidents in Parliament: Sonia

New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the "atrocities" against Dalits and minorities in the country and said her party will...

बिजनौर : दलित-मुस्लिम एकता में खटास

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...

Government is not anti-Dalit, anti-Muslim: Minister

New Delhi, (IANS): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Thursday said that incidents of lynching were not "general" and asked the states...

Activists protest deaths at home for mentally

By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 150 people, mostly rights activists and members of NGOs, Tuesday protested the government's apathy towards the maintenance of a home for the mentally challenged, where several deaths and human rights violations were reported in the past month. They demanded action and even offered their help to the government.

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...

How a ‘footpath pathshala’ in Rajasthan is transforming the lives of children of Dalit...

Deep Mukherjee, TwoCircles.net Jaipur:  Sitting amidst a loose cluster of children, 10-year-old Rajesh (name changed) flashes a grin as he looks at the blackboard and...

Dalit activists organise second ‘Villuvandi Yatra’ in Kerala in wake of Sabarimala protests

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net 2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the famous ‘Villuvandi (ox-wagon) Yatra’ of Mahatma Ayyankali in Kerala. In commemoration of the historic...

Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part Two

Intro: This is the second in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna...

Complaint filed against caste panchayat in Rajasthan

Jaipur : A complaint was registered Tuesday against some members of a caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district after they allegedly ostracized members of...

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

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

A critique to “Caste on my back”

(This is a rejoinder to an article published on November 30 on TwoCircles.net titled caste on my back, written by Aishik Chanda.) By Yogesh Maitreya, Gopal Guru described that “Indian social science represents a pernicious divides between theoretical Brahmins and empirical Shudras”. Now this divide does not only limit to the social-sciences texts when it discusses the dalits lives through Brahmin-imagination. This divide has an inculcation factor which transmits into other upper castes writers than Brahmins.

Mayawati names old party loyalist Bhimrao Ambedkar as RS candidate

Lucknow, (IANS): Laying to rest speculation over naming her brother Anand as the party's Rajya Sabha candidate, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on...

Non-Indian Muslims to enlighten Kashmiris on Article 370.

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.

‘मुस्लिम इस देश के नए वंचित समुदाय हैं’ – अजय गुडवर्ती

By मिशब इरिक्कुर और अभय कुमार, साम्प्रदायिक ध्रुवीकरण, बीते लोकसभा चुनाव और उसके परिणामों को लेकर एक बहुत व्यापक बहस सम्भव तो है, लेकिन यह भी ज़ाहिर है कि उस बहस से किसी निष्कर्ष पर पहुंचना लगभग असंभव है. किसी भी निष्कर्ष के लिए ज़रूरी है किसी क़ाबिल और जानकार व्यक्ति से इस मसले पर बात करना. देश में साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा की खबरों का दायरा बड़ा होता जा रहा है और सत्ता पर क़ाबिज़ भाजपा पर अन्य पार्टियां इन दुरभिसंधियों में शामिल रहने के आरोप लगा रही है. इन बिंदुओं को समेटते हुए अजय गुडवर्ती से बात की. अजय गुडवर्ती जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय के राजनीति शास्त्र विभाग में असिस्टेंट प्रोफ़ेसर के पद पर कार्यरत है. उत्तर-मार्क्सवाद, उत्तर-औपनिवेशिक अध्ययन, सिद्धांतों में खुद की गहरी रूचि के अलावा भारतीय राजनीति की गति और उसके विकास पर भी अजय की गहरी दृष्टि है.

Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, There is a famous story that many might have already heard. It is an excellent parable for the Indian Muslims...

BSP leaders protest park wall demolition in UP’s Lucknow

Lucknow: BSP leaders and workers on Thursday held a sit-in in the state capital to protest against the demolition of a wall of Ambedkar...

पूर्व कर्नल बनाम एडीएम विवाद: क्या दलित होने की सज़ा भुगत रहे है एडीएम...

आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नॉएडा/मुज़फ्फरनगर मुजफ्फरनगर में शनिवार को दलितों ने जिलाधिकारी आवास पर प्रदर्शन किया,दलितों के कई संगठन बेहद नाराज थे.नाराजगी उत्तर प्रदेश के...

Modi blames Congress for farmers’ poor condition

Sasaram/Gaya (Bihar) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at the election rallies in Bihar Thursday hit out at the Congress for neglecting farmers,...

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 and...

Strong case for deleting Presidential Order of 1950: A response to Social Justice Minister...

By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, Plato has once again been proved right: politics is the art of gaining power and the craft of retaining it. Media has reported the current central government saying that opening up the list of Scheduled Castes beyond Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism - would encourage religious conversions. He said this in the context of the demand of Muslims & Christians that the definition of 'scheduled caste' should be made religion-neutral by deleting para 3 from the presidential order of 1950. That's what has been stated a couple of days ago by the union Social Justice Minister Thavar Chand Gehlot, "Allowing SC status (to converts to Christianity & Islam) would provide a fillip to religious conversions. The demand is not constitutional and we want to work within the parameters of the statute for the welfare of 'these communities' (read Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists)."

Transwomen turn teachers for Dalit children in Bengal

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...

ये चेहरे यूपी चुनाव में भाजपा के लिए मुसीबत का सबब बन सकते हैं

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश का विधानसभा चुनाव अब चंद महीने ही दूर बचा हुआ है. समाजवादी पार्टी को छोड़कर लगभग सभी दलों ने प्रदेश...

डेल्टा मेघवाल : सारे सरकारी आश्वासन झूठे निकले

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : राजधानी दिल्ली में बलात्कार व उसके बाद हत्या की कोई घटना होती है तो हमारी संवेदना सड़क पर...

Rajasthan to amend economically backward classes quotas act

Jaipur: The Rajasthan cabinet on Tuesday approved introduction of a bill in the state assembly for amending legislations relating to reservation for economically backward...

Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...

Text and Video by Shiva Thorat The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...

Amit Shah had food cooked by non-Dalits, says Telangana CM

Hyderabad, (IANS): After former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP President Amit Shah also seems to have landed in a controversy reportedly for eating...

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...

Athawale’s remark exposes BJP’s double speak on Bhima-Koregaon: Congress

New Delhi (IANS): Demanded a fair investigation into the Bhima-Koregaon riots, the Congress on Friday slammed BJP's double speak after NDA ally and Union...

SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...

200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, probe ordered

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

BJP’s C.P. Thakur ready to be Bihar CM candidate

Patna: In a move likely to put the BJP in a dilemma, senior party leader and former union minister C.P. Thakur on Monday said...

Bitter harvest of a poisonous campaign

Dr Mohd. Manzoor Alam, The last few weeks have witnessed a steady rise in different kinds of violence, rape and murder of women (Dalit, Muslim, OBC), attack on and murder of Muslim youth and others suspected to be Muslims, sundry violence in Bihar, UP and Maharashtra.

61 RS members seek impeachment of Andhra and Telangana HC Judge for abusing Dalit...

By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Sixty one members of the Rajya Sabha have submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday...

रायपुर में गोमांस के नाम पर महिला से छेड़छाड़

TCN News रायपुर (छत्तीसगढ़) : मध्यप्रदेश में दो महिलाओं के साथ मारपीट के बाद अब छत्तीसगढ़ में गोमांस के नाम पर एक महिला के साथ...

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...

Should caste matter?

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Caste system in India, according to a large number of historians and intellectuals began with the advent of the Aryans and...

Punia files papers as Congress candidate for RS polls

Lucknow : Congress leader and chairman of the Scheduled Castes Commission P.L. Punia Friday filed his nomination papers for the Nov 20 Rajya Sabha...

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...

Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...

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

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

Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group

By IANS, Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations. The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).

PS Krishnan: An exemplary fighter for Social Justice is no more

By Arun Khote for TwoCircles.net ‘Standing against the discrimination of oppressed classes, a robust advocate of inter-caste marriages, who practices his knowledge of Sanskrit against...

Ensure proper implementation of SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act without diluting it: NCSPA...

By TCN News: National Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination based on Caste (Work and Descent) was organized on 27th September in Constitution...

Agra gears up for biggest Dalit empowerment show

By IANS, Agra: Agra is gearing up for the annual three-day Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations starting April 14 that are seen as a demonstration of Dalit empowerment over the past decades. Each year, a Bheem Nagri - the venue of the celebrations - comes up in a different area, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Arvind Pushkar told IANS. "The main focus is on the Bheem Manch that has a new theme each year. Last year, it was the Parliament House. This year, the theme is Buddhist culture and trends," Pushkar added.

Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula

By TCN News The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...

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...

The battle for rights should be fought outside India: Rajratna Ambedkar

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net After the demolition of the Guru Ravidas Temple in the Tughlakabad forest area on August 10, there have been protests not...

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,...

Religious leaders stress on strengthening mutual love, harmony in India

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...

कोरोनाकाल मे दलित महिलाओं की हालत चिंताजनक,सह रही है अधिक उत्पीड़न

सुमन देवठिया समय कोरोना महामारी पूरे देश मे फ़ैल रही है जिसकी चपेट मे भारत भी है, इस कोरोना ने ना केवल इंसान के स्वास्थ्य...

Kerala education minister orders probe in Dalit student’s ragging case in Kerala

By TwoCirlces.net Staff Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Education Minister has intervened in the incident, where a Dalit student was ragged so bad that his kidneys were...

The new Pathans

Folklore in northern India goes something like this. A Brahmin, with his sacred threat ceremoniously held over his ear, was standing on the side of the road and answering the call of nature. He got a big thump on his back. Flabbergasted, on turning to see what had hit him, he found a Pathan with all his colorful native plume decorating his head as his regalia, was fuming over his act of sacrilege. The Pathan said: Pandit, how dare you pee while facing the west, where is our Ka'aba. Don't you know we pray our Namaz facing west towards our Holy Ka'aba? You are insulting our Holy Masjid.

Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence

Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015 By TCN...

Mayawati loses UP, BSP draws zero

By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : The Modi blitzkrieg Friday destroyed the BSP, leaving Mayawati, who once harboured hopes of becoming India's first Dalit prime minister,...

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...

Kashmiris to emphasize and practise ‘Unified J&K’

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

Dear Sir

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

Retired Generals failed to analyze current disenchantment of Indian youth with armed forces

Ref: Irrelevancy of martial element the main problem and the only solution is, to make human rights the martial jurisdiction. Dear Sir The...

‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA

BY TCN News, Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...

One person dead, three injured in Murshidabad during voting after TMC, CPI (M) supporters...

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Berhampur: The battle for West Bengal claimed its first victim during the third phase of elections in Domkal, Murshidabad. Tauhidul...

Sonia raises ‘distressing rise’ in attacks on Dalits with Modi

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday raised the issue of "distressing rise in incidence of atrocities against Dalits" with Prime Minster Narendra...

BJP mocks constitution and celebrates Ambedkar: Nitish

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday attacked the BJP, saying "those who make a mockery of the Indian constitution" are now celebrating...

Dalits still converting to Buddhism, but at a dwindling rate

By Manu Moudgil   Around 180 Dalit families converted to Buddhism after caste violence in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh in May 2017. Bhim Army, the...

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

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

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.

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

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

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

Government formulates umbrella scheme for ST students

New Delhi : The union tribal welfare ministry has formulated an umbrella scheme for education of Scheduled Tribes (ST) students by merging a few...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...

(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...

हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा

    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...

Dalit scholar suicide: Presidency students on token hunger strike

Kolkata : A section of students of the Presidency University here launched a token hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with the nationwide protests...

‘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...

Courts in 20 UP districts hit by Ambedkar statue row

Ghaziabad, (IANS): Work in courts in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh remained suspended on Wednesday after the state bar association declared a strike over the...

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.

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

By TCN News, New Delhi: Bharatiya Dalit Church (BDC), committed to preach good news to the socially outcaste and economically poor dalits, will be inaugurated tomorrow here.

Opportunity for Muslims to stop injustice by Hindu majority Indian State.

Ref: - Muslims to come in main stream in the interest of SAARC also.

Dear Sir

Despite constitutional-legal protections, Muslim community for no apparent reason has been behaving so meekly & submissively in Independent India as if they do not have any constitutional-legal / political rights in India.

Without going into much detail, the following two major instances should be enough to support this view:-

‘बहुजन समाज बच्चों के हाथ में झाड़ू नहीं, क़लम थमायें’

TwoCircles.net News Desk वाराणसी : देश भर में दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली लक्ष्य संस्था द्वारा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में लक्ष्य की वाराणसी टीम...

Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat

Ahmedabad : A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear...

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...

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

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

BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

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

Boston NRIs condemn Telangana Government brutality at University of Hyderabad

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

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...

Raj Thackeray may work for India’s transformation

Ref:- Mumbai can be equated with USA regarding immigrants. Dear Sir

Caste-based discrimination data sought from universities

New Delhi (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked higher learning institutions to send data of complaints received against caste-based discrimination during the...

Prominent US-based Dalit activists call for international support against caste-based violence

TCN News India Civil Watch International has recently published an online series that was originally prepared by prominent African-American and Dalit activists as a protest against...

Several leaders from different parties, including Dalit faces from BSP, join AIMIM in Maharashtra

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aurangabad: In yet another rare success for the Assaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlees-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Maharashtra, as many as 15 local leaders including many corporators from different parties have joined it. Amongst these leaders, 10 are Dalits belonging to Panther Republic Party (PRP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Dalit Bahujan Mahasangh and Bheem Shakti.

AMU Minority Character,OBC Reservation&Govt.of India

How strong is the force of politically organised communities may be gauged from the impatience of the Government of India to get the stay on the implementation of 27% quota for OBC in elite educational institutions vacated. It may be remembered that while staying the operation of the impugned legislation, Their Lordships in the Supreme Court had reprimanded the government and directed it first to compile the details etc. of the backwards.

UP Jats poised to join hands with Haryana khaps for reservation

New Delhi: The Jats of Uttar Pradesh, mainly concentrated in the western flank of the state, have decided to launch an agitation to demand...

त्रासदी : बाढ़ में बुरी तरह डूब गया है उत्तर बिहार

जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net उत्तर बिहार में पिछले एक महीने से बाढ़ की भयावह स्थिति बनी हुई है। जिसके प्रभाव में आकर लाखों लोगों का जीवन...

Congress accuses Modi of anti-Dalit agenda

By IANS, Gandhinagar : The Congress party's Gujarat unit Monday accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of pursuing an anti-Dalit agenda and held him responsible for the demolition of over 200 of their houses by the Ahmedabad civic agency, rendering over 1,000 people homeless. The party threatened an agitation if the repression is not stopped forthwith.

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

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

Two Dalit boys suspected to be thieves lynched in Bihar

Patna : Two Dalit students, awaiting their Class 10 results, were lynched in a Bihar village on suspicion that they were thieves. Two of...

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....

Gujarat government will be taught a lesson: Kejriwal

Ahmedabad : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday warned that the Gujarat government will be taught a lesson in the assembly elections next...

‘Dalit terrorism’: DHRM demands CBI probe into Hindutva-police conspiracy

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI should investigate the Hindutva-police conspiracy behind the cruel Dalit hunt of the Kerala police in the name of Dalit terrorism, demands a complaint submitted by the Dalit leader Selvaraj to Home Minister P Chidambaram.

तेवर बदलती भीम आर्मी

आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर इधर ग्वालियर, बिजनोर और पटना में भीम आर्मी ने तीन रैलियां की है, इन सभी रैलियों में अच्छी खासी भीड़ रही,तीनों को...

TNTJ resolution for Muslim reservation

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.

The Muslim factor in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

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

गाय की पूजा के लिए गौशाला में गई दलित महिला के साथ दुष्कर्म

TwoCircles.net News Desk रोहतक : हरियाणा के रोहतक स्थित पहरावर गौशाला में एक दलित महिला गाय की पूजा करने गई थी, जहां उस महिला के...

The Old Boys’ Public School (OBPS) Implementation Scheme

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

Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations

Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on...

Delhi event discusses poll questions

New Delhi : 'Hum Dekhenge: Looking Back' - an event to help voters get answers to some questions ahead of the Lok Sabha election...

Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat

Panaji : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said B.R. Ambedkar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K.B. Hegdewar always put the nation before self...

Dalit for President: Tokenism wins

By Amulya Ganguli It's a no-brainer, for the result is known before the contest. The support which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able...

डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....

Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.

Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...

Kerala to bring new law to ensure quota for SC/ST in aided colleges

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: Taking note of the poor representation of teaching staff belonging to SC/ST sections in aided colleges in the...

भारी हंगामे के बीच दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार, आरएसएस पर दंगा भड़काने का...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मोरना : सोमवार को मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में हुए उपद्रव के दौरान मारे गए दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार आज भारी हंगामे...

Muslims in the new world order

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Maya govt. is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers: Dr. Udit Raj

By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, president of the Indian Justice Party, said that the Maya Government is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers, and has gone upon fueling the privatisation in U.P. “Recently, the government sold four sugar mills, viz. Chandpur (Bijnor), Jarwal (Behraich), Shishwan Bazar and Amroha and three of them are making profits. The Chandpur Sugar Mills has been sold to a liquor baron who had amassed thousand of crores through manipulation of business activities in liquor, mines, mid- day meal, etc.” alleged Dr. Raj.

Rahul Gandhi continues protest at Hyderabad varsity

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

Sunil Abhiman Awachar: An inimitable voice in Dalit poetry and painting in contemporary India

Dr Sunil Abhiman Awachar is clearly an antithesis to discourse on contemporary Indian art. By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Dr. Sunil Abhiman Awachar is well known as a poet and painter, also an assistant professor with the Department of Marathi in University of Mumbai. Meanwhile, he is full time activist in dalit human rights movement. He has published four anthologies of poetry, all in Marathi, that include ‘Global vartamanachya kavita (2008)’ ‘Mi mahasattechya darashi katora gheun ubha rahanaar nahi,’ ‘Bravo! Fox minds of capitalist’ and ‘Poems of the occupied everything’.

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

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three years in power amid tall claims of development, the India Exclusion...

आम बजट : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से दुश्मनी साफ़ नज़र आ रही है

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से मोदी सरकार को कितनी समस्या है, ये बात ताज़ा बजट में खुलकर सामने...

चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद रावण ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के समक्ष किसान आंदोलन एवं सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन के दौरान...

यूपी के हरदोई में दलितों पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न पर लगातार उठ रहे हैं सवाल...

लखनऊ- आस मुहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ से 80 किमी की दूरी पर स्थित हरदोई जिले में पिछले एक सप्ताह में दलितों...

Dalit anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy

By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) owes much of its woes to the reluctance of its core constituency of urban, upper caste, conservative,...

डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...

DHRM for a new Dalit movement in Kerala

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) has decided to form a new Dalit movement by the time of the coming Assembly elections, reports say. The DHRM will also reportedly vote against the CPI (M) in the coming panchayat elections.

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

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

Kanhaiya Kumar’s family objects to Mayawati remarks against him

Patna : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's family on Friday took a strong objection to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's remarks...

Dalit memorials will be set up ‘come what may’: Mayawati

By IANS, Lucknow : Thumbing a nose at political opponents and others, a defiant Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said she would "not buckle under pressure" and continue to set up parks and memorials to commemorate Dalit icons. "We have been constructing parks and memorials in the names of important Dalit and OBC (Other Backward Classes) personalities to give due respect to them," Mayawati told a gathering on Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary.

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

BJP desires ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Modi has failed, says Mayawati

Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" and said Prime Minister Narendra...

Pragya Singh Thakur, symbol of BJP’s political ideology

By Ram Puniyani Pragya Singh Thakur is no ordinary member of BJP, the ruling dispensation in the country. She is a MP from Bhopal and...

‘This Is Our Land, We Won’t Be Silenced’: Dalits Demand Land Rights After Arson,...

MI Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In a harrowing display of community strife, Dalit victims in Bihar are pleading for “patta” (lease deeds) of land to resolve a...

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

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...

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...

War on Constitution

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, TCN Those of us who witnessed what happened when the goons demolished Babari Masjid in 1992 and later assaulted journalists covering...

AAP to pick Punjab Deputy CM from Dalit community, says Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab will be from the Dalit community...
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