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...
राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...
राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है।
हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...
Maharashtra Dalit Murders: Jawkheda – Anatomy of a dalit triple murder
This is first of the two part series report about the brutal killing of a dalit family in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district and the subsequent agitation it has sparked because police is yet to arrest anybody for the ghastly crime
By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net,
Jawkheda, Pathardi (Dist Ahmednagar): When entire Maharashtra was celebrating Diwali – it is five days of festivities – Jawkheda (Khalsa), a village of about 2500 population, was mourning.
As Chirang goes to polls, Santhals, Bodos hope peace is prioritised, not politicised
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Chirang: William Tudu, a 60-year-old Santhal, is not sure who to vote for. He has been voting in the past elections...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : सीवर सफाईकर्मी और पत्रकार दलबीर वाल्मीकि का मारा जाना खड़े करता...
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
राजधानी दिल्ली के द्वारका में एक पत्रकार की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई. पत्रकार , दलबीर वाल्मीकि एक लोकल न्यूज़ के लिए काम करते थे. इसके साथ ही वे सीवर और नाले साफ करने का काम भी करते थे.
ये घटना 17 फरवरी की है, जब देर रात को अचानक दलबीर को एक कॉल आता है. रात लगभग 12 बजे दलबीर को पास के मेट्रो स्टेशन बुलाया जाता है. लेकिन वहां से वापस घर कभी नहीं आ पाए क्योंकि वहीं उनकी गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी जाती है.
दलबीर के भाई रिंकू हरिद्वार दलबीर की अस्थि विसर्जन प्रथा के लिए गए हुए हैं. उनसे फोन पर ही बात होती है, जो बताते हैं कि मेरा भाई बहुत सीधा था और बहुत मेहनती भी. उसकी किसी से कोई दुश्मनी नहीं थी. उसके साथ ऐसा कौन कर सकता है हम नहीं जानते.
दलबीर दिल्ली के द्वारका के झुग्गी- झोपड़ी कॉलोनी में अपनी पत्नी और तीन बच्चों के साथ किराए के एक मकान में रहते थे....
Gujarat unrest: 5 more Dalits attempt suicide in Saurashtra
Rajkot : Five more Dalit persons allegedly tried to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Gujarat as widespread protests against last week's thrashing...
Four shot dead in Bihar for refusing to share fish
Patna : Four people were shot dead in Bihar allegedly by a group of people belonging to upper caste for refusing to share the...
‘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...
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 leader Janardan Chandurkar is Mumbai Congress chief
By IANS,
Mumbai : Dalit leader Janardan C. Chandurkar was appointed the new president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Thursday, party office-bearers said here.
Kerala HC judge glorifies Brahmins; breaks constitutional protocol calling for agitation against reservations
TCN News
Shocking comments were made by the Kerala High Court sitting judge Justice V. Chitambaresh at a“Tamil Brahmins Global Meet” held at Kochi,, while...
FIR against IAS officer, 15 others in Bihar SC/ST scholarship scam
Patna : An IAS officer, along with 15 other officials, was booked on Wednesday for alleged irregularities in disbursement of post-matric scholarship among...
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.
‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...
IMRC का स्वास्थ जागरूकता अभियान: तीन दिनों में हुआ 1500 मरीजों का इलाज
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ/बाराबंकी: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें...
Dalit woman burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Dalit woman, set on fire by two people in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, died at a hospital in Gwalior Thursday, police said.
The woman, Krantibai, was living with Raghuveer Gurjar in Padora village in the district after leaving her husband a few years ago.
"Raghuveer Wednesday demanded some money from her for liquor. When Krantibai refused, he and his brother doused her with kerosene and set her on fire," Shivpuri Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad said.
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...
Gujarat CM Anandiben finally offers to quit
Ahmedabad : Ending months of speculation, Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday offered to quit in keeping with the BJP's...
Tension rises in Manipur following attacks on Kuki youths
Imphal: Manipur Police beefed up security measures on Sunday as Kuki organisations condemned the "unprovoked" gun attack on February 3 on Kukis in Molnom...
Yogesh Maitreya’s Flower on the Grave of Caste gives space and voice to Dalit...
By Dipankar Kamble for TwoCircles.net
Author- Yogesh Maitreya
Publisher- Panther’s Paw Publications
Cost- Rs 299
ISBN- 9788193290576
Yogesh Maitreya’s stories are not stories which we read in mainstream books....
Thackeray blows hot and cold at BJP in Dussehra rally
Mumbai : Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recent surgical strikes across the Line of...
In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...
On Rohith Vemula’s first anniversary, Jamia students pay respect, organise protests
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Commemorating the first anniversary of research scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday under...
Police file charge sheet in Kerala woman’s rape-murder case
Kochi : The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law...
No bail for activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon arrests even after a year; campaign...
TCN News
Last year on 6th June, the Pune police had arrested 5 activists on false charges of inciting violence on Dalits that took place on...
Kedarnath to Kanhaiya: Sedition law a tool to muffle the voice of dissent
By Azim Hussain Mazumder,
The arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges following the so called ‘Anti-national’ incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University sparked the debate...
Different forms of untouchability among Muslims: Dalit Muslim Muhim
By Khalid Anis Ansari,
Mohammad Noor Hasan Azad, one of the founding members of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, discusses the contemporary lower caste movement among Indian Muslims
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.
‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers
Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary”
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
In this interview, the author talks...
Six activists arrested by Pune Police in relation to Bhima Koregaon, protests in Mumbai...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Six months after the Bhima Koregaon incident, Pune police along with Deonar Police, Mumbai barged into the office of Dalit Activist...
Tibetans not utilizing India
Ref: - It is beyond Dalai Lama alone.
Dear Sir
On October 17, 2007 President Bush personally presented the Dalai Lama with the US Congressional Gold Medal and called on China's leaders to open talks with the Dalai Lama, which China resented, as it complained, "Dalai Lama is seeking independence for Tibet".
But in his remarks at this award ceremony, the Dalai Lama reiterated his desire for the Tibetan people to have meaningful autonomy within China, which should have reasonably allayed the fears of China.
‘दबंगों ने गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी नहीं छोड़ा’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : पिछले दिनों टी-20 में भारत के ऑस्ट्रेलिया से जीत का जश्नी काफी महंगा पड़ा. जीत की खुशी में दबंगों ने...
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...
Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan
By IANS,
Tonk (Rajasthan) : A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said Sunday.
Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 km from Jaipur, stated in her First Information Report (FIR) filed with the police Saturday that some villagers tagged her as a witch, insulted her and then beat her up.
"The villagers, especially the women, call me a witch. They insult me, torture me and beat me up. They wanted me to leave the village," Kamla, a labourer, told IANS.
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.
आज सहारनपुर में दलित महापंचायत, प्रशासन ने लगाया धारा —144
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : शुक्रवार को सहारनपुर के शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब दलितों ने अपने पंचायत का ऐलान...
Hundreds join solidarity march for Rohit Vemula
New Delhi : Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan...
Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...
Matto Ki Saikil highlights everyday gendered, casteist reality of Indian villages
Aatika S., a fellow at TwoCircles.net interviews Pulkit Philip, the screenplay writer of film Matto Ki Saikil
The newly released film, Matto Ki Saikil (2022) directed...
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...
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...
बनारस में कौमी एकता का महासम्मलेन, गूढ़ प्रश्नों पर खामोश रहे वक्ता
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: कल बनारस में कौमी-एकता को लेकर एक बड़ा कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया, जिसमें नगर और देश के बड़े मौलवियों, धर्मगुरुओं और महंतों ने शिरकत की. इस ‘कौमी यकजहती सर्वधर्म एकता महासम्मेलन’ का आयोजन बनारस स्थित अस्थायी हज हाउस में किया गया था.
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.
Documentary on Rohith Vemula aims to address caste discrimination and Dalit-Muslim solidarity
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: In March 2015, Satya Chakra, a 44-year-old documentary filmmaker from Hyderabad, conceived an idea of making a short documentary...
Haryana village appeals to Dalit families to return home
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana): Residents of a Haryana village Monday made an appeal to Dalit families, who had fled after clashes and arson attack, to return home.
Nearly 20 families of Valmiki community in Mirchpur village fled after an arson attack April 21. At least 15 houses were damaged and a 70-year-old Dalit man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were burnt alive.
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...
How the life of a Sufi leader paved way for interfaith harmony in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Malappuram: At a time when inter-religious conflicts are rearing their ugly heads across the country, Mamburam Makham in Malappuram...
Fear grips Dalits in Gujarat village after youth’s killing
Bhadraniya (Gujarat), (IANS): An atmosphere of fear hung over a colony of Dalits in this Gujarat village after the killing of a young man from...
Gujarat High Court quashes quota for higher castes
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the Anandiben Patel government's ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs...
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...
50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...
Dalits protest against Jan Lokpal bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Hundreds of Dalits Wednesday gathered at India Gate and marched towards Jantar Mantar to protest the Jan Lokpal bill proposed by activist Anna Hazare and his team.
Main accused in Dalit massacre held in Bihar
Patna : The main accused in the massacre of 10 Dalits in Haibuspur in Bihar in 1997 was Friday arrested in Patna district, police...
17-party alliance in Maharashtra to take on Cong and BJP
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Mumbai: Seventeen political parties of Maharashtra have recently announced that they have formed ‘Force One’ to contest upcoming Loksabha and state...
मायावती :दलित महिला का 4 बार सीएम बनना, ब्राह्मणवादी-पितृसत्ता पर है सबसे बड़ी चोट
मीना कोतवाल।Twocircles.net
मायावती का नाम सुनते ही दिल और दिमाग पर छा जाती है एक दलित महिला की पहचान, जिसने छाप छोड़ दी है लगभग...
Writer returns award, says Dalit suffering won’t end
Ahmedabad : Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got to protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the...
Fear of “objectionable video” going viral led Dalit youth to commit suicide, says family
By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net
Disconsolate parents and siblings of an 18-year-old Dalit youth who had committed suicide in the intervening night of Diwali agreed to...
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Act against ‘atrocities’ on Telangana’s Dalits, Congress tells panels
New Delhi/Hyderabad, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday urged the NHRC and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to direct the Telangana government to take action...
‘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...
In this Gujarat town, no place to bury dead as high-caste residents flood Dalit...
By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wealthy state of Gujarat are named and shamed during their entire lives but, for...
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...
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...
12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for stealing wheat from the fields, police said Friday.
Three men have been booked for killing the Dalit boy, police said.
Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of Kashipur village in Hardoi, about 110 km from Lucknow, was Thursday repeatedly assaulted with wooden sticks and iron rods, following which he died in the fields.
According to police, Kumar was initially spotted hiding in the wheat fields of Neeraj Singh.
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...
BJP’s patriotism is RSSism: Nitish Kumar
Patna : BJP's nationalism is about blindly following the ideology of its mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and has nothing to do with the...
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.
Success in Bihar victory against RSS, Modi: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the success of the Grand Alliance in Bihar was a victory against the RSS,...
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...
Manjhi shares his bitter experience with JNU students
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is of the opinion that in the complicated and sophisticated game of politics, the race against prevalent casteism can be won only if people coming from non-elite background are united. Manjhi was speaking at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University on the topic of ‘Caste, Politics and Discrimination: Experiences of a Dalit Chief Minister’ at a programm organized by Dalit students’ body Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student Association (BAPSA).
Dalits of West Medinipur district facing social boycott for past two years, state government...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, Twocircles.net
The 2012 data released by National Crimes Record Bureau had one surprising, albeit slightly unbelievable number: West Bengal, with 2.14...
Three weeks after Una Rally, Dalits in Gujarat continue to pay for raising their...
By Amit Kumar. TwoCircles.net
The Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised in the wake of attacks on Dalits in Una, Gujarat by cow vigilantes might have...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...
Unmarriageability: the unspoken stigma behind dishonour killings
By A.B.Karl Marx Siddharthar
Unmarriageability noun
1. (in India in the present) the practice of not marrying outside one’s caste
2. refers to the caste-based endogamous practice
3. a form of discrimination...
चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर है चन्द्रशेखर रावण, मां ने किया ख़ुलासा
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर रावण चार दिन से भूख हड़ताल पर हैं. यह जानकारी खुद उनकी मां कमलेश देवी ने...
वाराणसी: नेपाली नागरिक का सर मुंडवाकर लिख दिया ‘जय श्री राम’
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । TwoCircles.net
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के लोकसभा क्षेत्र वाराणसी में एक कट्टर हिंदु संगठन विश्व हिंदू सेना ने एक बेहद हैरतअंगेज कारनामा किया है।...
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...
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...
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...
Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu
TCN News
Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two MPs are from the Dalit community from VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi).
These two MPS Dr...
Will the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 provide succor to Dalits and...
Govt urged to pass SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his pre-poll promise to the SC/ST communities, the National Coalition for Strengthening SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) has demanded the government to pass the pending Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session of the Parliament.
Gujarati writer returns award against beating of Dalits
Ahmedabad : Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got in protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the...
JNUSU calls commission findings on Vemula suicide ‘stupid’
New Delhi, (IANS): The report that said Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and that his suicide was not a result of any political and...
Manjhi seeks secret ballot to prove majority
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday said he was ready to prove his majority in the assembly and requested Governor Keshri...
Aalaap: First movie out of Chhatisgarh will take on Naxalism head on
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Chhattisgarh is caught between Capitalism and Naxalism. A group of people who hail from the region are making a movie to change the perception of the region.
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...
Ambedkar was voice of marginalised: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday while praising B.R. Ambedkar said he was the voice of marginalised who inculcated inner power...
बसपा का मिशन 2017
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: उतर प्रदेश में अगले साल होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव की तैयारियां अभी से पार्टियों ने शुरू कर दी है. एकतरफ जहां...
Hyderabad varsity expects normalcy to return soon
Hyderabad : Cracks appear to have developed among students protesting over a Dalit research scholar's suicide at University of Hyderabad with the authorities claiming...
Stalin torchbearer for upliftment of Dalits: Karunanidhi
By IANS,
Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said his second son, M.K. Stalin, would be the party's torchbearer after him to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.
Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives
Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon.
Bring legislation to ensure no one faces the same fate as my son: Radhika...
By TCN Staff Reporter
Thiruvananthapuram: Radhika Vemula, the mother of Rohith Vemula, called for political unity among Muslims, backward communities and Dalits and said she...
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...
” Terrorism is the desperate action of vengeance by the oppressed against the oppressor...
" Terrorism is the desperate action of vengeance by the oppressed against the oppressor when the world has closed all the doors of justice and fairplay."
'Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani,LL.D.'
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Ever since the inception, 'homicidal violence', has been an integral component of the
humanity.Whatever must have been the dimension, genesis or reason of this violence, the 'humans' invariably are the victims at the hands of the fellow
humans. 'Wars', 'invasions''murders' 'communal conflagrations' 'insurgency' 'rebellion'
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.
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...
Goyal visits Dalit’s house, says government will implement reservation
Bengaluru, (IANS): Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday visited a Dalit's house in south Bengaluru for breakfast and assured that the Narendra Modi...
दलित मुस्लिम जाट एकजुटता का संदेश दे गई महागठबंधन की पहली रैली
आसमोहम्मद कैफ, Twocircles.net
देवबंद-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAweqEVvo4Y&feature=youtu.be
भायला गांव महागठबंधन रैली स्थल के एकदम करीब है.
राजपूत बहुल इस गांव के सैकड़ों लोग रैली में पहुंचे थे.
इसी गांव के राजेन्द्र...
“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.
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...
The ‘undefined love’ of a left-leaning Defence Committee for the Bhim Army
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
On Tuesday, a few activists and lawyers from Delhi joined hands to protest against 'Modi-Yogi governments' in light of the oppression...
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...
Governor calls upon tribals to strengthen democracy
By IANS,
Vadodara: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal Tuesday called upon the tribal youth to strengthen democracy in the country and abjure violence.
Polimer TV’s coverage of Akshay Dev’s suicide shows how lives of trans-men are reduced...
By Charupriyan for TwoCircles.net
Translation by Uma Murugan
This piece is being written in condemnation of the deeply transphobic and unethical journalistic coverage by Polimer Television,...
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...
भारत के हिंदू राष्ट्र बनने में सबसे बड़ी बाधा डॉ. अम्बेडकर —अनिल चमड़िया
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : भाजपा डॉ. अम्बेडकर के विचारों की हत्या करने के लिए अभियान चला रही है. जिसमें दलित समाज से आने वाले...
Delhi HC to hear another sedition plea against Kanhaiya
New Delhi: A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on a...
A new documentary challenges notions of mainstream anti-caste movement
Caste-ing Space raises serious questions about the prevalence of caste in social spaces and underlies crucial concerns in anti-caste circles.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
KERALA — A...
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...
Dalit student awarded Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship by Lucknow NGO
By TCN News
Lucknow: Chandan Kumar Ram, a Dalit student whose parents work as labourers, was awarded the first Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship by...
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Mayawati blames BJP, RSS for Dalit atrocities
Ahmedabad : BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday visited the Dalits beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes and blamed the BJP and RSS for rising...
UK’s Dalit organizations urge Modi to act against BJP leaders named by Cobrapost in...
By TwoCircles.Net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Four prominent Dalit organisations from United Kingdom have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing their dismay about the...
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...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bhubaneswar: National Confederation Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has decided to train Dalits and Adivasis in the state of Odisha to...
2016-17 saw over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits
Kolkata, (IANS): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits were...
Demolition of Bogada Chawl: 205 residents displaced in heavy monsoon
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Kishor Jagtap is on fast again. The eminent activist and senior social worker from Mumbai, known for his history of...
यूपी उपचुनाव में विपक्ष को मिल गया जीत का पैटर्न
आस एम कैफ़ ।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में हुए तीन सीटों पर हुए उपचुनाव में खतौली विधानसभा सीट की सबसे अधिक चर्चा है। खतौली में...
Memorandum to the Governor of Gujarat on Present law and order situation
To,
Sri Naval Kishore Sharma
The Honorable Governor of Gujarat
Gandhinagar.
Sir,
The Socialist Unity Centre of India, Gujarat State organizing Committee would like to draw your attention to some of the very vital problems of Gujarat haunting the state and taking a very ugly turn in an alarming scale.
The Soharabuddin encounter case
JIH concerned over growing crimes against women in India, spying on citizens, 3rd Covid...
Addressing an online press meet, Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Women’s Department Rahmatunnisa condemned the alleged brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit...
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...
Over 300 Dalit atrocity cases in Himachal
By IANS,
Shimla : More than 300 cases of atrocities against Dalits were reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past three years, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Monday told the state assembly.
Another Dalit party in Maharashtra to support Congress
Mumbai : The Congress in Maharashtra secured a further advantage with Dalit party, the Panther Republican Party (PRPI), Monday coming out in its support...
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...
In UP, the truth is that no Muslim party plays a major role in...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
With UP going to elections this weekend, it is clear that the gloves are off and everyone is either trying to...
Distorted hierarchy of political values of ‘Absolute Democracy (Republic)’ over ‘Human Rights’ claimed Benazir.
Ref: - Lack of human values of non-interventionist UN, the result of shirking Christianity.
Dear Sir
‘MIM will contest Delhi and UP polls too’, says Owaisi in Aurangabad
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Buoyed with the Maharashtra assembly election win, the Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has declared to contest forthcoming Delhi and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
AIMIM party chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who was in Aurangabad to attend a ‘Thanks Giving’ gathering, made the announced that MIM is eyeing assembly polls due in the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.
Ambedkarite youths ensure peaceful protests in Mumbai, offer legal help to those arrested
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai, which has been the epicentre of the Ambedkarite Movement in Maharashtra, saw a huge participation by students in the protests...
हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...
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...
Another Rohith? Dalit student from JNU commits suicide, says ‘no equality in admission’ in...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
In a shocking incident, Muthukrishnan Jeevanantham, a Dalit PhD student studying at Jawaharlal University’s Centre for Historical Studies, committed suicide on...
Dalits in UP being victimized: Amit Shah
Lucknow : BJP President Amit Shah on Friday blamed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for rising atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking at...
Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019
Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...
























































