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...
Longing for the reconstruction of Babri Masjid
By Misbahuddin Mirza
December 6, 1992, exactly 500 years after Christopher Columbus landed on Santo Domingo island in search of gold, the Kar Sevaks 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...
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...
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...
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...
Is Onam an inclusive festival?
As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition.
By...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
State of leadership among the Muslim community in India
By Yash Nawaz
In this 21st century a Muslim is considered as the way he is being pictured in Bollywood movies. The Indian Muslims, second...
“हालात तो सहाबा पर भी आए है, इससे भी मुश्किल आएं है अल्लाह हिम्मत...
तबलीग़ के साथ मेरे अनुभव
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
तबलीग़ जमात की इतनी बैकवर्ड है कि मैंने अंग्रेजी बोलना ही इनसे सीखा था। मैं हिंदी मीडियम का छात्र रहा...
“Kesari”and “21 Sarfarosh” – a highly fictionalized ode
By Misbahuddin Mirza
Those familiar with America’s Civil Rights movement will tell you that African-American slaves were unofficially divided into two groups – ‘the field...
Coronavirus pandemic and Indian Muslims: Action Plan
By Kashif-ul-Huda and Dr. Shamsuz Zaman
India is anarchy at the best of times. The reason the country seems to be functional is due to...
Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Are Muslims’ indirectly helping in making India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’?
By Hem Raj Jain
Since late eighties and especially after the demolition of Babri Mosque in 1992 by Hindutva forces in the presence of 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,...
A response to the article: “Zakir Naik Is Anathema to Secular Democracy, His Communal...
By Ubaid ur Rahman for TwoCircles.net
A fortnight ago, The Wire published an article titled Zakir Naik Is Anathema to Secular Democracy, His Communal Agenda...
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...
Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad, and national mythology – Part I
By Umair Azmi
On the anniversary of the murder of Gandhiji, it has become almost a ritual for the RSS to be reminded of what Sardar Patel...
The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down
By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net
“…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...
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...
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...
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...
Islamophobia in Times of Corona
NailaAlavi
At a time when the world is drenched in the fear of a decreasing possibility to see a new tomorrow, Modi government is busiest...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TV serials and the rise of Hindutva
ShahNawaz Khan TwoCircles.net
I would argue Ramanand Sagar, and not the BJP, started laying the bricks of a Hindu Rashtra, although, perhaps inadvertently. The Ramayan...
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...
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....
Does it matter who wins election in Araria?
By Ashish Ranjan and Kalyani B
This is where
the road ends
tarmac
of India shining
gives way
to gravel
and red dirt
of...
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...
Politics and psychology: a study of political campaign in Indian democracy
By Yash Nawaz
What is politics and psychology? How are both related to each other? I have tried to figure out these questions to understand political...
The rise of India’s Balcony Class
By Shimul, TwoCircles.net
The last few days have been hard. When it becomes a choice between holding on and giving up, unlike the vast majority...
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...
New stage of Muslim disempowerment
Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
One of the less examined and analysed aspects of the recent Lok Sabha elections is the stark fact that the old...
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...
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,...
IIT Madras has long been an Agrahara and Fathima won’t be its last victim
By Maya Pramod, TwoCircles.net
It was on January 17, 2016, that research scholar Rohit Vemula committed suicide in his hostel room at the Hyderabad Central...
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...
Glorifying encounter killings in Hindi movies
By Almas Ahmad
“Tum log society ka kachra hai ... main society ka jamadar”
(You people are the trash of the society…and I am the cleaner of...
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 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...
Ayodhya imbroglio 1949-2019: Need to restitute and indemnify Muslim sociopolitical losses
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood
Of late, some people have been approaching the Muslim community leaders persuading them to welcome the Supreme Court decision if it...
Not Just BJP, it is the Indian State which is Islamophobic
By Iqbal Salahkar
Exactly six years back, in the first week of April 2014, the polling for Lok Sabha elections began. BJP-led-National Democratic Alliance, registering...
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...
Glorifying self: Modi’s gimmick of washing feet of sanitary workers
By Ram Puniyani
Gimmicks are a part of Modi's style of politics. Rather they form the core of his strategies. His act of washing the feet...
Why BJP supporters and non-BJP supporters can’t remain friends anymore?
By Arif Hussain
Recently an old friend, an urbane corporate worker, mused on Facebook that what is it about this election that’s making it difficult...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to utilise the occasion of Eid Ul Azha – ‘Bakri’ Eid wisely in...
By Dr Sajid A.H Khan
On Monday 11 th August 2019, majority of India’s Muslim community will celebrate Eid ul Hajj or Eid ul Azha...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Corona Jihad, the newest on the block in Godi Media
Mahmood Hussain
Let me begin with a disclaimer – I am not a member of the Tableeghi Jamaat and I am not their advocate.
All I...
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...
Naseeruddin Shah & backlash for Hijacked Political Narrative of Muslims
By Muhammed Tauqeer
This article is complimentary to an article published in "The Print" by Fatima Khan and triggered by comment on twitter by "I am Troll" fame...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
As a Savarna, I am ashamed but not surprised by our silence over vandalism...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Growing up in Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand meant a lot of things, but one thing that never escaped us (or...
How do we Promote Peace in India, Today?
By Ram Puniyani
We are passing through times when Hate against weaker sections of society and religious minorities is increasing by leaps and bounds. The...
Kerala sets model for yet another success
By Ashiq C. K
Islam first came to India in the Arabian peninsula, Kerala, the southernmost state of India, where Muslims constitute one fourth of...
The tale of two India Conferences
By Shabir Hassan for TwoCircles.net
MIT and Harvard, the two hallmarks of excellence and legacy are often being flaunted as the best places to learn....
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...
New stage of Muslim disempowerment -2
Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
A few days ago, in this column I had discussed how the Muslim representation in parliament had been brought down to...
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...
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...
The fall of the Supreme Wall: Paving way for the Great Indian Rashtra
As someone physically present in Court Room 1 for all those days, I attentively heard the Hindu parties' submissions as they clamoured on the...
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...
‘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...
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...
Adityanath Yogi as Commissar From Allahabad to Prayagraj: What’s in the name?
By Ram Puniyani
Adityanath Yogi, Chief Minister of UP seems to be on the name changing spree. In his latest move he has changed the name...
Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad, and national mythology – Part II
By Umair Azmi
In the first part of this series, Rajmohan Gandhi's defence of Patel as fair and not communally prejudiced was compared with Maulana Azad's...
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...
Citizenship Amendment Bill is nothing but an ‘irrational fear’ of Muslims
By Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi for TwoCircles.net
Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is the brainchild of people who think that Muslims will dominate India in the next...
Why did Maulana Madani and Mohan Bhagwat meet
The meeting between Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind (A) chief Maulana Arshad Madani and RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on August 30th Friday triggered a storm in the Muslim...
‘False’ Narrative, ‘Concocted’ Stories: A Closer Look at Power Play of Propaganda Films
Devanshi Batra and Syed Ahmad Rufai, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: As India is witnessing its general elections for the year 2024, the big screen has become a...
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...
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...
AMU is being attacked: But where are our ‘secular’, ‘progressive’ and ‘Ambedkarite’ leaders?
By Saquib Salim for TwoCircles.net
It was February 13, 2016. We, the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), were protesting the arrest of the JNU...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Muslim reservation: A dream that never saw the day
By Abu Asim
It may not be wrong to say that many of us are victims of promises made by politicians. They pull wool over...
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...
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...
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...
Understanding BJP’s victory: Critical questions, electorate response and the way forward
By Md. Aariz Imam
The reconciliatory efforts by the country’s largest minority should focus on establishing a SHURA, a council of visionaries on the lines...
Beyond the tragedy of Tharoijam
By Arif Sajad
The incident of Tharoijam, has shocked and created a climate of fear in the people of state, particularly on the minority community....
Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives
Sumeet Samos, TwoCircles.Net
Mar 12. 2020. Every year around the time of Holi and Durga Puja we encounter a discontent emanating from a Bahujan activists...
Controversial Film ‘Hamare Baraah’ Sparks Outcry Over Anti-Muslim Stereotypes
Samah Qundeel, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In sync with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s inflammatory rhetoric labelling Muslims as “people who have more children”, the upcoming...
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...
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...
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...
Hindus, Muslims and the lies of Mohan Bhagwat
By Ram Puniyani for TwoCircles.net
RSS is one of the only organisation which claims to be cultural and yet controls the political agenda of the...
Muslims under Modi 2.0
By Haamim Kutub Javed Ahmed
National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) is now no longer identified as such. It is Modi 2.0. The brand that catapulted...
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...
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...
Everyone is a minority in India
SAAD RAZI SHAIKH, Twocircles.net
A few weeks into my first year in university, my Professor dropped an interesting line. The discussion was about post-positivist theories....
Envisioning a post-Apocalypse India
By Shah Nawaz Afaque,
A lot of speculations are being made as to what would nation-states look like after the pandemic recedes. Some experts believe...
बिहार : बदहाल उर्दू की दास्तान
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles,net
वैसे कहने को तो उर्दू बिहार में ऑफिशियली सेकंड लैंग्वेज यानी सरकारी दूसरी ज़बान हैं लेकिन आज भी ये कहीं कोने में...
Netaji Bose, Nehru and anti Colonial Struggle
By Ram Puniyani
Indian anti colonial struggle has been the major phenomenon which built modern India into a secular democracy. Many of the political streams...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh
By Aas Mohammad Kaif, Twocircles.net
The announcement of an alliance between two arch rivals of UP Politics: Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party may...
India could turn into next Italy if testing for COVID19 remains this slow
By Dr Nadeem Jilani
The world is in the grip of a raging pandemic. Every country is taking steps to contain it. Indian Government has...
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...
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...
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...
PIL on EVM irregularities: Bombay HC issues notices to EC, Centre, Maharashtra and two...
By Quaid Najmi, IANS
Mumbai, Sep 19 (IANS) In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing of notices to the Election Commission of...
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...
Muslims must think beyond defeating BJP
By Mukhtar Ahmad
Whenever any community , sect, group or section gives a call for unity , it always implies unite against a common enemy....