Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...
Dr Rehan Ansari: A medical practitioner keeping the art of Urdu Calligraphy alive
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Calligraphy is one of the many arts that has been on the decline in the modern age: with people not even...
Civilian’s ‘cold-blooded’ murder by Security forces sparks massive protests in Srinagar
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: “Have you satisfied your bloodthirst by killing my son? Are you happy now as you will get awards? How will...
Foul play? Rape charges filed against lawyer who filed hate speech case against Yogi...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In a shocking turn of events, Parvez Parwaz, a lawyer-cum-activist who had filed a complaint against Yogi Adityanath for his hate...
SFI attack on girls in Kozhikode college: Collector moots all-party meeting to ease situation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Kozhikode District Collector has mooted an all-party meeting on Thursday in connection with the violence, including attack on girls, at...
Irresponsible journalism: Dainik Bhaskar distorts Bhopal history, disrespects ‘Rakhi’ bond, publishes false story
By AnIndianMuslim.com
Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi newspaper, is more known for its large circulation in Hindi belt, however, it lacks respect and credibility. This was...
A year after protests, BHU’s female students recount how their lives changed for better...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently in Varanasi to “celebrate” his birthday. While doing the same, he held a BJP’s...
Banaras Hindu University: ABVP abused and manhandled girls, security staff stood as mute spectators
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
On Sunday evening, female students of Banaras Hindu University gathered to celebrate their last year’s protest demanding justice for a sexual assault...
13 SFI members arrested following an attack on girls in Kozhikode college
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Thirteen workers of the Students Federation of India (SFI) have been arrested in connection with the attack on students including girls...
How the rape of a minor was politicised and trivialised in Hyderabad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
On September 14, a science exhibition was held in the premises of Azaan International School, Towli Chowki, where all the teachers...
In Kashmir, candidates running for local elections fear for life amid attacks and intimidations
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The run-up to local body elections in the Kashmir valley continues to be a tense and violent affair, with four...
Salim lost both his wrists in an accident, but not his willpower to earn...
By Mohammed Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Salim Khan, 34, is a well-known figure in Uttan–a fishing village close to Mumbai–for his remarkable confidence and grit despite his...
Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism
By Badre Alam & Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net
Editors: Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 263
Price (Hardbound): Rs 850
Professor Christophe Jaffrelot...
Comparing Kashmir with Karbala, Burhan Wani’s posters appear during Muharram procession
TCN Correspondent
The Muharram procession in Srinagar saw an interesting political angle to the occasion when a portrait of Burhan Wani, the former Hizbul Mujahideen...
दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, सहारनपुर-
छूटमलपुर से 90 किमी दूर बिजनोर बाईपास के पास मीरापुर में कुछ लड़के क्रिकेट खेल रहे है,गेंद को अपनी रेंज में...
Is a central govt agency manipulating encephalitis-related death data from UP?
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, claimed in the last week of August that the state government had succeeded...
दर्दनाक : बेबस माँ ने बच्चो के साथ ख़ुदकुशी कर ली
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, बिजनौर (नहटौर)
बिजनौर में एक दर्दनाक घटनाक्रम में मुफलिसी से तंग आकर एक गरीब औरत ने अपनी दो बेटियों के साथ ख़ुदकुशी...
Assam’s trial by the Indian media: Mainstream media’s NRC discourse as an exercise in...
By Sanjana Pegu & Sabina Yasmin Rahman for TwoCircles.net
On July 30, 2018, people of Assam woke up to find themselves at the centre of...
Central University of Kerala: Assistant Professor, two students face wrath for dissent against administration
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Central University of Kerala (CUK) is again in the news now for all the wrong reasons. A senior PhD scholar...
National Conference, PDP to boycott Kashmir local elections over Article 35 A controversy
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar:- On Friday, August 31, the Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC), currently under the Governor’s rule, announced elections for...
चन्द्रशेखर रावण रिहा : “बहनजी मेरी बुआ,खून का रिश्ता, उनका विरोध नही करूँगा, भाजपा...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर-
भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चन्द्रशेखर रावण को शुक्रवार सुबह 2:45 पर रिहा कर दिया सहारनपुर जेल से रिहा कर दिया...
JNU students’ elections put BAPSA in the national spotlight
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In two days time, students will be voting for representatives in the university-wide student union elections in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi....
मुजफ्फरनगर दंगा:गन्ने की मिठास से धूल गई कड़वाहट,पांच साल बाद फिर करीब आ गए...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ |मुजफ्फरनगर-TwoCircles.net
कैराना उपचुनाव जीत के बाद भाजपा के अधिकांश नेता जाट बहुल गांवों में प्रवेश की हिम्मत खो चुके है, गैर जाट...
Maulana Azad National Urdu University: Vice Chancellor bans Chancellor’s entry
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Firoz Bakht Ahmed, newly appointed Chancellor of MANUU ((Maulana Azad National Urdu University) has stated to the media and also...
मुजफ़्फ़रनगर दंगा : जुम्मा की हड्डी मिल गई मगर मुआवजा नहीं
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | शिकारपुर(मुजफ्फरनगर)
पांच साल पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ्फरनगर में हुए दंगे में साठ से ज्यादा लोग मारे गए. हमेशा की तरह...
From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...
Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...
How an Adivasi Youth outfit plans to give a tough fight to the BJP...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
With Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan set for assembly elections later this year, all political parties are gearing up for elections...
The Politics of presence in JNU: Najeeb Ahmed and the Muslim identity
By Noel Mariam George for TwoCircles.net
The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) is just like RSS-- communal--said one of my dear comrades from the...
Citizen’s talk on ‘Threat to democracy and constitution of India’ in Hyderabad
A brief report By TCN News with Lubna Sarwath:
A panel discussion on ‘ Threat to democracy and constitution of India’ was organised by the...
In Kashmir, Police adopts Israeli strategy to ‘nab’ protesters
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a strange turn of events, officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Police disguised themselves among protesters at Jamia Masjid...
A school rebuilt in 72 hours: Keralites once again show exemplary community work
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
When the deadly monsoon wreaked havoc in Kerala, it didn’t spare even the schools where little kids come to take their...
A father’s dream, a daughter’s dedication: The story of the first Muslim woman from...
By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net
Purv chalne ke batohi, baat ki pahchaan kar le
Anginat raahi gaye
Iss raah se unka pta kya
Par gaye kuchh log iss par
Chhod...
US Congressperson Tulsi Gabbard denies association with World Hindu Congress, calls it a ‘platform...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Tulsi Gabbard, American politician of the Democratic Party and representative of 2nd Hawaii’s congressional district has dismissed all rumours about her...
How the Kashmir conflict is getting personal and putting families at risk
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The conflict in Kashmir is on course to a dangerous turn with families on both sides being involved in the war....
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...
These Tribes in India celebrate Liberation Day not Independence Day
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
As many as 150 tribes across India observe 31st August as ‘ Liberation Day’ or ‘Vimukti Divas’ because it was on...
शर्मसार बिहार : महिलाओं पर बढ़ते हमले
फहमीना हुसैन : TwoCircles.net
बिहार के मुजफ्फरपुर में एक एनजीओ द्वारा संचालित बालिका गृह में लड़कियों के यौन शोषण की घटना का डरावना सच पूरी...
In a first, YouTube awards ‘crazy Kashmiri’ channel with silver button for crossing 100k...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A group of youth in Kashmir, who fondly call themselves as ‘Kashmiri Kalkharabs’, broadly translated as the ‘crazy Kashmiris’, have...
Intention is to create an atmosphere of terror: Dr. Anand Teltumbde’s statement on police...
By Dr. Anand Teltumbde
I had just woken up somewhat late, tired of late night arrival of the flight. Just saw missed calls from Prof...
Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand, Qatar (IABJ Qatar) celebrate Eid Milan
By TCN News:
DOHA : Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) Qatar, affiliated organization of Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) under the aegis of Embassy...
Police detain people protesting against arrests of activists in Hyderabad
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
A peaceful protest against the arrests of revolutionary writer Vara Vara Rao of Hyderabad and other activists across the nation was interrupted...
Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...
How Kerala faced and fought the worst floods in a century
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The heavy downpour in this monsoon season gave way to the worst floods faced by Kerala in a century. Adding to...
दादरी : गुर्जर मुस्लिम एकता तोड़ने की साज़िश
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
दादरी (पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश): दिल्ली से महज़ 40 किलोमीटर दूर मौजूद पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश के दादरी में नफरत के तहत मुस्लिमों...
Disfigured but not defeated: Hajida, an acid attack survivor, ensured the culprit does not...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hajida and her mother Zareena were walking back home through the market, engaged in a light conversation when Subhan flung two...
Rains subside in Kerala, but Centre sparks debate by saying ‘No’ to foreign aid
By Najiyo O, TwoCircles.net
With rains subsiding and water levels coming down in several places across Kerala, people have began returning to their homes. However,...
APCR ensures freedom for seven marginalised prisoners on Independence day
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Seven prisoners got back their freedom on the occasion of Independence Day this year through Association for protection of Civil Rights...
Mobile ‘Goodwill centres’ to promote secularism
By Nikhat fatima, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: ‘Mobile Sadbhavna Kendra’ an initiative to promote love towards everyone and spread peace and harmony was launched by Khudai...
Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Artist Navin Chahande does not like to prove his point using abstract forms. He says his art is direct. Navin is...
Demand for reservation benefits to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims raised in front of...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
On August 10, 2018, The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), UP in association with like-minded social activist and NGOs organised a...
‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
भीम आर्मी संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर के खिलाफ रासुका की कार्रवाई के विरोध और उनकी रिहाई के लिए भीम आर्मी ने दिल्ली के संसद मार्ग...
A hero, a target, and a never-ending public trial: An interview with Dr Kafeel...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Earlier this month, we had conducted a two-part investigation in and around Baba Raghav Das Medical College, where dozens of infants...
A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter
Dear All,
Jai Bheem and Namo Buddhaya,
The loss of my dear friend Rajkumar D Kamble (I call him mottu with love, for which he never...
Two years after Kashmiri lecturer was ‘murdered’ by Indian Army, family awaits justice but...
By TCN Reporter, TwoCircles.net
Khrew:- August 11 2016, was the last time Yasmeena saw her husband Shabir Ahmad. She was packing her bags to go to...
Want to help Kerala? Use these links to help people affected by floods
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
With Kerala floods wreaking havoc in the region, calls for help from all sections of society are getting stronger and louder....
Mehvish Zargar: A Kashmiri lawyer who found independence through opening her own café
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar:- In a patriarchal society like Kashmir where all avenues of employment are dominated by men, a 25-year-old girl from Srinagar...
पश्चिम में दलितो का उबाल निकाल न दे भाजपा के अभियान की हवा
आस मोहाम्द कैफ | TwoCircles.net
मेरठ:
पिछले सप्ताह मेरठ में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की बैठक में दलितों पर विशेषतौर पर विचार विमर्श किया...
Anger and resentment in Kashmir over rewarding controversial Army Major
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The awarding of Shaurya Chakra to Major Aditya Kumar, whose unit allegedly killed three civilians in Shopian, with Shaurya Chakra...
अनदेखी : उप्र राज्य महिला आयोग में एक भी मुस्लिम महिला नहीं
आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
भारतीय जनता पार्टी भले मुस्लिम महिलाओ की हितैषी बनने का एलान करे और तलाक़ और हलाला जैसे मुद्दों लड़ाई लड़ने...
Talking Azadi on Independence Day
By Afshan Khan and Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
Jabir Ali, a 65-year-old, was reading an Urdu Newspaper near a tea stall at the Batla House...
बाढ़ : सुशासित बिहार में 250 दलित सड़क पर रहने को मजबूर
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बेलसर : बिहार सरकार द्वारा विकास के दावों के बीच आज वहां गया जिले में बेलसर गाँव के दलित टोले में रहने...
In the name of progressiveness: A Note on the recent Speak-Out movement in...
By Praveena Thaali for TwoCircles.net
In recent times, Dalit-Bahujan women have started a speak-out* campaign to reveal their experiences of sexual harassment, which until now it...
कलन्दर: एक मुस्लिम बिरादरी जो अपनी बेटियों को स्कूल नही भेजती
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
रामराज, मेरठ: अक्सर आपने कलन्दर शब्द सुना होगा, शायरी में, किताबों में बहादुरी में कलाबाजी में और इतिहास में भी. कलन्दर मुस्लिम समाज की...
A year after the Gorakhpur tragedy, everyone knows about the problem; no one knows...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Last year, BRD College in Gorakhpur shot to worldwide notoriety after dozens of children died due to a critical failure of...
A year after the Gorakhpur tragedy, TCN investigation into BRD College shows all is...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Last year, BRD College in Gorakhpur shot to worldwide notoriety after dozens of children died due to a critical failure of...
Kashmiri Pandits must join the fight against tinkering with Article 35 (A): Sampat Prakash,...
Since 1968, he has spent more than 8 years in jail. He is one of the most outspoken men from the Kashmiri Pandit community. Sampat...
India’s first Sufi research centre to start in Patna
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Patna: A National Research and Teaching Centre for Sufism and comparative religion is soon going to start in Mitan Ghat, Patna,...
ANHAD trustee quits instead of being browbeaten into “silence and humiliation”
By Ovais Sultan Khan,
People know a lot about discrimination in judiciary, media, government, banks, universities, corporate houses and other sectors. But not many know...
हक़ मांगना कब से मज़हब के खिलाफ़ हो गया…
नासिरूद्दीन , TwoCircles.net
जब भी कोई मज़लूम आवाज उठाती/उठाता है, ताक़तवर उसकी आवाज़ दबाने की भरपूर कोशिश करते हैं. ताक़त के कई रूप हैं. इसके...
मुसलमान बनने की धमकी क्यों देते है दलित
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : पिछले दिनों मेरठ के एक मंदिर में एक नवांगतुक पुजारी ने दलितों को पूजा करने से रोक दिया उन्हें...
Objectionable questions found in written test for Mumbai Railway Police
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Questions about Somnath temple destruction, Shah Bano, and Sawarkar features among the questions asked in a written test conducted in...
Why Kaziranga farmers believe they get a raw deal in the name of conservation
Text and Video by Amit Kumar and Saptarshi Gogoi
Nandeshwar Pegu is a farmer in his 70s and supports his large family in Belogudi village....
Amendment to draconian Public Safety Act in Kashmir angers locals, activists
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: - The recent amendment of the Public Safety Act (PSA)- which allows the state to detain any person without trial...
Article 35A case in SC: Kashmir gears up for ‘mass agitation’
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Cutting across political ideologies, almost all political parties, separatists, business communities, and other socio-religious organisations in Kashmir united and threatened to...
फ़ीस न होने पर स्कूलों में हो रहा है बच्चो का उत्पीड़न
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
निजी स्कूल में महँगी फीस अब शिक्षा को आम जनता से दूर करती जा रही हैं. निजी स्कूल भी अपनी फीस...
शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था.
इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...
Ladai Seekhle: The story of Sumeet Samos, rap and annihilation of caste
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The list of atrocities against marginalised communities in India can make for a small book, but the forms of resistance against...
How double amputee Roshan Jahan Sheikh battled laws, prejudices and hardships to become a...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Life has never been easy for Roshan Jahan Sheikh, daughter of a vegetable vendor in Mumbai. Until August 11, 2008, Rosha...
मथुरा का दाऊ जी महाराज मंदिर : यहाँ ओरंगजेब ने दान किये थे पांच...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
बल्देव- कट्टरपंथी हिंदुत्ववादियों की नजरो में मुग़ल सल्तनत अक्सर निशाने पर रहती है खासतौर पर औरंगजेब अक्सर आलोचना के केंद्र रहते...
कानूनी दाव पेंच में उलझा बिहार का आदिवासी विद्यालय
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
एक ख्वाब था. ऐसी बच्चियां जो किन्ही कारणों से स्कूल नहीं जा पाई उनके लिए हॉस्टल की सुविधा वाला एक आवासीय विद्यालय. कस्तूरबा...
A dozen Muslim families flee a village in Kaushambi district fearing police atrocities, communal...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Yet another case of an exodus of Muslim families has emerged from UP, this time from Kaushambi district. About a dozen...
PM Modi has not spent even a single rupee from MPLADS funds on adopted...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India and Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi, has not spent a single rupee from his...
अलवर के अकबर हत्याकांड में स्थानीय बीजेपी विधायक ज्ञानदेव आहूजा ने पुलिस की भूमिका...
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गौरक्षकों की हिंसा के लिए बदनाम राजस्थान के अलवर ज़िले में एक बार फिर एक शख़्स अकबर ख़ान की गौतस्करी के शक़ में पीट-पीटकर...
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TwoCircles.net
यह शहर पूरी तरह से गम में डूबा हुआ है,रास्ते बंद कर दिए गए है,पूरे शहर बेइंतहा भीड़ है,अनुमान है कल 20 लाख...
बिहार : एक जिला, दो महीने और 21 दलितों की हत्या
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार : बिहार में जहां एक तरफ राजनीतिक सरगर्मियां बढ़ती जा रही हैं वहीँ दूसरी तरफ आपराधिक घटनाओं का ग्राफ भी तेजी से बढ़ा...
How MASUKA, a draft law against lynching, went from being popular to being forgotten
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The lynching of an engineer working for Google last week in Bidar, Karnataka, similar to the lynching of a man called...
नहटौर के नदीम : इस नाबीना इंसान की कहानी में खुद्दारी बहुत है
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नहटौर
तेज बारिश में सड़के घुटनों तक भर गई है. नहटौर के मौहल्ला-गलीतालाब सचमुच तालाब बन चुका है. भीगते हुए हम...
Elder brother of Dr Kafeel Ahmed charged with fraud, wrong guy arrested for attempt...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The investigation into the life-threatening attack on Kashif Jameel, the younger brother of Kafeel Ahmed Khan, took a curious turn last...
From farmers, we became wage labourers. Now we will be labelled Bangladeshis: The pain...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
“I am no longer a farmer,” was all Kadam Ali could say when asked to sum up how he felt.A man...
Adivasi women of UP’s Sonbhadra district attacked and arrested by Police for claiming Forest...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
For more than a month, the Adivasis, especially women, of Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district have been facing police and administrative atrocities...
दो वक़्त की रोटी के लिए मैला धोने को मजबूर लोग
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मौजूदा दौर में मानव मल को अपने हाथो से साफ करने वाली महिलाओ के लिए आज कल शर्मनाक हालात है. इसे...
Student leaders express anger over beating and arrest of Pooja Shukla and others
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Pooja Shukla, a student activist, was beaten and detained by Lucknow Police on Wednesday after sitting on hunger protest against administration at Lucknow...
Muslims in Manipur are angry after BJP govt. razed down structures of dozens of...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Manipur: On Monday July 2nd morning, the Muslim residents of Kshetri Bengoon in Imphal East district woke up to the sounds of JCB machines...
Lucknow University denies admission to girl who waved black flags at Yogi Adityanath
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The University of Lucknow has allegedly refused to release the entrance result of Pooja Shukla, the girl who showed black flags...
Narendra Modi’s ‘Kabir’ stunt in Maghar irks and divides Kabirpanthis
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath might have celebrated the birth anniversary of Kabirdas, a...
बेसहारा होती गाय, गौरक्षा में मरते इंसान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
देशभर में गाय को लेकर बढ़ रही हिंसा और उसमे भीड़ द्वारा पीट पीट कर बेरहमी से जान से मार देने...
Bhopal Encounter: Judicial commission report heavily relies on affidavits of Jail and police officials;...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: The one-man judicial commission appointed by the Madhya Pradesh government to probe the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists...
Battle for 2019: Aam Aadmi Party tries to mark its presence in Varanasi with...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
It was a humid Monday evening when Sanjay Singh, Rajya Sabha MP and UP president of Aam Aadmi Party, reached the...
Let the world hear our stories of defiance and resistance to caste-violence: Dalit women...
By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
On June 21, issues and stories of Dalit women were presented at the UN level for the first time ever...
मीठी ईद पर नफ़रतो की कड़वाहट से दिन भर आपस में लड़ते रहे मुसलमान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
ईद के त्यौहार पर वैसे तो गिले शिकवे दूर कर गले मिलने का रिवाज हैं लेकिन पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में इस...
संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...
पिलखुआ काण्ड में गौहत्या के प्रमाण नहीं : एस पी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
पिलखुआ: उत्तर प्रदेश के हापुड़ जिले में पिलखुआ कस्बे में कासिम (50) को गौहत्या के शक में भीड़ द्वारा पीट पीट...
The ugliness and the inherent anti-Muslim bias of Atul Kochhar
By Masarat Daud for TwoCircles.net
In the aftermath of Chef Atul Kochhar’s bigoted outburst on Twitter last week, we must revisit the episode to understand...
How Muslims in Bangalore made it an Eid for all to remember
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Ramadan is the month which Muslims all over the world observe with piety and spend the entire month doing good, praying...
Ola and Uber drivers have a history of bias against Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, say...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Thirty-year-old Asad Ashraf, a Delhi-based journalist and activist on Sunday, June 17, a day after Eid-ul-Fitr booked an...
Campaign to provide clothes to Dalit Adivasi children in Maharashtra during Ramadan a huge...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
On May 24, TwoCircles.net published a story which showed a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...
Is the Sangh Parivar trying to dismantle and delegitimise farmer protests in the country?
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The first four years of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government have already seen four big farmers’ protest in the country, and...
A Mosque for all: Masjid-e-Quba invites people of other faiths to show what goes...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Many non-Muslims may have visited mosques as part of a tourist attraction and admired the mosque for its architecture and the...
Zoha Afreen and Sahrish Riba: Two girls from Urdu-medium schools score over 99% in...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Nearly two years ago, TwoCircles.net had highlighted the dismal state of Urdu-medium schools in Maharashtra. It is an issue which we...
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,...
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...
BJP MP Kamlesh Paswan hired shooters to kill my brother: Dr Kafeel Khan
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A week after Kashif Jameel was shot by unidentified shooters in Gorakhpur, his brother Dr Kafeel Khan organised a press conference...
ईद पर घर आने वाले परदेसी
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
परिवार के साथ ईद मनाने को लेकर परदेस में काम करने वाले लोग अपने घर वापस आने लगे है. दिल्ली, मुंबई, हरियाणा,...
Assassination of Shujaat Bukhari rattles journalist fraternity in Kashmir; calls for a comprehensive probe
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: On Thursday, June 14 evening, Kashmir valley went into mourning after one of its senior journalist and editor of...
Sara Ansari: Indian girl living in Dubai is an acclaimed UN speaker, budding physicist...
By Afshan Khan, TwoCircles.net
Sara Iqbal Ansari may not have lived much in India, but the Malegaon-born girl now residing in Dubai has managed to...
रहस्यमयी कारणों से छह लोगो की मौत
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर से आठ किमी दूर चरथावल मार्ग पर मुस्लिम बाहुल्य गांव दधेडू में पिछले सात दिन में रहस्यमयी बीमारी से छह...
‘रासुका’ माने औक़ात में रहने की नसीहत
By TCN News
निशाना जैसे तय था. बस, किसी बहाने का इंतज़ार था. कुछ इसी तरह कहीं ढाई तो कहीं छह माह पहले आफ़त का...
From the Forest to the Sea: IMRC’s Ramadan Feeding Program reaches the isolated poor...
By TCN News,
West Bengal: The habitats of Sunderban Island region and the Bankura Forest are perhaps the most remote areas of the rural Bengal....
Police delayed surgery of Kashif Jameel, brother of Dr Kafeel Khan, condition worsens
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The health condition of Kashif Jameel, the younger brother of Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan, who was shot Sunday night, had deteriorated...
Ramadan 1439: Shabbir’s miracle
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Shabbir, 57, lives in Bangalore with his wife and three kids. He works in Islam Institute of Technology as a non-teaching...
Government’s bureaucratic recruitment from business houses clashes with India’s constitutional mandate
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood for TwoCircles.net
The central government’s Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has advertised the lateral recruitment from the private sector...
The never-ending wait for justice to Tufail Mattoo, whose death sparked the 2010 Kashmiri...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Photo courtesy: Sana Irshad Mattoo
Srinagar: June 11, 2010, is now etched into the memory of the Kashmir conflict; a day that...
बचपन में ख़त्म होती ईद की खुशियाँ
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मीरापुर : रमजान के रहमत के बाद ईद का मुबारक मौका आने वाला हैं. खुशियों का त्यौहार हैं. मुसलमान बढ़ चढ़...
Ramadan 1439: Sakina
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Sakina, born and brought up in Mumbai, is a teacher. She lives in Bangalore with her family. She says “We shifted...
Rahmani30 shines with NEET and Bihar Board, but performs lower than expectations in IIT...
By TCN News
About 20 percent students of Rahmani30 made thier way to the prestigious and extremely competitive Advanced Joint Entrance Examination of the Indian...
Gujarat’s Taha Memon nominated for Crayon d’Or competition in football writing
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Pune: Taha Memon, a 21-year old from Vadodara, Gujarat, has been nominated for Crayon d’Or competition. Taha is a 4th-year...
Kashmiri youths organise 9-day mission to end misconceptions about Islam among non-Muslim tourists in...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A group of youth in Kashmir under the banner of a valley-based organisation, Islamic Fraternity (IF) are organising a...
Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India
TCN News
Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...
Ramadan 1439: Navaid Alam
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Navaid Alam, originally from UP, has been living in Bangalore for more than 20 years now. He spent 12 years of...
Dr Kafeel’s brother Kashif shot in Gorakhpur, condition stable
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Kashif Jameel, younger brother of Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan has been shot in Gorakhpur on Sunday night about 10 pm. Kashif...
Ramadan 1439: Mehnaaz
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Mehnaaz, 21, is a psychological counsellor and a career guide at Blue Nile counselling.
She says, “This is my passion, something...
शाह आलम : क्रांतिकारियों के लिए पहले साईकिल यात्रा और अब खोल दी चंबल...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के इटावा शहर में चंबल घाटी के क्रांतिकारियों के इतिहास को सहेजने की नियत से ‘अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आर्काइव्स दिवस’...
Want to become an IAS officer, end child labour: Mohammed Kaif, topper of Karnataka...
By Imran Inamdar for TwoCircles.net
Mohammed Kaif, a 15-year-old boy from St Xavier High School, Belgaum, Karnataka, made his family, school and community proud by...
Ramadan 1439: Shaukat Ali
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Shaukat Ali, from Bangalore, owns a timber business. He says “I started fasting when I was 5 years old. I remember...
कैराना उपचुनाव : क्या लौटेगी दंगा पीडितो की ईद
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर: हाल ही में कैराना लोकसभा उप चुनाव में राष्ट्रीय लोक दल की उम्मीदवार तबस्सुम हसन की जीत ने एक उम्मीद...
Ramadan 1439: Riaz Ahmad
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Riaz Ahmad is from Bangalore. He has been here since Childhood. He has been in the shop for the past 10...
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...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind expresses concern over anti-Sikh violence in Shillong
TCN News
New Delhi: One of the leading Islamic body Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has expressed concern over violence against the Sikh community in Shillong, Meghalaya.
In...
Ramadan 1439: Rasool Qadri
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Mohammed Rasool Qadri has been born and brought up in Bangalore. “ My family has been here since the past...
A brief look at ‘The Last Mughal’ Yakub Tucy’s DNA claim
By Misbahuddin Mirza for TwoCircles.net
Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy’s claim to be a descendant of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, and then subsequently using this self-proclamation...
Inspiring stories of Sohail Islam and Ahmed Ali show that Indian Army beckons Muslim...
By Ali Ahmed for TwoCircles.net
The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind took the salute at the 134th passing out parade at the National...
How Tamil Nadu government turned Thoothukudi into a living hell
By Grace Banu for TwoCircles.net
The people of Thoothukudi, who were asking for relief from cancers were given bullets as medicines. Common struggling people were...
Ramadan 1439: Khaleel Ummer
By Poornima Marh
Khaleel Ummer, 48, was born and brought up in Kerala and moved to Muscat in 1992. He was in Muscat for 10...
Ramadan 1439: Shaista Yacoob
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Shaista Yacoob, 43, is a writer, poet based in Bangalore. Born and brought up in Bangalore, she has been living in...
जब जाट मुसलमान और दलित हुए एक तो फिर कैसे खिलता कमल का फूल!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
कैराना लोक सभा उपचुनाव में सब कुछ था--मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी, पांच लाख मुसलमान, प्रत्याशी किसी दल का, सिंबल दूसरे दल का, जिन्ना...
The month of Ramadan and ‘begging’ for survival: A day at the Jamia Metro...
By Nadia Hussain, TwoCircles.net
The month of Ramadan is as much about fasting as it is about caring about those less fortunate than us. The...
Ramadan 1439: Riaz Alam
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Riaz Alam, 38, has had a carpet business for the past 20 years. Born and brought up in Bangalore. He lives...
Ramadan 1439: Uzair & Nawaz
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Uzair, 20, runs a fruit shop near Jumma Masjid in Bangalore. His cousin Nawaz accompanied him as he had summer vacations.
Uzair...
No scarcity of Namaz space in India; Central Waqf Council must be strengthened
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood for TwoCircles.net
The Haryana State Waqf Board has submitted to the district administration a list of 19 Waqf properties in...
Araria ‘fake’ viral video: 65 days in jail shatter many dreams of 18-year-old Adeeb...
By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net
The district headquarters of Bihar’s Araria district is near Chandani Chowk. A short distance from the collectorate office is Azad Nagar...