Ragpickers seen through the prism of art

The underprivileged and marginalized ragpicker community has rarely been depicted in art forms in India. Aatika S | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI - The work of progressive...

In pictures: Remains of the clash at Jahangirpuri

Cases of violence against Muslims were reported in at least eight states in India in recent days during the Ram Navami processions, followed by...

तस्वीरों में रमज़ान : जामिया में इफ्तार में जुटे छात्र

सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net रहमतों का महीना ‘रमज़ान’ की आमद के बाद हर कोई अल्लाह की इबादत में जुट जाता है। इस महीने को बहुत ही पाक...

रमज़ान मुबारक : फिर से लौट आई रमज़ान की रौनक, तस्वीरों में देखिए दिल्ली...

रमज़ान के पाक महीने की आमद के साथ इस बार मुसलमानों में काफा उत्साह दिखाई देता है। इबादत,रहमत और बरक़त का महीना रमज़ान दुनियाभर...

In Photos: Stories of Communal Harmony in Jamia Nagar

Jamia Nagar in New Delhi has been vilified in certain sections of the mainstream press and called ‘mini-Pakistan’ and ‘unsafe for Hindus.’ This TCN...

Nearly 8 months after fire destroyed their camp in Delhi, Rohingya refugees await basic...

Scores of Rohingya families living at a makeshift camp in near New Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar area are living a meagre existence, with poor access...

“We struggle for our basic needs, don’t have time to think if we are...

Golla(s) are nomadic tribes from the state of Andhra Pradesh. For generations, the gollas have been practising migratory pastoralism. Gollas in other states are...

In Pictures: Community kitchen at Dhobi Ghat offers hope, succor to displaced people

Following the Dhobi Ghat Pathshala, the women-led Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Adhikar Manch established the Dhobi Ghat Community Kitchen with the help of the All...

In Pictures: Climate refugees in Assam face ‘targeted evictions’, rue govt apathy

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to take over the 77,000 bighas or 25454 acres of land would mean hundreds of families in Assam...

In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...

Karthick Annan is a 35-year-old Dalit folk artist from Chennai, mastered in different folk art forms produced from an indigenous culture in Tamil Nadu...

“They only demolish homes of defenseless and weak,” despite UN intervention, demolition at Khori...

The Supreme Court ordered the demolition of a settlement in Khori Gaon in Faridabad, Haryana on June 7 and given the municipal corporations until...

In Pictures: Evicted thrice in 5 years, displaced women in Assam village decry poor...

Since the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Assam in 2016, several poor families in Dholpur char have been evicted thrice— the...

In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat

The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...

त्रासदी : बाढ़ में बुरी तरह डूब गया है उत्तर बिहार

जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net उत्तर बिहार में पिछले एक महीने से बाढ़ की भयावह स्थिति बनी हुई है। जिसके प्रभाव में आकर लाखों लोगों का जीवन...

In Pictures: Released after 13 months, student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha adjusts to life...

Student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha was released on June 17 from New Delhi's Tihar jail after remaining incarcerated for 13 months for a case...

In Pictures: Visually-impaired Judo player from Tamil Nadu rues losing opportunity after contracting Covid-19

Manoharan Janakiraman is a 31-year-old visually impaired Judo player from Sholavaram, a small town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is...

In Pictures: Septuagenarian Solim Uddin from Assam begs to earn money to fight ‘illegal...

A former detainee from Assam, septuagenarian Solim Uddin walks for several kilometres every day seeking alms and help to raise money to feed himself...

Devoid of work, artists of Kathputli colony in Delhi turn to odd labour jobs

As part of India's first in-situ slum redevelopment project in a public-private partnership, Kathputli Colony in Shadipur, Delhi, is being developed as a mall...

तस्वीरों में : समय से पहले बाढ़ जैसे हालात, फंसे लोग ,बहे जानवर

बिजनोर : उत्तराखंड में हो रही कई दिन से तेज़ बारिश के चलते गंगा किनारे के कई जनपदों में बाढ़ के हालात पैदा हो...

In Pictures: India’s unfolding Covid disaster

The second wave of the coronavirus in India is rapidly devolving into a catastrophic epidemic, with hospitals bursting at the seams, oxygen stocks running...

Rebuilding homes: the life around Delhi’s Bawana slums

A fire that erupted in a slum cluster in New Delhi's Bawana on March 30, 2021, destroyed approximately 60 Jhuggis (a slum dwelling typically...

तस्वीरों में देखिए अलीगढ़ का रमज़ान : रौनकें तो वो नही है,मगर अहसास वही...

मोहम्मद कुनैन रज़ा Twocircles.net के लिए रमज़ान पिछली बार की तरह इस बार भी कोरोना महामारी के दौरान आया है। पिछली बार पूरा रमज़ान...

तस्वीरों में किसान आंदोलन : बढ़ती जा रही तपिश,दूर तक दिखता नही समाधान

टेक्स्ट कैप्शन  - आकिल हुसैन  फ़ोटो-निखिल जोशिया Twocircles.net के लिए  देश में लाए गए तीन कृषि कानूनों का विरोध जारी है,इसे किसान आंदोलन का स्वरूप दिया...

Hanging by the leaves: Overwork, meager income, price rise mars livelihood of these Adivasi...

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery...

“We are here to fight for our rights,” protesting farmers say they won’t deter...

By Danish Pandit, TwoCircles.net Thousands of Indian farmers are camping on roads leading to New Delhi, protesting against the new farm laws passed by the...

“Being Dalit in India is a sin,” Saharanpur’s Dalits recount facing caste-discrimination all their...

By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net Saharanpur: Dalit’s represent over one-sixth of India’s population. The Indian constitution outlaws caste discrimination and the practice of ‘untouchability’. It prohibits...

Photo Essay: Ranchi’s Muslims recount religious discrimination, apathy amid pandemic

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net While the world was dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, in India, however, Muslims became targets of a concerted attack. The media...

Photo Essay: Saharanpur’s woodcarvers battle decline in industry, stress amid pandemic

The decline in demand and supplies has badly affected many traditional crafts. Woodcarving in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh is one of them. Artisans and traders...
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