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...
“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...
Build a Wall: Trump must see the Shining India, not the Seething India
Hasib Khan, Twocircles.net
“Uff tumhaare usool, tumhaare aadarsh! Kis kaam ke hain tumhaare usool! Tumhaare saare usoolon ko goonth kar ek waqt ki roti nahiin...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Countering Hate and Violence: What Should Minorities Do?
By Ram Puniyani
The violence against religious minorities has been on the rise during last few years. Many a reports tell us not only about...
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...
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...
CAA: Should United Nations Norms be respected in Domestic Policies?
Ram Puniyani
In the wake of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) UN High Commissioner, Michele Bachelet, has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court petition...
नौजवान साथियो… तो 2014 के पहले यह सब नहीं था
नासिरूद्दीन
हाल ही में व्हाट्सएप पर एक मैसेज मिला. इसे चुटकुला कहना ज्यादा सटीक होगा. चुटकुला कुछ यों था:
हमारे एक मित्र का बेटा 18...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three Nonagenarians who made the mark
By Mukhtar Ahmad
Recently I came across three personalities all more than 90 years two of them living and working and one died recently on...
Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers
By Somrita Ghosh for IANS:
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...
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...
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...
Umar Khalid Remains Behind Bars: A Blow to Dissent and Democracy
Atika Sayeed
A Delhi court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid, an activist and former student leader, marks a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Bill must never pass
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
The Narendra Modi government has railroaded the Triple Talaq Bill through Lok Sabha on sheer strength of a brute majority, contemptuously...
Fasting saints could become a curse for politics of Hindutva
By Sandeep Pandey
Former Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Professor Guru Das Agrawal, who became an ascetic in 2011 at the age of 79 years...
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...
Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals
By James M. Dorsey
When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably...
भाजपा का संवेदनशील मुद्दों पर मौन धारण करना कहीं राजनीतिक जोड़-तोड़ तो नहीं?
संदीप पाण्ड्य
चाहे ऋषिकेश के अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान में थोड़ा अधिक मात्रा में पोटैसियम से पड़ा दिल का दौरा हो या 112 दिनों तक...
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...
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...
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"...
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...
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...
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...
Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa Kyon Aata hai?
Ram Puniyani
The index of health of democratic society is gauzed by the feeling of security experienced by the minorities. Similarly one can say that...
मीडिया पर कसता शिकंजा
रईस अहमदी
“खींचों न कमानों को न तलवार निकालो,
जब तोप मुक़ाबिल हो तो अख़बार निकालो”
मशहूर शायर अकबर इलाहबादी का यह शेर अंग्रेज़ी दौर में...
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...
What led to BJP’s defeat in Delhi assembly election 2020?
Ahmed Raza
The spectacular majority mark for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the BJP in Delhi assembly elections did not astonish people – landslide victory...
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....
Shariah Courts Do Not Imply a Parallel Judicial System
By TwoCircles.net
There is a divided opinion on Darul Qazas or Shariah courts amongst both Muslims and non-Muslims. Many women rights groups and secular Muslims...
Citizenship Amendment Bill and the issues of Muslims
By Wahidul Islam
Amidst all the debates of Citizenship Amendment Bill and the clutter of logics and illogic in support and against the bill, the ruling...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Reflections- On how Indians are always taken for a ride
By Jaspal Singh
After the recent elections, many people, specially left and liberals have raised the questions that how and why a large number of...
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...
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...
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...
नफरत की खेती वोटों की फसल
तो क्या यह चुनाव व्हाट्सएप पर लड़ा जा रहा है...
नासिरूद्दीन
एक फोटो आती है. देखते ही देखते ही हम सबके मोबाइल में घूमने लगती...
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 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...
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...
Where Are the Rest? ‘Panchayat’ Celebrates Rural India but Ignores Its Dalits, Marginalised
Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net
The hit Amazon Prime series 'Panchayat' has become one of India’s most popular web shows, widely appreciated for its simple storytelling and...
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...
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...
Can Modi Win “Sabka Vishwas”? Did Modi implement Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas?
By Ram Puniyani
After 2014 victory Modi, Prime Minister of India had promised that he will implement Sabka Sath; Sabka Vikas (Taking everybody along, development...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How Muslims Have Gone Missing from All-Inclusive Bollywood Cinemas
Zeba Afrin, TwoCircles.net
Bollywood sells itself as India's voice, which is secular, universal and meant for all. But look closely, and something is missing. Or...
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....
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...
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...
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...
On New Zealand Attack: Breaking the chains of violence
By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler
In the words of New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, today is "one of New Zealand's darkest...
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...
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....
In defense of the indefensible -Triple Talaq and Sabarimala issue
By Md. Aariz Imam
Courtesy ANI, Narendra Modi has clarified his position on both the Triple Talaq Bill as well as the Sabarimalatemple entry movement. Though...
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...
Self determination – solution to crisis in Kashmir
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
This is an opportunity to explore a vexing but significant topic in the field of human rights: the Right of Self-determination....
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....
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...
Living as a subaltern in India amid Corona pandemic
By Chand Mahal Ruby and Ruhail Andrabi
On 25th March the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced a 21 days countrywide lockdown, millions of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
Dealing with Corona Virus: No place for blind Faith
Dr. Ram Puniyani
The World today (March 2020) is gripped with the pandemic of Corona Virus. While it began from China, currently it has gripped...
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...
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...
निज़ामुद्दीन मरकज़ के बहाने सरकार की ख़ामियों पर पर्दा डालने की कोशिश
साजिद अशरफ़
क्या इनका क़ुसूर सिर्फ़ इतना भर है कि इन्होंने लॉकडाउन के उस दिशा निर्देश का पालन किया, जिसमें कहा गया है कि जो...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kashmir needs solution not suppression
By Syed Mujtaba & Mirza Jahanzeb Beig
From 1989, the People of Jammu and Kashmir are being killed, tortured, humiliated, and enforcedly disappeared. Thousands of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Delhi Violence: Genesis of Carnage
Ram Puniyani
They say ‘history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce’. In case of India, communal violence not only keeps...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Playing for Corporates
By Asif Husain
Sporting fever has gripped the whole world. All year round we have world cups and tournaments taking place and a good number...
Impact of Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025: Potential Threats to Muslim Community’s Religious and Property...
Dr. Intekhab Alam
New Delhi: Days after its passage from both houses of Parliament following marathon debates, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, got assent of...
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...
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 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,...