India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
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Is US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi handled by leaders of a foreign agent?
US House Intelligence Committee members’ entire entourage at the campaign debate consisted of activists and leaders in Overseas Friends of the BJP.
Pieter Friedrich |...
Meet Azharuddin, a mechanical engineer from Meerut who made an electric cart from junk,...
Thirty-year-old Azharuddin from Meerut in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is good with his hands. He created an electric cart from junk...
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“We are at peace now,” says wife of slain UP cop killed in Bulandhshar...
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed two years ago in Chirangavathi, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. His wife was responding to the news of the Supreme...
Why Bihar’s only Muslim majority district Kishanganj is ailing behind on development indices?
The latest NITI Aayog report states that 64.75 per cent of Kishanganj’s population are multidimensionally poor. This TCN Ground Report looks at the reasons...
Abandoned “Mosques of India” are crying for attention, one Muslim youth is bridging the...
Mohammad Mirza is a travel writer and a social media executive from Hyderabad. He is currently based in the Middle East. His Instagram page “Mosques of...
Meet Bushra Arshad from UP, who cracked civil services thrice to land her dream...
A mother of two, Bushra Arshad Bano's story is one of grit and determination. Cracking the civil services exams for the third time last...
Mr PM, listen to Muslim women who faced sexual harassment in Delhi violence before...
Very shameful acts have happened to Muslim women during Delhi violence
There are allegations ranging from tearing clothes to rape, many girls...
California city pressured to renounce Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh praise
Roseville, California faces sustained pushback for platforming RSS’s international wing.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — When Roseville, a quiet suburb of California’s capital city of...
Maha Kumbh: A Muslim Man’s Unlikely Hospitality to Hindu Pilgrims in Varanasi
Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Varanasi: Hindu devotees from various states are flocking to the ancient city, also known as Kashi, for holy dips in the...
मुजफ्फरनगर के जुहैब क़ुरैशी की आईईएस में छठी रैंक,चौतरफा तारीफ
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मुजफ्फरनगर के मशहूर मीनाक्षी चौक से जब आप शामली बस अड्डे की तरफ चलते हैं तो ऐतिहासिक शहीद चौक से लगभग...
Who is Gulam Ali Khatana, BJP’s Rajya Sabha nominee from J&K?
51-year-old Ghulam Ali Khatana from Jammu has worked with the RSS affiliated Muslim Rashtriya Manch and has held several positions within the BJP.
Ubair Ul...
How Rahmani 30 has made a difference in these Muslim students career
At least 65 students, including one girl, of Rahmani 30 – an educational movement for underprivileged students started in Patna, Bihar by late Wali...
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...
Meet Sadaf Chaudhary, who wants to serve country by becoming an ambassador
UPSC topper among Muslim aspirants, Sadaf Chaudhary of Roorkee uttarakhand, who secured the overall 23rd rank, is of firm opinion that improvement in the...
Bihar’s NEET topper Zeya Bilal credits success to Rahmani 30
Mohammad Zeya Belal from a remote village in Bihar has topped the list of successful candidates from Bihar in this year’s NEET. A Rahmani...
Texas doctor demands “retribution” after Kashmir Files film
The film has incited widespread calls for anti-Muslim violence.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — “Retribution,” declared Rajiv Pandit, a doctor based in Dallas, TX,...
Bihar: Imarat-e-Shariah’s new chief is a man of technology, who believes ‘massive action’ can...
The new Amir (Chief) Ahmad Wali Faisal Rahmani of Imarat-e-Shariah has the challenging task of carrying forward and better the legacy of Imarat-e-Shariah which...
‘My aim is to serve the underprivileged,’ says Muslim surgeon from Hyderabad after cracking...
Dr Mustafa Hashmi is the only Muslim candidate from the south Indian state of Telangana making the UPSC list. He is one among the...
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Meet Manjuwara Mullah from Assam’s riverine sandbank who is leading Muslim women to social,...
Manjuwara Mullah from the north-eastern state of Assam is a social activist whose initiative Amrapari has changed the lives of many women in the...
Journalists in Kashmir anxious after admin’s “militant sympathizers” remarks
The remarks made by the region’s top administrator in a fact-finding report by Press Council of India (PCI) has caused worry among the journalists...
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...
American critics of Hindu nationalism risk sustained attacks
From politicians to academics, Americans who speak against Hindutva face harsh backlash, protests, and violent threats.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — When US...
A fashion designer turns her village home into garment manufacturing unit
Tabassum Jabeen's entrepreneurial journey began amidst the Covid lockdown.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A whirring sound from a nondescript building in the middle...
Uttar Pradesh: 16-century historic mosque demolished in Prayagraj under ‘road widening’ project
In August last year, the Allahabad high court had dismissed a writ petition moved against the proposed removal of Shahi Masjid.
Sana Ejaz |...
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’...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...
Popular calligraphy artist from Kerala aims to ‘build bridges between communities with his art’
A graphic designer by profession, Abdul Kareem, who is popularly known as Kareemgrahy, left his job at an American company in Qatar last...
‘Muslims have become demolition targets:’ Jamia Nagar residents on DDA demolitions
On February 15, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolished 50 structures in Jamia Nagar, a predominately Muslim majority neighbourhood in New Delhi. The area...
30 Years On, Mumbai’s Ideal Educational Movement Is Still Helping Muslim Students Pursue Their...
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Zeeshan Shaikh, 28, recalls searching for a coaching center that would coach him for a lower fee...
Known for his honesty and simple life, Alam Badi becomes MLA for the fifth...
Between the politics of muscle power and money power in Purvanchal, Alam Badi has made a mark for himself due to his simplicity and...
These Muslim artisans in Jaipur are preserving traditional art-form of Gulal Gota for celebrating...
Dozens of Muslim artisans in Jaipur have kept the 400-year-old traditional art form of Gulal Gota alive.
Tabeenah Anjum | TwoCircles.net
JAIPUR — The narrow lanes...
“I want to break the othering of Indian Muslims in media,” says film-maker Fahim...
In this free-wheeling interview, filmmaker Fahim Irshad of Aani Maani fame talks about the depiction of Indian Muslims in media, film, and society and...
Masjid Khaja in Hyderabad was 6th mosque in state demolished since 2014, says Muslim...
Masjid Khaja Mahmood in Hyderabad was demolished amid heavy police presence. After protests by residents and Muslim leaders, the the mosque will be constructed...
A book by this Dalit author has left RSS fuming
The 72-page book on RSS by a Dalit writer Devanur Mahadeva from Karnataka criticizes the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and is hitting record sales...
Decline of Muslim candidates in civil services: not a single in the first 100
A total of 685 candidates cleared the UPSC exam, of whom only 25 are Muslim—the least number of candidates from the community to have...
For Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand, tribal surname holds key to availing land rights
Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand live a life of struggle as the tiny community fights to retain their tribal status which is key to their...
‘Film on Kashmiri Pandits has further widened the wedge between two communities,’ says top...
A prominent Kashmiri Pandit leader Sanjay Tickoo in an interview with TwoCircles.net castigates the hate generated by the film The Kashmir Files.
Auqib Javeed |...
Israil Mansuri: From Mukhiya to a Minister
The new information technology minister of Bihar Mohammad Israil Mansuri belongs to a socially backward Dhuniya community.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Mohammad Israil...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
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Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
“Falsely booked,” claims family of Malik Noor Fayaz of Doda in prison for ‘killing...
The family of 51-year-old Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, who is currently in prison for the killing of a BJP member and his brother in...
“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...
Christians hold mass protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against ‘attacks on churches’
The demonstrators protested against the recent spate of violence faced by Christians in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places...
Maulana Wali Rahmani: India’s torchbearer Muslim scholar who made promotion of education his mission
What set Maulana Wali Rahmani, an Indian Sunni Islamic Scholar, academician and founder of Rahmani30, apart was his efforts towards the promotion of education...
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years...
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the...
‘Inexpensive, timely and accessible’: Darul Qaza of Bihar emerging as ‘effective dispute redressal forum...
This year, the Imarat-e-Shariah of Bihar is celebrating its centenary. In its hundred years of existence, the Darul Qaza and Darul Ifta run by...
Maharashtra: Arrest of youth activist Adil Pathan raises questions on ‘misuse of MPDA Act’
The arrest of youth activist Adil Pathan has raised the question of whether the complaints recorded against him were severe and substantiated enough to...
Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security
Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...
“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi
The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...
Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...
Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...
Meet Zuhaib Qureshi: the star of Muzaffarnagar who secured 6th rank in India’s top...
Sitting at his home, Zuhaib Qureshi has a look of satisfaction on his face over securing 6th rank in the recently declared Indian Engineering...
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...
Odisha’s applique artisans are struggling to conserve this 12th century traditional artform
Once known as the hub of applique works in Odisha, a market in Chandua has lost its shine with most of the shops selling...
Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations
Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on...
Muslim nursing graduates from West Bengal university get 100% job placement
The inaugural batch of the nursing course in a university in West Bengal, designed especially for women, has achieved this success.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
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‘Are we not Indian enough?’ Plight of northeastern Muslims living in Delhi
For scores of northeastern Muslim students living in the national capital comes with challenges of having to face racial slurs, discrimination and harassment.
Khansa Juned...
Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe
While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : मुस्तफाबाद में अरविंद केजरीवाल की शैक्षिक भेदभाव की असलियत दिखाता है...
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Chandasi Coal Mandi: Asia’s Largest Black Hell Where Laborers Pay with Their Health
Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Mughalsarai, Chandauli: The Chandasi Coal Mandi, located just five kilometers from Varanasi in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, is gripped by severe cold since...
“Death knell for our trade,” almost year after new anti-cow slaughter bill, cattle traders...
The introduction of the controversial new anti-cow slaughter bill in Karnataka in December 2020 has badly impacted the cattle traders and meat sellers of...
Remembering anti-caste leader T. M. Umar Farooq on 6th death anniversary
T. M. Umar Farooq was born a Hindu as T. M. Mani, in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were bonded labourers...
In Assam, Mob Lynchings of Muslims Follow the Same Pattern and Template
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles.net
Rahima Begum, 50, had not slept in a long time and had not eaten well because her 25-year-old son Hifzur...
Progress or decline? Why the number of elected Muslim MLAs fell in West Bengal...
Despite TMC winning a landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021, the Muslim representation in the Bengal Assembly has fallen to exactly...
Two photojournalists on what they learned while documenting manual scavenging
In an interview with TwoCircles.net, two celebrated photo journalists Vijay Pandey and Palanikumar.M talk about their experience of cataloguing the lives (and deaths) of...
Operated from mosque, a women-run health clinic in Hyderabad has treated over 25000 patients...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a healthcare NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) from Hyderabad in south India has been a source of respite for the...
Credit society run by Muslims offers respite for low-income wage groups
Headquartered in a small building in the state capital Patna, Al-Khair Co-operative Credit Society, with thirteen branches in four states, has transformed lives by...
“Being a lawyer in Kashmir is walking on two-edged sword,” journey of a lawyer...
Working as a lawyer is not easy in a region like Kashmir, where multiple levels of threat not only impede justice but restrict the...
SEED-USA, Helping Hand foundation provide scholarships worth Rs 24 lakh to meritorious students in...
SEED has been an active organization providing education to 15,000 students studying in 58 schools and has provided around 2 crores of scholarships to...
So many questions on Muslim Faces of Chandra Shekar’s ‘Azad Samaj Party’
Aas Mohammad Kaif, twocircles.net
Saharanpur: Bhim Army’s Chandra Shekhar Azad has launched his political party, Azad Samaj Party on Sunday. The new party, formed on...
Is Urdu journalism dying in India?
With decreasing readers and lack of capital driving the news content, Urdu journalism in India is staring at an uphill task to compete...
In this Gujarat town, no place to bury dead as high-caste residents flood Dalit...
By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wealthy state of Gujarat are named and shamed during their entire lives but, for...
Muslim institutes bring empowerment to a coastal village in Kerala
Muslims of Edavanakad in Vypin island of Kerala have set a vibrant example of empowerment by building community institutions that provide education, and interest-free...
Uttarakhand: Muslim area residents protest court order for demolition of over 4000 houses, demand...
The High Court ordered the authorities to evict unauthorised occupants of the railway land adjacent to Haldwani Railway Station, known as Gaffur Basti,...
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali wins Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia...
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali was announced as the winner of this year's Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia by the South...
Muslim groups in Australia protest against controversial BJP MP’s Tejasvi Surya’s invitation to youth...
Several Australian Muslim youths said that they were shocked after hearing about Surya being invited for addressing the events in Australia and called it...
A new documentary challenges notions of mainstream anti-caste movement
Caste-ing Space raises serious questions about the prevalence of caste in social spaces and underlies crucial concerns in anti-caste circles.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
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“We need employment, not help,” Nagpur’s sex workers decry ban, barricading of area
Ganga Jamuna area of Nagpur in Maharashtra is the oldest Red Light area of the city and has always been bustling with people. In...
अजमेर के हिन्दू दुकानदार मानते हैं उन पर है गरीब नवाज की रहमत का...
अजमेर में ख़्वाजा गरीब नवाज दरगाह स्थानीय नागरिकों को आर्थिक रूप से सक्षम बना रही है। इनमे दुकानदार ज्यादातर हिन्दू समुदाय से आते हैं।...
How Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith is bringing marginalised into the mainstream
The brain behind several hit films in Tamil, Pa Ranjith is forcing us to confront caste in all its complexities.
Smitha R | TwoCircles.net
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Abducted Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh alleges ‘mistreatment, threat of being married off without...
The family of the abducted Muslim girl, who was rescued after more than twenty days, alleged that the girl was tortured and would have...
Why was Hindu right-wing celebrating Babri demolition day as Shaurya Diwas on social media?
On the 30th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh by Hindu karsevaks, social media was abuzz with hateful...
Calls to murder Muslim men, abduct Muslim women made from yet another ‘Hindu Mahapanchayat’...
On July 4, a large ‘Hindu Mahapanchayat’ was attended by thousands of Hindutva supporters in Haryana's Pataudi. The agenda of the Mahapanchayat at Pataudi,...
Tamil Nadu’s blind community left in the dark without assistance for writing exams
For scores of visually impaired students from Tamil Nadu, writing exams amid the ongoing pandemic has been a tough ask, with no or minimal...
‘Our only demand is to be allowed back in classrooms with hijab,’ says girl...
Hazra Shifa is a higher-secondary student at the government pre-University (PU) college of Udupi, Karnataka which is at the centre of Hijab row...
Meet Saba Haider: An Indian-Muslim woman running for DuPage county board election in US
Saba is the only candidate of Indian origin among 19 elected members from the state of Illinois. She came to the United States in...
Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?
The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...
Uttar Pradesh: Muslim youth who married Hindu woman found dead at lodge, kin cry...
The death of a Muslim youth, who had arrived in Prayagraj to seek court protection for his inter-faith marriage, has sparked allegations of foul...
Maharashtra: Hindutva rally calls for economic boycott of Muslims
Several leaders addressed the rally and made speeches against alleged ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’ in the state.
TCN Special Correspondent | TwoCircles.net
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA)...
Bihar: Muslim man ‘lynched on suspicion of carrying beef’, three arrested
A mob allegedly intercepted Naseem Qureshi & his nephew Firoz at Jogia village and beat them up over allegations of carrying beef. Naseem...
This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Started by social activist Aasif Mujtaba, the Sunrise Public School in Loni, Ghaziabad offers free education to children from riot-affected families.
Arbab Ali |...
‘I was denied food and beaten,’ the unregistered story of child trafficking in Bihar
Trafficking is a common story of hundreds of children every year in Gaya and adjoining districts of Bihar including Nawdah, Aurangabad and Jahanabad. Many...
Outrage over BJP spokesperson’s blasphemous comments on national TV, police complaint filed
Action demanded against Nupur Sharma and netizens ask global Muslim leaders to take note.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur...
Noted SC lawyer Ehtesham Hashmi dies of heart attack in New Delhi
Advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, who died today aged 37, was well-known for fighting cases of victims of communal violence and often without fees.
Huneza Khan...
Homes Demolished, Lives Torn Out in Delhi’s Priyanka Gandhi Camp Ahead of G20 in...
Shruti Sharma, Twocircles.net
"I've lived here since 2005. Where will we go with our family now?" Anjali, 35, a construction worker, said while the authorities...
Meet Aman Wadud, a human rights lawyer assisting people to fight citizenship battle in...
While the Constitution of India ensures the fundamental rights and dignity of every individual, in Assam thousands of people are fighting the legal battle...
Giving shoes a new life in Patna
Shazia Qaiser runs the state’s first shoe laundry service.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A black and green board reading “Revival: Service Centre for...
दिल्ली हिंसाः अपने घर नहीं लौटना चाहते शिव विहार के मुसलमान, पुलिस और पड़ोसियों...
दिल्ली के उत्तर-पूर्वी ज़िले के ज़ाफ़राबाद, मौजपुर ब्रह्मपुरी, मुस्तफ़ाबाद, कर्दमपुरी, खजूरी ख़ास और शिव विहार इलाक़ों में हुई हिंसा में 45 लोगों की मौत...
Why Kishanganj in Bihar is being targeted as ‘Kashmir’?
Kishanganj is a Muslim majority district in Bihar. Lately, the district has been in focus after Hindutva leaders started comparing the region with ‘Kashmir...
‘We Are Hiding in Forests’: Fear in Uttar Pradesh’s Rohingya Camps After Anti-Terrorism Squad...
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Sajida Begum, 26, had just finished fajr prayers when the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barged into her shanty in the Rohingya refugee...
“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...
Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...
Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...
An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District.
Afnan Habib...
‘Where Will We Bury the Dead?’: A Muslim-Dominated Neighbourhood in Mumbai Grieves
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When Meeraj Ansari, 34, went to recite Al-Fatiha, a Quran verse, at a grave in Mumbai East's Rafi Nagar graveyard in...
Do Muslim life convicts in Tamil Nadu prison face discrimation in claiming premature release?...
According to the letter by the Director of Prisoner Rights Forum, P. Pugalenthi, 38 Muslim life convicts from Coimbatore central prison, Vellore central prison,...
West Bengal: Mismanaged Mid Day Meals scheme pushing children towards further undernourishment
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study further found that meals in schools do not just contribute to education, but influence students’ “fertility...
Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India
Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...
Meet Kaif Ali, who is housing the homeless with his ‘architecture for poor’ idea
Born and brought up in New Delhi, twenty-year-old Kaif Ali is an architecture student at Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New...
How coastal inhabitants of India make a living through seaweed cultivation
Seaweed is one among several renewable marine resources in India. Around 1000 coastal inhabitants of the country are engaged in the activity and...
Meet Falak Naaz, who braved poverty to make it to India’s U19 Women’s T-20...
18-year-old Falak Naaz comes from a poor family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This did not stop her from dreaming to play for national...
Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report
The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall.
Suchitra...
कौन है फतेहपुर के सय्यद कासिम हसन जिनकी कब्र पर सलाम करने पहुंच गए...
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Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
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How a Messi fan in Kerala village became a football journalist in Spain
Jushna Shahin’s passion for the sport made her achieve the unthinkable.
Najiya O | TwoCircles.net
KERALA — Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on...
Bihar: Lack of sponsors derails national-level Karate player’s dream to attend international tournaments
25-year-old Zabir Ansari is a national-level Karate player from Bihar and has won many accolades but lack of sponsors is likely to derail...
Why has music maestro Ilayaraja been nominated to Rajya Sabha?
Many believe that Ilayaraja’s praise for prime minister Modi and the BJP’s agenda to give token representation to Dalits led to his nomination.
Basil Islam...
Explained: Why is resentment growing in Ladakh three years after UT status?
Leaders from two regions of Ladakh - Kargil and Leh, have put forth four agenda points for the Centre to fulfill.
TCN Staff Correspondent
SRINAGAR...
Meet Tabassum Ali, a single woman from Bihar riding a Bullet, piloting social work
Forty-one-year old Tabassum Ali from Patna, Bihar is a single woman riding a Bullet motorcycle and works tirelessly for promotion of the rights of...
The dawn and dusk of Azam Khan
The Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament from Rampur Uttar Pradesh Azam Khan, who is currently lodged in Sitapur, was referred to Lucknow...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
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2020 Delhi riots: ‘My soul trembles when I recall that day,’ shopkeepers at Gokulpuri...
Shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, where 97 shops were set ablaze during the 2020 Delhi riots, are still struggling to rebuild their lives...
“Glad that BJP has not come to power,” West Bengal Muslims heave sigh of...
With Trinamool Congress (TMC) winning a landslide victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the strongly contested West Bengal Assembly elections, Muslims from...
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...
Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus
Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...
‘Fascism has arrived in India’: For many, BJP’s performance is a triumph of bigotry
Muslims intelligentsia blamed communal polarization and delay on the part of Akhilesh Yadav to take the BJP head on.
Zeyad Masroor Khan| TwoCircles.net
UTTAR PRADESH — As...
Named after freedom fighter Maulana Mazharul Haque, what ails this state university of Bihar?
Formed with an aim to fulfill the educational needs of the minority Muslim community of Bihar, the Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic & Persian (MMH...
These Muslim Covid Warriors helped Hyderabad in overcoming Oxygen crisis
Relief organizations of Hyderabad, run by Muslims, have come to the rescue of the state and offered help to fight the shortage of Oxygen....
Ahead of UP polls, report on socio-political condition of Muslim community paints a picture...
The report by the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP) ‘Development of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh—released on January 9, paints a picture...
A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities
The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...
This Muslim youth’s charity org ensures underprivileged people don’t go hungry in Kolkata
Thirty-two-year old Zeeshan Majeed from Kolkata, West Bengal has not only distributed food during the Covid-19 lockdown but also distributed masks, medicine and oxygen...
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...
In photos: Kozhikode sewage treatment plant faces stiff opposition from locals
Since January this year, a Muslim fisherman community in Kozhikode, Kerala is up in arms against the administration for its plan to construct a...
India’s much neglected periodic Haats or weekly markets: An equitable model for small farmers?
Amid the farmers' protests in India, a TCN Ground report from the weekly markets or haats of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand demonstrates a...
Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile: Displaying centuries-old songs, and artworks on anti-caste struggle of Maharashtra
The project aims to collect Maharashtra’s long history of social reform, accessing 500-year-old traditions of song-writing, performances and poetry against caste-based exploitation and untouchability.
Riya...
Closure of slaughter houses in UP brought 400-year-old bone carving trade to an end
Over-400-year-old bone carving trade in UP has been hit hard by the government’s crackdown on illegal slaughter houses.
A Tripathi | TwoCircles.net
UTTAR PRADESH — Abrar Ahmed,...
In riot-hit Khargone, WhatsApp forwards advocate economic boycott of Muslims
More than two weeks after the communal clashes, calls for boycotting Muslims are repeatedly being made both offline and online causing fear among the...
‘Judiciary should work on judicial matters only’: lawyers question Buxar Court notice asking...
Earlier this month, the court staff at Buxar undertook a cleaning drive which lasted for around four hours.
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BIHAR — Two notices...
Do you know these women who won their right to Hijab?
These four Muslim women across the globe are resisting discrimination and reasserting their right to wear their Hijab.
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NEW DELHI — The Karnataka...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...
May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...
Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...
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‘Are We Lesser Humans’: Inside a Relief Camp in Assam Housing Over 300 Muslim...
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The approach to 12-year-old Jamal Islam's make-shift home in Changmajhi, a revenue village in central Assam's Nagaon district, becomes impassable...
“Khursheed died of shock & hemorrhage,” reveals post-mortem report of slain Muslim man from...
The post-mortem report of fifty-year-old Khursheed Ahmad from Sultanpur area of Uttar Pradesh has revealed the victim died of shock and hemorrhage, after he...
‘A center unlike others’, Bihar’s Haj Bhawan takes students on journey to secure top...
The coaching and guidance center run at the Haj Bhawan under the Minority Welfare Department of the Bihar government provides residential preparation for government...
Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...
A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: “We came together to counter BJP,” say TN Muslims...
Muslims comprise 5.86 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s population according to the 2011 census, but only 7 Muslims have been elected to the 234...