Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes.
Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.
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...
Notice to Himachal over caste discrimination in temple
Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the state over caste discrimination in the ancient Maheshwari Devi Temple in Shimla...
BJP forms panel over atrocities on Dalit women in Kerala
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah has set up a three-member committee to look into the incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...
Dalit-Muslim Unity Shines at Historic Chavdar Talab with Iftar Gathering on Samta Diwas
Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Mahad, Raigad (Maharashtra): Historic Chavdar Talab in Mahad became the venue for an expression of communal harmony and social unity on March 20...
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...
British aid worker killed in Afghanistan
By DPA,
Kabul : Taliban fighters killed a British woman aid worker for "spreading Christianity," Monday as she was going to her office in the western part of Kabul, officials said.
The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area after the shooting, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said.
Bashary had earlier said that the aid worker was from South Africa and was working with an aid organization that was helping disabled people in Afghanistan.
But the British embassy in Kabul later said that one of the its nationals was killed in the city.
Maoists need ‘hand holding’: Jamia vice chancellor
By IANS,
New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday said that Maoists were "our own people" and needed "hand holding" instead of the government's ruthless supression.
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...
In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...
BJP a party of greedy people, not Hindus, says Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the BJP, saying it claims to be a party of the...
दलितों को भट्टे पर जबरन बंधक बनाकर कराया गया काम, भीम आर्मी लड़ रही...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मोरना /सरधना : आज़ाद भारत में ग़ुलामी की दास्तान का एक सनसनीखेज़ मामला सामने आया है. मसला मेरठ और मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर...
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...
No more skinning of dead cows, say Dalits marching from Ahmedabad to Una
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: The Azaadi Kooch (Azadi March) oragnised by Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti from August 5 to August 15, starting...
रिहा होने के बाद नवदीप कौर का ऐलान संघर्ष जारी रखूँगी
तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net
पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय ने शुक्रवार को श्रम अधिकार कार्यकर्ता नवदीप कौर को जमानत दे दी। 23 वर्षीय कार्यकर्ता नवदीप ने...
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...
Ramdas Athawale – best survivor among Dalit leaders
Mumbai : Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas B. Athawale, who was sworn-in as Minister of State in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council...
S Chandra Mohan: The poet of an enlightened Ambedkarite era
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat for Twocircles.net
S. Chandra Mohan’s poetry reflects the brilliance of his thought process and the rebel inside him. The sheer diversity...
Mayawati demands more security for UP polls
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said Tuesday that free and fair polls were not possible in the state under the Samajwadi party...
भारत बंद बवाल के बाद एक्शन में प्रशासन, अब दलितों को कुचलने की तैयारी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : एससी/एसटी एक्ट में संशोधन के विरोध में हुए भारत बंद के दौरान पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सर्वाधिक बवाल...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात
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BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...
Knowledge is power and the government controls it
By Saundarya Verma
India is a country so vast that even after inhabiting the worlds’ largest population, we have space for more people. We make...
SC to hear challenge to amendment to SC/ST law from March 26
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would commence hearing from March 26 on a batch of petitions challenging...
BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...
Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi
New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...
Dalit intellectuals’ voices should be heard on Arundhati Roy’s Ambedkar introduction
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
Since the publication of Arundhati Roy’s introduction to The Annihilation of Caste, called “The Doctor and the Saint,” intellectuals and Dalit activists have spoken out against her as a choice for the introduction as well as her over-emphasis on Mahatma Gandhi’s story over Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s story.
हम योगी सरकार के सामने घुटने नही टेकने जा रहे हैं,हम दलित उत्पीड़न के...
नितिन राऊत
मैं अखिल भारतीय कांग्रेस समिति अनुसूचित जाति का अध्यक्ष हूँ। दलितों के खिलाफ देशभर में जहां कहीं भी उत्पीड़न की बात सामने होगी।...
Angry with ‘derogatory’ FB post on Ambedkar, Dalit activists stage violent protest in Thane
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Some localities of Thane came under tension on Saturday as dalits staged violent protests allegedly due to circulation...
Hyderabad varsity teachers slam Smriti Irani
Hyderabad: Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union minister...
Political ambitions behind claims for Ambedkar’s legacy, say experts
By Sidhartha Dutta and Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : Political parties seem to be seeking to outdo each other in claiming the legacy B....
One acerbic comment cracks BJP’s Dalit dream in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow : In politics, fortunes change overnight. They certainly did in Uttar Pradesh within just 24 hours for two players -- the...
13 years on, families hope for justice in Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre
By IANS,
Patna : Thirteen years after the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed by upper caste men, families of the victims are hoping that justice will finally triumph with a Bihar court Wednesday slated to pronounce its verdict on the case.
"We are at last hoping for justice," Balram Paswan, a relative of one of the victim's who was killed, said shortly before the Patna court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijay Prakash Mishra pronounces his verdict.
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...
50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna
Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...
Tax-free fun ahead of Karnataka’s power transfer deadline
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Sep 18 (IANS) Two weeks remain for Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) to hand over power to coalition partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka but there is complete uncertainty as to whether the transfer will actually take place Oct 3.
The conflicting signals from the JD-S on the power transfer for more than a month now and the number of theories on the differences within the BJP on the issue has been aptly described by a harried leader of that party as "tax-free entertainment".
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...
Manjhi quits, claims threat to life
Patna : Embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday dramatically resigned just ahead of a floor test, the move coming despite the BJP...
जेलों में 64 फ़ीसदी आबादी दलित व पिछड़ों की, अल्पसंख्यकों की संख्या भी बढ़ी...
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
देश में जहां दलितों व पिछड़ों के ख़िलाफ़ अपराध में इज़ाफ़ा हुआ है, वहीं भारत के जेलों में भी...
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...
Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur...
Andhra minister booked for assaulting Dalit youth
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police Sunday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister and his aides for assaulting a Dalit supporter of the Telangana movement.
Dalit, minority kids pushed out of schools: HRW
New Delhi : School authorities in India have persistently discriminated against children from Dalit, minority and other marginalised communities, pushing them out of education,...
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...
हाथरस कांड : राहुल -प्रियंका के दम से काँग्रेस ने लड़ी मुख्य लड़ाई
महमूद रियाज़ हाशमी
महान वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंसटीन ने कहा था, “फीजिक्स से ज्यादा पॉलीटिक्स कठिन है” और जो लोग इस बात से सहमत हुए बिना...
Doms in Varanasi seek justice through honorable rehabilitation
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat,
Hundreds of pilgrims seek to see the sunrise on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi and the boatmen go on live commentary of these ghats narrating the mythological details.The most poignant moment come when you see the Manikarnikaghat, Dashashwamegha Ghat and Harishchandraghat reminding you the stories of Raja Harishchandra’s loyalty to his ‘profession’. In an indirect reference, these are the same ‘preachings’ which ask you to do thy duty while ‘result’ is not thy concern.
Dalits oppose invitation to ‘only’ upper caste speakers for yearly memorial lecture at Ambedkar...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The members of Dalit Bahujan Adivasi Collective have written an open letter to the Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)...
A Dalit Girl Dreamed of Belonging – Until She Saw What They Really Thought
Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Feminism in India remains a tender and often misunderstood subject. Half the population is unfamiliar with its meaning, while the...
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...
15 in Bihar charged for boycotting Dalits
By IANS,
Patna : A case has been lodged against 15 people in Bihar on charges of socially boycotting dozens of Dalit families and causing them mental torture, police said Tuesday.
Una incident organised crime against Dalits: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the thrashing of Dalit youths in Gujarat's Una and...
TCN seeks a full-time reporter for its Dalit section
TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a platform for the news of the marginalized communities of India, particularly Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis. For the past 10 years,...
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...
‘जब तक दिलीप सरोज के परिवार को न्याय नहीं मिल जाता, तब तक आंदोलन...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : दलितों के बीच काम करने वाली ‘लक्ष्य’ नामक एक संस्था की लखनऊ टीम ने दलित छात्र दिलीप सरोज की इलाहबाद...
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...
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...
Platform formed to seek justice for victims of Bathani Tola massacre
Convention on 15 July in Delhi
Public Meeting in Ara on anniversary of Bathani Tola Massacre
By TCN News
Dalit man chops off finger after accidently voting for BJP
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has chopped...
Facing atrocities, Dalits in this Gujarat hamlet on verge of mass migration
Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Tormented with atrocities by high-caste bullies, Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native state of Gujarat continue to lead a difficult...
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.
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...
Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale
Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them.
"You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...
Spat with minister: Haryana transfers woman police officer
Chandigarh : The Haryana government transferred IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia on Saturday, a day after she refused to leave a meeting when Health and...
‘Manual scavenging-free India’ still a distant dream
Is the government really serious about rehabilitation of manual scavengers?
By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: It is centuries old, most inhuman of the...
HC to hear plea against job to Rohith Vemula’s brother by AAP
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday posted for May 17 a PIL against Delhi government decision to offer a job on...
Death of a Doctor: A year later, family still looking for justice
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: For the 40-45 people who gathered near Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, it was a day to protest...
Myth of meritocracy: Dalit rapper, anti-caste activist Sumeet Samos’s journey from a boarding school...
Sumeet Samos is an anti-caste rapper and an activist from Odisha, India. His rap fiercely confronts the caste system with a searing critique of...
“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.
Research fellowship hiked for others; SC/ST, minority scholars feel let down by govt’s biased...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Research fellows belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and minority communities across the country are feeling let down alleging that the central government overlooked them from the recent fellowship hike that their counterparts from other categories received.
‘Future CM of Telangana’ faces the heat from a Dalit student
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: After two decades of long run in Delhi, Vuthapala Hanumantha Rao a Congress patriarch is shifting back to state politics with a big aspiration. Contesting from Amberpet assembly segment he is confident of thwarting BJP state president Kishan Reddy in a direct contest, but MIM candidate a Dalit student is proving to be his biggest barrier towards the crown of Telangana.
38 wounds on murdered woman’s body, police profile suspect
Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked Kerala had 38 wounds on her body, her autopsy revealed, as police...
125 years on, Dalits wait for a leader like Ambedkar
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Notwithstanding reservation in education, job, Lok Sabha and state Assemblies India is yet to produce as towering a Dalit personality as...
For Muslim reservation, PFI marched to the Parliament
By TCN staff reporter,
New Delhi: Demanding 10% reservation to all Muslims in India in Central Government services and educational institutions in the light of Justice Ranganath Misra Commission report thousands of Popular Front of India (PFI)’s activists marched to the parliament.
Front’s chairman E. M. Abdul Rahiman while inaugurating the Public meeting after march to parliament said, “This march to the Indian Parliament is part of a two months long nationwide campaign for Muslim Reservation by Popular Front of India”
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...
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.
Mayawati slams Khattar over Dalit attacks
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Haryana government and its Chief Minister M.L. Khattar of being insensitive to the attacks on Dalits.
She...
After Uddhav expose, Athawale’s RPI-A heads for split
Mumbai : Hours after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's sensational revelation regarding Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale, the latter's Republican Party of India-A virtually split...
भीम आर्मी के आह्वान पर सहारनपुर के दलितों ने नहीं मनाया होली का त्योहार
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर में इस बार दलितों ने होली नहीं मनाई. इसके लिए भीम आर्मी ने मुहिम चलाया था. इस...
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...
Obama urged to pay tribute to Ambedkar
By TCN NewsNew Delhi: The All India Christian Council (AICC) has appealed to the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, to pay...
Where Even Water Was Denied – How G. Kalyan Rao’s ‘Untouchable Spring’ Bleeds the...
Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net
“Let’s die, let’s die here,
We aren’t born only to die…”
— Untouchable Spring, G. Kalyana Rao
In the fertile yet fractured rural landscape of...
Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance
New Delhi, (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to "restore" through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that...
AIC files amicus curie after Indian worker faces caste discrimination by a major tech...
Commenting on the case, Ambedkar International Center (AIC) said that American workplaces must be caste-free zones.
TCN News
A Washington DC based organization Ambedkar International Center...
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...
दंगाइयों को समझा रहे पूर्व बसपा विधायक को पुलिस ने भेज दिया जेल, वीडियो...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : दलितों के 2 अप्रैल को किए गए भारत बंद के दौरान हुई हिंसा के बाद अब राजनीति गहरा...
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...
Dhanya Raman: Giving a voice to the marginalised in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Thiruvananthapuram: In March 2016, while the entire mainstream media was still busy with the incidents in JNU,...
Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle
By IANS,
Jammu : A woman, two security personnel and a militant were killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said.
A group of three militants ambushed a security patrol party in the Kashtigarh forest belt of Doda district in the morning. A policeman and an army trooper were killed in the attack.
A fierce encounter broke out in the forest belt following a joint search operation by the police and the army.
One of the militants was gunned down but two managed to escape, the police said.
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.
‘Chalo Thiruvananthapuram’ will bring forth issues of Dalits and Adivasis, expose Kerala model of...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: On the lines of Chalo Una movement in Gujarat followed by Chalo Udupi in Karnataka, Kerala will see the Chalo...
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’.
Paswan faces stiff competition, but ‘BJP votes’ may help him clinch victory narrowly
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hajipur: As Hajipur voted on May 7, local poster of boy in Indian politics, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan appeared to be facing stiff competition, but he may clinch the victory, even though he may not be able to register his name in the Guinness book, this time around.
NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages
Panaji : A day after Subhash Velingkar, who heads the RSS in Goa, attacked the BJP for alleged betrayal of Indian regional languages over...
शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...
मुश्किल होती डेल्टा मेघवाल के इंसाफ़ की राह, कल होगा प्रदर्शन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिल सकने वाले इंसाफ़ की उम्मीदों पर अभी से ही ग्रहण लगना शुरू हो गया है. सरकारों...
Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...
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We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...
Notice to Tamil Nadu government over Dalits’ rights violations
New Delhi : The NHRC Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government, demanding a report on the human rights violations of the...
Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...
Dalit-Muslim union creates a flutter in Maharashtra
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) When Prakash Ambedkar filed his nomination papers from the Solapur and Akola Lok Sabha constituencies as a Vanchit...
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...
सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?
सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए
दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...
TCN – Seed Apprenticeship Program 2021
The TCN-SEED Apprenticeship offers aspiring journalists an opportunity to build their communication skills and professional network under the guidance of experienced mentors. The vision...
गाय के नाम पर अब लखनऊ में दलितों की पिटाई
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लखनऊ : गाय के नाम पर गुजरात में दलितों की पिटाई के बाद अब दूसरा मामला उत्तर प्रदेश के लखनऊ में सामने आया...
MIM to appoint Dalit mayor if it wins Aurangabad civic polls
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has decided to appoint a Dalit face as Aurangabad city mayor if it manages to...
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...
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...
What are you doing about public toilets, court asks civic body
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pulling up the city civic body over the sorry state of public toilets in the national capital, especially with the Commonwealth Games due next year, the Delhi High Court Monday sought a detailed status report on what it plans to do to improve sanitation in the city.
A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S.K. Mishra told the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) counsel, "We are not satisfied. The MCD should be directed to submit a detailed report in three months."
“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...
Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...
राजपूतों और व्यवस्था की शिकार एक दलित लड़की
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
वैशाली: बिहार में सरकार का चेहरा बदल गया है, मगर मिज़ाज नहीं बदले हैं. पिछले शासनकाल में एक दलित लड़की सीमा...
In Maharashtra, a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Apart from fasting, the pious month of Ramadan is also seen as an ideal time to spread the messages and teachings...
ज़मानत के तुरंत बाद चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ पर लगा रासुका
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : गुरुवार को भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ को इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने ज़मानत दी थी, इधर आज उन पर...
Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...
Jharkhand Dalit Minister was prevented from inaugurating Shravani Mela: JMM
Ranchi : Main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has alleged that state Tourism Minister Amar Bawri, who belongs to the Dalit community, was...
बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...
Dalit girl burnt alive in UP village
Lucknow, (IANS): A young Dalit girl was burnt alive in an Uttar Pradesh village in Unnao district late last night, police said.
Eighteen-year-old Moni was...
Anna Hazare’s Campaign against Corruption
A Perspective from India’s North East
By Madhu Chandra
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...
Abducted student found murdered in Guragaon
Gurgaon : An 18-year-old student, who was abducted last weekend, was on Thursday found murdered, police said, adding she might have been sexually assaulted...
Congress, BJP treat Dalits as vote bank: Mayawati
Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at the Congress and the BJP on Tuesday, accusing the two...
Will take legal action against two CPI-M leaders: Kerala woman
Kannur (Kerala) : A Dalit woman Anjana who, along with her elder sister, was arrested on charge of trespassing a CPI-M office in Thalaserry...
Meo Muslims wants ST status like Mina
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Smoking Huqqa and eating steaming hot Kichadi, sitting on their traditional chairs, hundreds of old men and youth of Muslim Meo community of Haryana and Rajasthan made their unique presence at Jantar Mantar. They were rallying to demand ST status to the Community like Mina, with a difference style.
India at par with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Egypt in violation of religious freedom, reports...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has alleged that 10 of the 29 Indian states are suffering from...
Left parties demand recall of Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor
Hyderabad : The Left parties on Monday staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan here, demanding recall of University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor...
‘Ambedkar was a national, not just Dalit, leader’
New Delhi : It is "grossly unfair" to describe B.R. Ambedkar as a Dalit leader, says a new biography, adding that the architect of...
नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...
ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’
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14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...
Upper caste BJP leaders upset over OBC as Bihar chief
Patna : A powerful lobby of upper caste Bihar BJP leaders is disappointed over the appointment of OBC leader Nityanand Rai on Wednesday as...
Varanasi: UP minister hints at ending coalition with BJP; reiterates demand for Purvanchal state
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Omprakash Rajbhar, a cabinet minister in the Yogi-Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, hinted towards ending the coalition with BJP...
Dalits allege denial of water by upper castes
By IANS,
Ranchi : Dalits of a Jharkhand village allege that they have been denied water from handpumps and entry into a community hall by upper castes in Chatra district.
‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा
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Vemula case shows government is anti-Dalit: Congress
New Delhi: Scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in Hyderabad University shows the "anti-Dalit attitude" of the central government, the Congress said on Thursday.
"HRD Minister (Smriti...
Five bodies found missing from Bihar graveyard
Patna : In a bizarre incident, miscreants have dug out five bodies from a graveyard in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said Wednesday.
Purnea superintendent of...
Vijay Sampla – a first-time BJP MP from Punjab (Profile)
Chandigarh : Vijay Sampla, who took oath as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet Sunday, is a first-time BJP MP from the...
‘Sometimes My Chest Burns, But I Still Go Up’: The Silent Suffering of Women...
Saloni Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Long before the city awakens, Ansura, a rag picker, begins her climb every morning. With a torn sack slung over...
From Dalit Leader to ‘Hindutva Icon’, the ‘Transformation’ of Chirag Paswan
Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Chirag Paswan, the son of the late Ram Vilas Paswan — a stalwart Dalit leader — and Reena Sharma, a non-Dalit, seems...
Yogesh Wanjari: Translating Dalit literature so that Ambedkarite struggle can be looked through its...
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Yogesh Wanjari, an M.Phil Student of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai recently translated the book of J V Pawar...
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....
Dalits in Punjab bank on land reforms for economic, social prosperity
With the new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government promising to bring reforms, it will be interesting to see how things unfold for Dalit farmers...
‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
(The following is a first-person account of a youth from Amreli district)
Amerli, Gujarat: My name is Sagar Bagada. I am...
















































