“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...
Thirsty Streets in Photos: The Plight of Kusumpur Pahari Amid Delhi’s Water Crisis
Anushka Kogta and Mohsin Javed, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Nestled within a 1 km radius of the upscale enclave of Vasant Vihar, Kusumpur Pahari grapples with persistent...
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...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Ashraful Madaris – An Urdu medium school fighting for survival
By Nikhat Fatima, twocircles.net
Building character and integrity and not just building careers is what the teachers strive for, in this 110-year-old school ‘Ashraful Madaris’...
JIH condemns police firing, Dholpur eviction in Assam
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) demanded immediate rehabilitation to the homeless as mandated by the Supreme Court of India.
NEW DELHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Vice President Prof...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में बाढ़ के बाद राहत शिविर में भी बदतर हालात
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
बिहार में पिछले एक महीने से लाखों लोग अपने डूबते घरों को छोड़कर राहत शिविरों में शरण लेने पर मजबूर हैं। शिविरों में खराब...
Journey of a slum dweller to fight illiteracy among poor
More than 6000 kids from underprivileged families are benefiting from schools run by Mamoom Akhtar in West Bengal.
Partho Burman | TwoCircles.net
KOLKATA — It was...
This Muslim-run NGO run in Hyderabad helps women build sustainable livelihoods
SAFA is an NGO that has changed the lives of thousands of women from poor economic groups in Hyderabad and given them hope...
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
This super teacher is on a mission to transform the lives of children in...
Kanchan Sharma, a retired lecturer, has been running a school for the slum children for over a decade now.
Mubashir Naik and Irshad Hussain |...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman...
Rohingya Muslims housing row: What is India’s refugee policy?
A recent row over the housing and rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in the national capital New Delhi has brought India’s refugee policy into the...
“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...
Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...
Islamic religious bodies demand rehabilitation of Assam evictees, action against culprits
A high-level joint delegation of Muslim organisations including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) visited Assam to assess the...
Monsoon Without a Roof: Delhi’s Jailerwala Bagh’s Forgotten Families Battle Rain, Rubble and Ruin
Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The skies have opened above the city, but for hundreds of families from Jailerwala Bagh, there is no roof to...
‘Picked up from garbage, dropped in gutter,’ Muslim slum dwellers in Ahmedabad see no...
Local Muslims residing in the ghettos of Vatva and Ajit Mill complained about negligence from government officials and elected representatives.
Aquilur Rahman and Vipul...
“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...
‘Sometimes My Chest Burns, But I Still Go Up’: The Silent Suffering of Women...
Saloni Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Long before the city awakens, Ansura, a rag picker, begins her climb every morning. With a torn sack slung over...
From Kitchens to Construction Sites, How Women Face the Heat of Delhi’s 46°C Crisis
Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Rekha Yadav, a 29-year-old fruit vendor in Karol Bagh near Ghaffar Market, stands under an umbrella. Her forehead is damp with...
IAMC condemns forced evictions, police brutality in Assam
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) said that the eviction drive is a symptom of Narendra Modi and the BJP’s fixation on rendering Indian...
Hit by plastic ban, Delhi’s ragpickers search for better livelihood
Scores of rag-pickers in the national capital New Delhi have been left stranded and without a livelihood, after the government banned plastic earlier this...
Broken promises, political disillusionment: The struggle of slum dwellers in Faridabad
Shriya Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Despite flagship missions such the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) or the Mukhyamantri Shehri Awas Yojana being in place...
सब कुछ बर्बाद मगर टूटी नही उम्मीद …आग के बाद शरणार्थी रोहिंग्यो की मदद...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
दिल्ली में कालिंदी कुंज के पास मदनपुर खादर इलाके के रोहिंग्या शरणार्थी कैंप में पिछले दिनों आग लग गई थी जिसके...
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...