Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What Led BJP to Abandon ‘Development’
Anwar ST. TwoCircles.net
Eighty-eight constituencies across 13 states went to polls on April 26 in the second phase of ongoing Lok Sabha elections. With the...
AI’s Transformative Impact on Indian Education: Unveiling the Pros and Cons of Modern Tools
By Farooq Siddiqui
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer in various spheres of life, and its influence on education is revolutionizing the Indian...
Teaser of Film on Savarkar: Lies Galore
Dr. Ram Puniayni
Currently as the right-wing wing ideology is gaining ground many a film have already come to promote divisiveness, to glorify the icons...
The plight of Meitei Pangals or Manipur Muslims remains unheard
Syed Ali Mujtaba
Manipuri Muslims or Meitei Pangals are not jumping into the current tribal war between Meitei and the Kuki. They are not ready...
Equity Question of Muslim is a Myth India Finds a Report
Syed Ali Mujtaba
An audit report on the marginalization of Muslims in minority concentration districts in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, and UP tears apart the...
‘द केरेला स्टोरी’: फिल्म बनी दुष्प्रचार का हथियार
- राम पुनियानी
केरल का नाम सुनते ही हमारे मन में उभरता है एक ऐसा राज्य जहां शांति और सद्भाव का राज है, जहां निरक्षता का निर्मूलन...
How Popular is the PM Mann Ki Baat? A Glimpse after its 100th Episode...
By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan
PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat program is a monthly radio address that has been a part of his public outreach since...
सच्चा इतिहासः गांधीजी की शहादत, गोडसे और आरएसएस
-राम पुनियानी
हाल में (अप्रैल 2023) में एनसीईआरटी ने स्कूली पाठ्यपुस्तकों में से बहुत सी सामग्री हटाने का फैसला किया। हटाई गई सामग्री में मुगलकालीन इतिहास, गुजरात दंगे, वर्ण...
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...
Operation Samadhan-Prahar and the Changing Nature of Indian State
Syed Ali Mujtaba
Operation Samadhan-Prahar is the new initiative of the Indian government to combat Maoist insurgency in the tribal pockets of the country. Under...
Hindus are in real danger of losing their faith to lunatics and fanatics
By Mushtaque Rahamat
hai raam ke vajud pe hindostan ko naaz
ahl-e-nazar samajhte hain is ko imam-e-hind (Allama Iqbal)
This year again like previous years the...
Commemorating 93rd anniversary of Salt Satyagrah
By A.K Merchant
The 93rd anniversary of the Salt Satyagraha that lasted for 24 days can provide important lessons for appreciating India’s pluralism of religions,...
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...
Chhello Show movie: India’s official entry to Oscars leaves a mark with its release
Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show is an ode to the magical world of cinema and takes the viewer back to the age of...
New Jersey marks ground zero for growing US resistance to Hindutva
Modi's regime’s American support base suffers multiple defeats in the Summer of 2022.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — After the Old Paramus Reformed...
‘खुदाई खिदमतगार’ वाले फैसल खान और संत राघवेंद्र दास की दोस्ती की बहुत प्यारी...
अभी सात आठ महीने पहले की बात है। हमारी सोशल मीडिया टीम के एक साथी ने बताया कि एक साधू महाराज आपका फ़ोन नंबर...
Muslims in/of India: surrogate oppressors or colonizers?
A Muslim woman deconstructs how dominant majoritarian narratives reconstruct Indian Muslim women as the perpetual Other.
Misria Shaik Ali | TwoCircles.net
This is an article, an...
जेएनयू में प्रवेश प्रक्रिया की जटिलता को लेकर उठ रहे गंभीर सवाल
आलोक राजपूत
जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय (जेएनयू) विभिन्न राष्ट्रीय विवादों एवं गरमा-गरम बहसो का केंद्र बिंदु रहा हैं। हालांकि स्वयं जेएनयू के भीतर व्याप्त विभिन्न...
Fasihuddin Balkhi: the forgotten historian of Bihar
Born in Patna, Bihar during the British era, Fasihuddin Balkhi made a tremendous contribution to history-writing in Urdu. Despite this feat, he remains largely...
सच्चर रिपोर्ट के पंद्रह साल : हाशिए से बहिष्करण तक का सफर
जावेद अनीस
सच्चर कमेटी रिपोर्ट को डेढ़ दशक से ज्यादा समय बीत चुके हैं. साल 2006 में जब तत्कालीन यूपीए सरकार द्वारा सच्चर कमेटी...
संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...
रमज़ान स्पेशल : जामिया के छात्रों को इस बार बहुत भाया रमज़ान,क़ायम की सौहार्द...
देश की सबसे प्रतिष्ठित यूनिवर्सिटी जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया में इस रमज़ान कई अदुभुत नज़ारे देखने को मिले। जामिया के तमाम छात्रों ने इस बार...
आखिर अब क्या करेंगे आजम खान !
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net
हाल के दिनों में समाजवादी पार्टी के जेल में बंद नेता मोहम्मद आजम खान की नाराजग़ी की खबरों के बीच कई तरह...
इस तरह तो रमज़ान की रहमत रूठ जाएगी !
आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net
उस दिन 2 अप्रैल थी और रमज़ान की आमद का ऐलान हो चुका था। मुस्लिम समाज इस रमज़ान का शिद्दत से...
अज़ान के विमर्श में किन बिंदुओं पर बात करना ज़रूरी है ?
-मसीहुज़्ज़मा अंसारी
हिंदुस्तान की मशहूर प्लेबैक सिंगर अनुराधा पौडवाल इन दिनों अज़ान पर दिये अपने बयान को लेकर चर्चा में हैं.एक टीवी इंटरव्यू के दौरान...
Opinion: Kashmir Files weaponizes grief for propaganda
The gut-wrenching story of Kashmiri Pandits should not be weaponized for stoking anti-Muslim violence.
Alishan Jafri | TwoCircles.net
After a friend shared Chetan Bhagat's recent op-ed in the Times...
यूपी में भाजपा की जीत के बीच कहाँ खड़े है मुसलमान !
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
देश के सबसे बड़े राज्य उत्तर प्रदेश में भारतीय जनता पार्टी चुनाव जीत गई है। संभवतः योगी आदित्यनाथ एक बार फिर...
Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row
To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...
Thokk Do: Five years of Encounter-Raj in Uttar Pradesh
The staggering number of 'encounters' in Uttar Pradesh during chief minister Yogi Adityanath's term only make true his 2017 statement—a rather undeclared policy of...
Calls for establishing Hindu Rashtra: How did we arrive here?
Call for establishing a Hindu Rashtra and genocide of India's Muslims were made at a religious conclave recently in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The author...
Mappila Haal: A virtual exhibition celebrating 100 years of Malabar Rebellion
Mappila Haal is a comprehensive creative expression of the Malabar Rebellion enabling the viewer to travel through the revolutionary days and nights.
Amjad Ali EM...
Can Elder’s Club provide for inclusive development of Indian society?
In India, the elder’s club will serve many purposes. It would enable old persons of the community to learn livelihood as well as...
यूपी में मजलिस : खेल बिगाड़ रही है या अपना खेल बना रही है...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net
इरफ़ान मंसूरी मुजफ्फरनगर में रहते हैं। 52 साल के है और वो पेशे से दर्जी है। राजनीति में रुचि रखते हैं। पहले...
View from JNU: Recent hooliganism by ABVP reveals its divisive communal political core
During a recent incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), members of the right wing student outfit Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) allegedly attacked a...
Azadi ki or Chalo: The future of India’s farmers’ protest
One battle appears won but the war for India’s soul rages on.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
When the Kisan Morcha — the Farmers Protest — was...
Biden administration taking a dangerous path with Modi regime
Communal violence escalates in India as the US embraces its source.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
Two months ago, Atul Keshap — who was then temporarily serving...
RSS’s international wing Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh challenged throughout US
Speakers make 3-city tour to question platforming of HSS by local governments.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
“I don’t think Mr Friedrich’s here anymore — he was...
Bogey of ‘economic jihad’: a conspiracy to target livelihood of Indian Muslims
The purpose of these bogus conspiracy theories is to target the livelihood of Muslims and weaken them economically.
Md Asif Khan | TwoCircles.net
The term ‘economic...
Minority rights at the altar of Judiciary-Executive friction in India
In India, the judiciary needs to check that every authority of law is doing its duty in accordance with the rule of law. It...
कांग्रेस की नई हलचल, आखिर यह माजरा क्या है !
जावेद अनीस twocircles.net के लिए
कांग्रेस के संकट पर चर्चा अब उबाऊ हो चला है, यह बहुत लम्बे समय से चला आ रहा है....
Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?
Taliban doesn’t necessarily need to be turban clad, swinging AK47, loitering around the streets of Kabul, aiming to kill those who don’t necessarily agree...
Remembering Sept. 11 attacks and its cost on humanity
On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Taliban is back in power and the United States has to negotiate and trust...
Does India face tyranny of the majority?
Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...
The politics behind observing ‘Horrors of Partition Remembrance Day’
To have genuine remembrance of the horrors of partition of the subcontinent, one should take a leaf from Germany where they have included the...
75 years of citizenship by choice: Where do Indian Muslims stand?
After BJP's win in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government would work for the development of Muslims...
दास्तान -ए- आज़म : “कहाँ से छेड़ूँ फसाना कहाँ तमाम करूँ” !
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net
राजनीतिक हलकों में आज भी एक बात आम है कि 1989 में मुलायम सिंह यादव को मुख्यमंत्री चुनी जाने वाली अंदरूनी...
Why do Muslims sacrifice animals on Eid?
Every year on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, Muslims across the world sacrifice animals to mark the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH). The article...
Covid-19, state repression and the decline of people’s movement
The outbreak of Covid-19 shattered the whole world and everything was on a standstill except the state. The state managed to get absolute control...
अंतरराष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या दिवस पर विशेष :संघ के बड़े एजंडे का छोटा सा हिस्सा है...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
साल 2014 में केंद्र में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद बीजेपी देश भर में अपने व्यापक एजेंडे को लागू करने की दिशा में...
यूपी में मुस्लिम सीएम के शगूफ़े के बीच जानिए, राज्यों में कब और कैसे...
उत्तर प्रदेश में होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले ओवैसी और राजभर के गठबंधन की तरफ से छोड़े गए मुस्लिम मुख्यमंत्री के शगूफ़े से...
Is India’s Hindu majority radicalized against Muslims?
If murder and terror accused are being treated as heroes in a society, then that society can be anything but civilized. Right-wing leaders in...
Why the followers of Hindutva in India support Israel?
The common force uniting Hindutva and Zionism is their shared understanding of the nation and the treatment of minorities. While Zionism sought to violently...
कोरोना के तीसरी लहर की तैयारी और हमारे बच्चे
जावेद अनीस
कोरोना की दूसरी लहर धीमी पड़ रही है, लेकिन इसी के साथ ही तीसरे लहर की आहट भी सुनाई पड़ने लगी है....
Legal literacy an effective tool to control violence against women in India
India has slipped to the 112th spot from its 108th position in 2018 in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2020, which...
पटना के कोचिंग संस्थानों के वर्चस्व की लड़ाई है भटकाव का कारण
तारिक़ अनवर चम्पारणी
प्राचीनकाल से लेकर वर्तमान तक पटना शहर का अपना एक राजनीतिक, सामाजिक और शैक्षणिक महत्व रहा है। बिहार का पहला कॉलेज पटना...
Understanding Modi’s crying in public
Narendra Modi is not the first Prime Minister to (attempt) crying in public. Analysts say political crying is almost routine and hardly helps to...
Twitter’s Sewa International donation: Image rehabilitation for RSS-linked charity?
Beyond a financial boost, Twitter’s donation legitimizes a non-profit tainted by past exposés.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
As COVID plagues India, Indresh Kumar and Shyam Parande...
Social media in India: need for balancing between state regulation and self-regulation
In the last few years, social media has emerged as one of the most important modes of instant relief mechanism during natural disasters and...
India will overcome coronavirus, will it overcome the communal virus?
It needs to be said that Indian Muslims do not need to prove their loyalty to India. Despite the humiliations, vilification and hate campaigns,...
Hate Speech: a contemplation in Indian legal regime
The term ‘hate speech’ has not been formally defined in any of the Indian legislations, however, it is a term created out of social...
Meet Alfiya Pathan, Nagpur’s teenage boxing legend
Like most Indian female boxers, Alfiya has been inspired by the legendary Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, popularly known as Mary Kom.
Moin Qazi, TwoCircles.net
It was...
Pyare Khan: the journey of a socially conscious entrepreneur
Pyare Khan from Nagpur has spent around Rs 1 crore for procuring oxygen tankers, oxygen concentrators and cylinders. Through newspapers, he learnt about the...
Suffocating dissent: the Modi regime’s COVID strategy
The mask slips from Modi’s faltering image as he responds to a “viral apocalypse” of “unprecedented proportions” by silencing critics of his approach.
Pieter Friedrich,...
Book Review: Connecting Kashmir’s past with the present
The book Kashmir: Looking Back in Time-Politics, Culture, History by Khalid Bashir Ahmad is an attempt at connecting Kashmir’s past and present. The book...
VHP-America’s Narsinghanand controversy is tip of Islamophobic iceberg
Affiliate of India’s Hindu nationalist movement has a history of platforming hate. Narsinghanand’s host of hateful remarks include a call to “finish off Islam” which...
Understanding LOC ceasefire and reorganization
The US influence cannot be the only reason for this change. In its current political construct, India needs some solid reasons to go forward...
Myth of elections as savior of democracy
Today in India, what we need is a nation that is full of wisdom, with transparent democracy, true freedom for all, equal justice, adequate...
Islamophobia and the professed Indian Left
In India, cyberspaces are predominant domains where the manifestation of ‘left Islamophobia’ is obvious and demands attention and redressal. Muslim assertions on cyberspaces and...
Does the sovereignty of a country trump human rights?
The celebrities need to be reminded that human rights are sacrosanct, and it can’t be pushed under the carpet under the garb of protecting...
Farmer’s movement: Is ethics at issue?
In the modern world, in the world of industries and metropolis and the world governed by centralized rule, the farmer and the village have...
Is PAGD in Kashmir a Plebiscite Front 2.0 in making?
The trajectory of the People’s Alliance in J&K is somewhat similar to that of the Plebiscite Front in terms of the circumstances in which...
Why Muslims in India no longer need to answer for composite culture
The article is the author’s rebuttal to Ajai Gudavarthy's article titled Mobilisation and Composite culture published by The Hindu on 21 January.
By Md. Aariz Imam
Contrary to...
Majoritarian radicalization in post-truth India
By Syed Ali Mujtaba
Hindu radicalization is brimming at its seams but many among the community refuse to acknowledge this growing phenomenon under the Modi...
Arrest of Munawar Faruqui: Can democracy take a joke?
The people who are silent over the arrest of Munawar Faruqui should remember that ‘if you do not allow a joke in a democracy,...
Farmer’s protest versus public inconveniences
By Dr Ahmed Raza
Experiencing frequent and long-lasting public agitation and protest against government policies can never be a good sign for developing countries like...
बिहार में उर्दू के साथ भेदभाव पर उठ रहे हैं सवाल
जिब्रानउद्दीन Twocircles.net के लिए
मई 2020 का मामला है, जब बिहार के जिला दरभंगा मे स्थित सीएम लॉ कॉलेज के दरवाज़े से उर्दू में लिखा...
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan: Muslims for composite Indian nationalism
By Ram Puniyani
As per the recent communiqué from Chief Minister of Haryana M.L. Khattar’s, the Government of Haryana has decided to change the name...
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...
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...
Love Jihad, conversions and laws curbing freedoms
By Ram Puniyani
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020, passed by UP on 27 November 2020, has set the ball rolling....
2020 in review: India is beset by crisis of majoritarianism, shrinking of democratic space
Syed Ali Mujtaba
India has moved into 2021 with several crisis facing it. Millions of Indians are looking at the government for solving this crisis....
COVID vaccine: Is it Halal or not?
By Asad Mirza, TwoCircles.net
It’s not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the COVID vaccine, due to...
RSS: Connecting patriotism with religion for politics
By Ram Puniyani
The word ‘anti-national’ has been in vogue from last few years. Simply put, all those who are criticizing the RSS and its...
Understanding Shaheen Bagh within the framework of farmer’s protests
By Izza Ahsan and Bilal Ibnu Shahul
Last year, around this time, I was travelling to New Delhi. I had woken up to visuals of...
Of dreams and hope: Remembering Shaheen Bagh
By Sharjeel Usmani, TwoCircles.net
Last year, around this time, Amir Aziz recited his poem that soon became an anthem for the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters...
स्त्री – शिक्षा के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने वाली सावित्रीबाई फुले
हमारे जानी दुश्मन का
नाम है अज्ञान
उसे धर दबोचो
मजबूत पकड़ कर पीटो
और
उसे जीवन से भगा दो!
तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net
उपर लिखे हुए एक-एक शब्द भारत की...
Gender equality and human rights: “Let different flowers bloom in the garden of God”
By Shobha Shukla
"...All must be encouraged in an understanding of the fact that all human beings are born good, but they may be endowed...
Choosing My Religion: ‘Freedom of Religion Laws’ to Curb Liberty
By Ram Puniyani
Indian Constitution gives us the right to practice, preach and propagate our religion. To not to follow any religion is also a...
Pragya Singh Thakur, symbol of BJP’s political ideology
By Ram Puniyani
Pragya Singh Thakur is no ordinary member of BJP, the ruling dispensation in the country. She is a MP from Bhopal and...
Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative
By Shobha Shukla
"There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...
CAA: Discriminatory law that will break common fabric of communities
By Abdur Rahman, TwoCircles.net
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which was passed exactly one year ago by the Parliament, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to...
HR Day: Shocking status of ‘Right to Healthcare’ in India
By Dr Kafeel Khan
10 December is celebrated as the Human Rights Day across the world. On this day, let us talk about the most...
The cruel irony of Human Rights Day
By Abdullah Khan
10 December is internationally celebrated as the International Human Rights Day. In 1950, the United Nations declared 10 December as the International...
Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums
Dr Fatma Faheem
Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...
मुसलमानों की प्रताड़ना का नया हथियार है ‘लव जिहाद’ कानून
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा बनाया गया ग़ैर-क़ानूनी धर्मांतरण अध्यादेश हिंदू युवती से प्रेम करने वाले मुस्लिम युवक को जेल भेजने के लिये...
AIMIM vs secular parties discourse: Time to accommodate, not split apart
By Mohammad Shekaib Alam
The sea of confrontations Muslims of India are facing today are such that if Muslims do not change their status quo...
Babri Masjid: Derailment of civic politics in India
By Dr. Md Afroz & Md Tabrez Alam
6 December 1992 was the day when Babri Masjid was demolished and it was the day when...
In Memory of Babri
By Waseem R.S
“Krishna, what is the case with your grave?”
I asked suddenly and he replied, excited. “We won in the High Court, Bhavanechi”
“What do...
The cost of being an assertive Muslim in India
By Nabeel Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
With the rising hyper-nationalism and Islamophobia, Indian Muslims are constantly bombarded regarding their identity. Forget about full-grown beard and skull cap,...
On Netflix, Islamophobia, and garble of identity representation
By Ehaab Qadeer
Madhya Pradesh police filed an FIR against Netflix for what they deem to be is anti-Hindu content. Later BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari...
Bengal Elections 2021: The dilemma of Muslims in Bengal
By Nazma Parveen
Recently the crucial and much-hyped Bihar elections came to an end and the BJP-JD(U) NDA alliance is set to form the Government...
कोरोना से भी बड़ी महामारी है धार्मिक कट्टरता और आक्रामक राष्ट्रवाद : हामिद अंसारी
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
पूर्व उपराष्ट्रपति हामिद अंसारी ने कहा है कि " भारतीय समाज कोरोना वायरस संकट से पहले दो अन्य महामारियों - "धार्मिक कट्टरता"...
Tehzib-ul Ikhlaque: Ameliorating the Social Conditions of Indian Muslims
By Areeba Shabbir, TwoCircles.net
An exhaustive audit of Sir Syed Ahmad’s scholarly services laid the foundation of responsible journalism in India. He was the first...
Jharkhand after 20 years: Rich state, poor people and a tale of betrayal
By Dr. Md Afroz & MD Tabrez Alam, TwoCircles.net
Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its rich mineral...
The ordeals of Madrasa education
By Sadiya Rohma Khan
The tried and tested sagas, the typical appeasement of Muslim community just before any electoral is just so predictable. The power-packed...
The Secular Dilemma: Understanding the Bihar Elections 2020
By Shah Nawaz Afaque, TwoCircles.net
The state of Bihar witnessed its high profile and extremely charged Legislative Assembly Elections amidst a pandemic situation and that’s...
Imaginary Categories, Real People
Bracketing people into categories they neither identify with nor have any agency in creating it is as wrong as it is futile. The case...
Fathima Latheef: Public memory versus memory of the margin
By Raniya Zulaikha, TwoCircles.net
Memory is often a construct. There are many factors influencing the popular memory such as movies, newspapers, books and so on....
French Laïcité and the onslaught of the Muslim Public Psyche
By Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui
As I write this piece, the public discourse is filled with noise – both in support of and against the decry...
सोशल मीडिया पोस्ट पर कार्रवाई को लेकर सुप्रीम कोर्ट नाराज़, कहा ‘ ...
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने एक मामले में कोलकाता पुलिस को कहा है कि आम नागरिकों को सरकार की आलोचना करने के लिए प्रताड़ित नहीं किया...
मुस्लिम विरोधी पूर्वाग्रह से ग्रस्त मीडिया और बेगुनाह मुसलमान
मोहम्मद हुसैन अहमद Twocircles .net के लिए
सोमवार को बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने 20 विदेशी तब्लीगी सदस्यों को रिहा कर दिया। लेकिन मार्च में उनकी गिरफ्तारी...
Bihar Elections: Seven orgs urge political parties to ‘guarantee citizenship rights for Muslims’
By Sami Ahmad forTwo Circles.net
Bihar: In view of the upcoming Bihar elections, seven Muslim religious and social organizations have issued a public manifesto for...
Win or Loss, RSS Scandal will haunt Sri Preston Kulkarni
By Pieter Friedrich
“I didn’t know about all this, like all this RSS stuff, to be honest,” Sri Preston Kulkarni, brow furrowed and hands waving, stressed at...
ईशनिंदा, मुसलमानों की ज़िम्मेदारियां और विश्व समुदाय
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
पेरिस में मोहम्मद पैगम्बर ए इस्लाम वाले ‘अध्यापक’ की हत्या कर दी गई। इस अध्यापक ने क्लास के दौरान पैगंम्बर ए इस्लाम...
Rape Raj: Shrouded in Shadow
By Shahnaz Islam, TwoCircles.net
A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 30 minutes one rape is committed in India. A woman...
Enriching life through Zakat in India
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, TwoCircles.net
‘Zakat’ is one of the five basic pillars of human faith in the Creator. Etymologically it means purification. That...
बहुत गहरे सवाल पैदा करता है बाबरी मस्जिद के आरोपियों का बरी होने का...
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस मामले में सीबीआई की विशेष अदालत के 'निर्णय' से न्यायप्रिय दुखी हैं। कोर्ट के फैसले का 'सम्मान' के साथ...
नए कृषि अध्यादेश से पल-पल मरेगा मज़दूर, किसान
अकरम क़ादरी, Twocircles.net
देश की संसद ने जिस प्रकार से कृषि अध्यादेश को पारित किया है तबसे किसानों में रोष व्याप्त है। कई सांसदों ने...
OFBJP now listed as foreign agent under US Law, ties with ruling BJP laid...
By Pieter Friedrich
The Overseas Friends of the BJP (OFBJP), after 29 years in operation in the United States, formally registered as a “foreign agent”...
Since Modi came to power, Muslims have faced systematic, chaotic form of cruel oppression:...
Former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader has written a public letter weeks later after he was arrested by UP's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and subsequently released....
भारत की जेलों में सबसे अधिक मुसलमान, एससी, एसटी समुदाय के लोग
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
रासुका के तहत जेल में बंद डॉक्टर कफ़ील ख़ान इलाहबाद हाईकोर्ट के आदेश बाद रिहा कर दिया गया. कोर्ट ने अपने आदेश...
Running for US Congress, Sri Preston Kulkarni under fire for ties with India’s right-wing...
By Pieter Friedrich
In the middle of his second attempt to secure a seat in US Congress, Sri Preston Kulkarni is under fire for his...
A year after abrogation of Article 370, Kashmir is tragedy in making
By Firdous Khan
The first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 is around the corner in Jammu and Kashmir. It was on August 5...
Where is Muslim leadership of the new generation in India?
By Shamsher Alam
Veteran leadership is considered a hallmark of political discourse. However, a political party cannot be run only by the old leaders. New leadership...
This hilly region in Kashmir is prospective front for gateway to Central Asia
By Rahmat Bhat, TwoCircles.net
Like a jewel in the crown of a king, sits the beautiful valley of Karnah at Shamsbari range in north-west Kashmir....
Islamophobia in society eroding philosophy of Indian constitution
By Md Farrukh Ilyas, TwoCircles.net
“If Muslims become more than 30% of the population, that country is in danger,” said a leader of the Rajya...
Post Article 370: Immediate Police Reforms needed in Jammu & Kashmir
By Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat
It has been more than 7 years since Omar Abdullah led government in Jammu & Kashmir, before tabling J&K Police...
Is India moving towards a totalitarian society?
By Dr. Maskoor Ahmad Usmani, TwoCircles.net
Establishments around the world are trembling, and people have lost faith in capitalism. Earlier people from lower strata thought...
Different economic strokes to COVID’s single stroke
By Asad Mirza
While the countries across the globe are grappling with Covid-19’s current situation and its aftermath, they are also focussing on how to...
Is new Industrial Revolution in offing post COVID-19 pandemic?
By Md Arif Hussain
With the nationwide lockdown in India easing from June 1, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be far from over. Safety, precautions...
Coronavirus and the myth of freedom
By Muhammed Tauqeer
It’s been more than 70 years since the independence of India, an arduous journey of freedom from the British colonial rule; a...
Only Nehru’s inclusive vision will save India
By Sarfaraz Nasir
For more than two months into the Coronavirus epidemic, India has consistently recorded the highest reported case and highest death rate among...
Longread: Believing women who pray, evidence from scripture and history
By Roshan Nageena
Women and their status, role and position in society is a topic close to my heart. A picture widely circulated in WhatsApp...
Can humanism survive the onslaught of hate?
By Ram Puniyani
Lately, when India is undergoing the massive crisis of the Coronavirus epidemic and the offshoots of its mishandling, we have also seen...
Politics of Sedition under the cloak of National Interest
Syed Ghiasuddin
Zafar-ul-Islam Khan, Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission became the centre of a controversy for his tweet dated 28th April 2020. The tweet thanked...
‘Tyag’, ‘Tapasya’ and the long march of migrant labourers
By Sarfaraz Nasir and Absar Alam
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (“the world is a single family”), a maxim of India’s socio-cultural unity in diversity, is deeply rooted...
Why does Indian Media detest Muslims so much?
Syed Ali Mujtaba
Indian Muslims always get bad press and the blame is put on the community for not doing anything spectacular that may give...
Social Media as a Public Sphere: Where it is Heading?
By Shamsher Alam
The German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has given a concept known as ‘Public Sphere’. He defined the public sphere as “a realm of...
Finding Legality of ‘Lockdown” under Indian legal framework
By Dr Farrukh Khan and Somya Mishra
As the entire nation feels trapped amidst a lockdown, it is pertinent to understand the meaning of the...
Why our whole society is ‘Boys Locker Room’
By Mansi Singh
A large number of people took to social media after the recent Boy's Locker room incident to express their rage and anger...
Non-involvement of religious representatives in Muslim think tank IMPAR a concern
By Syed Khizar Ahmed
There is an excellent initiative in the news concerning the Muslims of India that over 200 prominent Muslims of India have...
Can we put a brake on rampant Islamophobia?
Dr Ram Puniyani
Islamophobia as a word came more into vogue after 9/11 2001 twin tower attack. In the aftermath the American media popularised the...
Challenges and remedies of dealing with social media hate-mongering
By Dr Farrukh Khan
I have been thinking of writing this for a long time, but could not do it due to facing backlash from...
Childbirths amid lockdown: Institutional measures needed
Amid the ongoing lockdown in Inda, non-institutional deliveries have been frequently reported. Dr. Ahmed sheds light on the need to prevent these by strengthening...
The calls from the constitution and how can we hear them?
By Md Farrukh Ilyas
Amidst the global chaos due to COVID19, the world is witnessing a new settlement for its respective governance. The global village...
Never let a crisis go to waste
By Artuk, TwoCircles.net
Be it Judaism, Christianity or Islam - “Call of repentance” has been proclaimed by all the Abrahamic faiths in view of COVID19. ...
COVID19 and the transformation of social spaces
By Shiveshwar Kundu
The Coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a cycle of fear and anxiety among citizens around the globe. The virus has claimed lakhs of...
Kind gestures not brute force is the way for policemen on the frontline of...
By Dr Nadeem Jilani
As a doctor myself, reports of attacks on doctors from various places are profoundly disturbing and we must condemn such incidents...
एक के बाद एक ग़लती करके मोदी खो रहे हैं देश की जनता के...
संजय तिवारी
सोमवार शाम को जब यह ख़बर आई कि मोदी मंगलवार की सुबह 10:00 बजे देश के नाम संदेश देंगे तू लोगों को उम्मीद...
Lockdown Lessons: Laws needed, but civic sense sits at the heart of the fight...
Dr. Ahmed Raza
Being the world’s second most populous country, India has geared up to fight Covid19 by initiating persistent efforts towards health care management,...