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Book review: Indian Mass Media: Prejudice against Dalits & Muslims

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By Mahtab Alam, Name of the Book: Indian Mass Media: Prejudice against Dalits & Muslims Edited by Yoginder S Sikand & Avinash K Mishra Publisher: Hope India Publication Pages: 237

Remembering Hashimpura Massacre: A black chapter for UP Police

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By Vibhuti Narain Rai, There are some experiences that stick with you throughout your life. They always stay with you like a nightmare and sometimes...

From Azamgarh, hence a Terrorist!

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By Mahtab Alam,

Modi’s inclusive call: Need for religious leaders to build bridges

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By Frank F. Islam  As India celebrates its 71st Independence Day, it must remember the sacrifices made by leaders of the freedom movement. It was...

बहुत गहरे सवाल पैदा करता है बाबरी मस्जिद के आरोपियों का बरी होने का...

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वसीम अकरम त्यागी  बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस मामले में सीबीआई की विशेष अदालत के 'निर्णय' से न्यायप्रिय दुखी हैं। कोर्ट के फैसले का 'सम्मान' के साथ...

दिल्ली हिंसा में वरिष्ठ पत्रकारों पर देशद्रोह का मुक़दमा, प्रियंका गांधी ने कहा भय...

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net गणतंत्र दिवस के दिन दिल्ली में किसानों की ट्रैक्टर परेड के दौरान हुई हिंसा को भड़काने का आरोप लगाते हुए छह पत्रकारों और...

Closer Look: Aligarh Movement

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Ram Vilas Paswan and the politics of symbolic secularism

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By Ayub Khan, Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan now appears to have settled in comfortably with Narendra Modi and the NDA alliance. It was quite a turnaround for the Dalit leader who had quit the Vajpayee led alliance over the 2002 Gujarat massacres. He had then become a martyr to the secular cause and was much applauded at home and abroad for the ‘principled stance.’ That step also gave a temporary fillip to his long held ambition of becoming the first Dalit prime minister of India. But those plans again failed to take of as another contender, ‘dalit ki beti’ Mayawati, grew in both influence and power across the country and not just in her home state. Despite the failure in achieving his ambitions he remained relevant by making right noises at the right time and as a consolation was made a minister in the UPA government.

Judicial directions sought for establishing winter shelters in J & K and Uttarakhand

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Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, The Supreme Court on October 31 directed the governments of five northern states (UP, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh) to build sufficient number of shelter homes for homeless people ahead of the winter season.

Where is the Hindu’s compassion?

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By Namrata Chaturvedi for TwoCircles.net The nation-state India is increasingly being referred to as Bharat, and Hindu religion seems more aggressive than ever. People who...

Rohith Vemula protests: Candle light vigil stopped, people detained at India Gate

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By TCN News, The candle light protests for Rohith Vemula, a follow up of yesterday's protests, were thwarted after a majority of protesters were taken...

Malkangiri: Who is responsible for deaths of more than 120 Adivasi children?

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By Akash Poyam for Adivasi Resurgence Up until now, Japanese Encephelitis (JE) has caused more than 120 deaths (Official numbers, real deaths could be...

For 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Left parties must be a part of a...

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By Ram Puniyani for TwoCircles.net In view of the rising electoral strength of BJP, particularly after its massive victory in 2014 General elections, it's coming...

The Bill must never pass

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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...

Can a Machine Heal a Heart? Why New Age Youth Are Turning to AI...

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Samah Qundeel, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: We once believed that technology would bring people closer. But somewhere along the way, it did the opposite. Today, it...

Antulay bashing: Inverted argument.

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By Prof. Abdur Rahim, Now that the union minister for minorities Mr. AR Antulay has agreed with the Government's version that there is no need to promote the Hindu terrorist factor behind the killing of Hemant Karkare, the fact remains that his demand was seen with prejudiced glasses. Here we deal with a senior journalist MJ Akbar's views making mockery of the senior minister.

Shibli Academy: gearing up to face the challenges of the 21st century

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By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net Azamgarh: Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy is a 95-year old institution based in Azamgarh. Established by Allama Shibli Nomani, this academy was a unique experiment in housing writers so that they can focus on research and write books that will advance human understanding and knowledge.

Remembering Prof. Iqbal Ansari: A tireless defender of human rights

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By Mahtab Alam, On Sunday evening, October 11th, 2009, when Prof. Iqbal A Ansari was sitting next to me in a meeting here in Delhi, I had no clue that- I will be not able to meet him again. In fact, it’s still unbelievable for me that he is no more among us. His untimely death left most of us bewildered. It is an irreparable loss for human and civil rights’ movements in India. Prof. Iqbal Ansai, who was always at the forefront of the human and civil movements throughout the country over two decades left this world Tuesday early morning following a heart attack.

The colorful Id-ul-Fitr of Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed,

The Muzaffar Bhat I know

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[ Raja Muzaffar Bhat is the AAP (Aaam Aadmi Party) candidate against Farooq Abdullah for Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency ] Dr.Mohamed Ajmal For TwoCircles.net, Around 14 yrs back I joined college for my MBBS studies at Al Ameen Medical College, Bijapur. I still feel nostalgic remembering those initial days in college, the religious atmosphere at the hostel, the seniors, good and the bad, the new friendships, the ragging, etc.

State of religious freedom in India

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, It doesn’t take a US Commission to know that religious freedom is shrinking in India but it does help in throwing a light on this subject. There has been a new wave of anti-conversion laws passed since 2000 that takes away individual’s right to choose a religion – a clear violation of fundamental right guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. The Article 25 of the Constitution gives citizens of India the right to “profess, practice and propagate religion,” all these rights have come into increased attack in the last few years.

A letter to Rohith Vemula from a young Muslim

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Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Dear Rohith, I am not sure how or whether this letter will ever reach you. However, after reading and rereading your heartbreaking...

Shahid (Azmi) Lives, Shaheeds Never Die

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By Subhash Gatade,

Leveraging Haj savings for community uplift

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Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, Never in the annals of history were all monetarily eligible and physically robust Muslims of the world able to perform Haj. In future too only a select few would perform Haj; that is as per the divine design. Yet, each one of us enjoys the privilege to constructively aspire to be part of such 'select few'. Keeping pace with the world price index Haj expenses are going up year after year. In India, it takes an average Muslim around seven to eight years to save up for Haj. During this period, many persons often save money in unsystematic and traditional manner. They believe that money kept under the bed, pillow, in the pot or even in bank locker is not only safe but also such methods of saving are free of Riba.

कैप्टन अब्बास अली- एक शख्स जिसने सियासत के मेयार को बुलंद रखा

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By शेष नारायण सिंह, कैप्टन अब्बास अली 94 साल की उम्र में अलविदा कह गए। कप्तान साहेब एक बेहतरीन इन्सान थे। आज़ाद हिन्द फौज का यह कप्तान जब अपनी बुलंदी पर था तो उसने किसी तरह का समझौता नहीं किया। और यह बुलंदी उनकी ज़िंदगी में हमेशा बनी रही। उनकी एक ही तमन्ना थी कि ज़िंदगी भर किसी पर आश्रित न हों। उम्र के नब्बे साल पूरे होने पर उनकी आत्मकथा को दिल्ली में प्रकाशित किया गया था। शायद इस किताब का शीर्षक यही सोच कर रखा गया होगा। शीर्षक है, “ न रहूँ किसी का दस्तनिगर” और 11 अक्टूबर को कप्तान साहेब ने आख़िरी सांस ली उसके एक दिन पहले तक अपने हाथ पाँव से चलते रहे और शान से चले गए। 94 साल की उम्र में कप्तान साहेब जब गए तो किसी के सहारे नहीं रहे। उनके बेटे कुर्बान अली हमेशा उनको अपने साथ दिल्ली में रखना चाहते थे लेकिन कप्तान साहेब अपनी कर्मभूमि अलीगढ़ और बुलंदशहर को कभी नहीं भूलते थे। मौक़ा लगते ही अलीगढ़ चले जाते थे। उनकी ज़िंदगी के बारे में शायद बहुत कुछ नहीं लिखा जाएगा क्योंकि वे डॉ राम मनोहर लोहिया की उस राजनीतिक परंपरा के अलमबरदार थे जिसमें सरकारी ओहदे के लिए राजनेता को कोशिश न करने की हिदायत है। लेकिन इस बहादुर इंसान की ज़िंदगी को कलमबंद होना चाहिए ताकि आने वाली नस्लों को मालूम रहे कि खुर्जा कस्बे के पास के गाँव कलंदर गढ़ी में एक ऐसा इंसान भी रहता था जिसने मानवीय आचरण की हर बुलंदी को नापा था।

‘ओसामा अभी मरा नहीं, सम्भल में ज़िन्दा है’

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By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सम्भल: पहली नज़र में यह साफ़ सुथरा और तालीम की ओर बढ़ता शहर दिखता है. सम्भल के दीपासराय को देख...

AIMPLB’s holds meeting in Thane as part of campaign to “save Indian constitution”

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By TCN News, Mumbra (Thane): Continuing its country-wide campaign of upholding and strengthening secular aspects of the country, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board...

Close to 6,000 poor patients treated free by IMRC in 12 days in three...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kerala:The 7th annual India Health Initiative-2016, a program created by US-based NGO India Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) to...

Through the haze, a better democracy

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Patti Lynn Although you wouldn’t know it from the rhetoric and actions of the Trump Administration, the U.S. is part of the global society. And...

Crowd Management, Digitalization and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: new ways for COVID-19 management in India

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By Dr Ahmed Raza With the passing of 68 days of nationwide lockdown in India, the central government has now extended ongoing lockdown till June...

The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman...

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Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview. Q: Why were you interested in this investigation?

Disasters occur due to overconfidence of humans

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By IANS,

Interest free banking will help in greater inclusion of marginalized: Abdul Raqeeb

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H Abdur Raqeeb, General Secretary of Indian Center for Islamic Finance (ICIF), New Delhi talks about Islamic banking and business in India, in an...

Politically Incorrect! Political satire in Urdu poetry

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By Vikas Datta, "Here richly, with ridiculous display,/The Politician's corpse was laid away/While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged/I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged", was prolific English author Hillaire Belloc's caustic send-off to an unnamed politician. The verse also exemplifies the vibrant, universal tradition of political satire that exists alongside organised government - from the plays of Aristophanes in ancient Athens to TV shows like "Yes Minister" and "Saturday Night Live" now. And closer to home, both Hindi and Urdu literature used it to devastating effect.

Hashimpura Massacre: UP police destroyed records of PAC deployment on the fateful day

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh police has destroyed documents related to the deployment of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel on the...

ये चेहरे यूपी चुनाव में भाजपा के लिए मुसीबत का सबब बन सकते हैं

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश का विधानसभा चुनाव अब चंद महीने ही दूर बचा हुआ है. समाजवादी पार्टी को छोड़कर लगभग सभी दलों ने प्रदेश...

Fighting Islamophobia, one tweet at a time @MuslimVoicesIn

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By Muslim Voices of India Started in August 2016, Muslim Voices of India have gathered over five thousand followers in just ten months. The Initiative...

I do respect National Song but…listen I have an opinion!

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By Nikhat for TwoCircles.net, The Context

Guns and Widows

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Fatima Bibi: Film director extrordinaire

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Subhashini Ali,

Loot in the name of profit

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By Azizur Rahman Falahi for TwoCircles.net

Privatization of justice & “Sharia courts”

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By Faizan Mustafa, The apex court in its landmark decision on 7th July, 2014 held that sharia courts are not courts as Indian legal does not recognize a parallel judicial system. In fact neither Muslim Personal Board nor seminary at Deoband ever asserted that sharia courts are ‘courts’ in the strict sense of the term. But then is it not a fact that privatization of justice is fact of life not only in India but in most developed countries? Does our law not recognize arbitration and other alternative methods of dispute resolution? Are not sharia courts and fatwas different and therefore should not be clubbed together? What has been the performance of sharia courts in last 94 years? Has not the latest decision given new lease of life to the sharia courts? are some of the pertinent issues which need critical examination.

The need to implement Dalit Bahujan ideas of social justice

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By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net The tragic death of Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University (HCU) has created a strong public...

A comprehensive look at the Gujarat Riot cases

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By Nirjhari Sinha, TruthOfGujarat.com, Finally, the sentencing in the Gulbarg case is out. Finally, some of the guilty have been punished. But how...

एक फिल्म जो कैराना की असल हकीक़त दिखाती है

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी/ दिल्ली: बीते चार महीनों में पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश के जिले कैराना का नाम साम्प्रदायिकता के नए गढ़ के रूप में कई...

कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में आधार का पेंच

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जावेद अनीस 2007 में शुरू की गई मिड-डे मील भारत की सबसे सफल सामाजिक नीतियों में से एक है, जिससे होने वाले लाभों को...

Farmer’s movement: Is ethics at issue?

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In the modern world, in the world of industries and metropolis and the world governed by centralized rule, the farmer and the village have...

Lessons to be learned from Kerala Muslims

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Muhammad Iqbal is a 30-year old social activist. Originally from Silchar, Assam, he shifted to Kerala some years ago, where he now works with several Muslim organizations in the field of community service. He narrates his story to Yoginder Sikand.

Textracts: Shah Waliullah

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By Muhammad Tariq Ghazi

Muslim youths of Ujjain: Harassed by police and media

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 3 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

The bizarre case of Aamil Parvez

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Booked for Ahmedabad bomb blasts while he was languishing in Indore Central Jail

‘Clashes between lumpens-criminals often degenerate into communal tension’

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Dr Mohammad Sajjad is an Assistant Professor of History at the Aligarh Muslim University where he teaches late-colonial and Post-Independence...

Sedition Law in India

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By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net -- Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...

Government schemes, microfinance can go a long way in empowering Muslim women

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net “Wujood-e-zan se hai tasveer-e-kainaat mein rang,” (The colours of the universe are there because of the existence of womankind) --...

Concerns over ‘surveillance state’: Can excessive data monitoring lead to discrimination?

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By Padmakumar M.M. & Om Prakash L.T. for IANS: The Supreme Court on July 13 took strong note of the Ministry of Information and Broadcastings...

The dilemma of Jamaat-e-Islami in a secular India

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By Dr Wasim Ahmad, I studied in a madrasah, Jami‘atul Falah, which has many nice objectives written down (http://www.jamiatulfalah.org/). Besides, however, the written objectives of Jami‘atul Falah, there is one more (implied) objective. It is to prepare individuals for Jamaa‘at-e-Islami (Tahreek-e-Islami ke liye afraad tayyaar karna). This is because the Jami‘atul Falah was founded by the members of Jamaa‘at-e-Islami Hind.

Eating in Amlashole

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By Somnath Mukherji,

Pranab Mukherjee set for his new address

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By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, (IANS): 10 Rajaji Road, the new abode of outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, is all ready to welcome its newest resident. The eight-room,...

Fate of India under oath-taking supremacists

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By Kashif Umair Are human beings equal? Are some human beings superior over others? This is a question all societies of all ages have grappled...

Communalizing History: Shivaji and Afzal Khan

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By Ram Puniyani,

Pune blast: More lies, fabrications from ATS & Maha Govt.

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By Feroze Mithiborwala,

How the media reports on rape: January edition

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By Vanya Mehta for TwoCircles.net This article is part of a monthly series in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against women,...

Real winner in Karnataka Lok Sabha elections may be the current CM Siddaramiah

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By Noor Sheriff for TwoCircles.net, Karnataka was one of the few states in the country which saw Indian National Congress provide a semblance of a fight to the BJP. Out of the 28 seats on offer, 17 were won by BJP, 9 by Congress and 2 by JD(S). BJP's tally reduced by 2 seats compared to the previous Lok Sabha. The JD(S) too reduced its tally by 1 while the Congress gained 3 seats.

Gandhi’s people in Maoist land

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By Aishik Chanda, Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.

Enhancing understanding of Muslim communities in South Asia

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Book review: Being Muslim in South Asia By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, History of Islam in South Asia is almost as old as Islam in Arabia. Population of Arab nations is estimated to be 370 million while more than 500 million Muslims live in South Asian countries. But Arab-centric writings on Islam have done a great disservice.

Between Saapnath and Naagnath

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By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam, Whom would you prefer to be with, if given a chance: Saapnath or Naagnath? Will you prefer one over the other, or would you avoid their company in any case? After all, both are cobras, unfriendly creatures.

US-based NGO helps Kashmiri student become first in village to study engineering

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By TCN News Srinagar: Ghulam Haider Lone, who lives in a village in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, started losing sleep after his...

Modi’s government has made human life cheaper than that of a cow

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By Mushtaque Rahmat for Twocircles.net A few days ago, Mohan Bhagwat asked for an all-India ban on cow slaughter. I once for all can’t agree...

Delhi Government not serious about addressing female foeticide, claims Asian Center of Human Rights

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.netAsian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, 'Delhi: Disabling the Girl Child?' has stated that there is little seriousness...

The message of Azad Maidan

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By Syed Zubair Ahmad,

North East Racial Attack, Can It Be STOPPED?

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By Madhu Chandra, Utterly socked and indeed panic at the unprecedented hate crimes against the people from North East India in Delhi and now in other mega cities of India. A man from Manipur brutally attacked for not able to speak Kannada in Bangalore on 16 October, two other men from Nagaland attacked in Gurgaon on 17 October – threatening the entire North East people to leave Gurgaon and a young from Mizoram murdered in South Delhi on 17 October. These attacks are the unprecedented hate crimes against North East people for last almost a decade in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).

Scaling up tobacco control strategies in India

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By Bobby Ramakant, IANS, India and other countries need to scale up the cost-effective, proven and WHO-recommended strategies to reduce the number of deaths attributed to tobacco use. The World Health Statistics Report (2008) of WHO released 10 days before this year's World No Tobacco Day (May 31) ups the urgency to scale up quality interventions to control tobacco use.

Crop insurance is the life insurance scheme for farmers

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By Amit Dwivedi, Uttar Pradesh is one of the most important states of the country in terms of agricultural production. More than 85% of its population is rural based and depends on agriculture for its livelihood. Small and marginal farmers, having less than 2 acres of land are in a majority in the state.

AMU vs Nalanda University: Nitish shows different approach

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By Mohammad Mudassir Alam,

German Bakery, Pune blast case- another mistake is repeated

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net

A closer look at rapidly changing India

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By Tanvir Salim for TwoCircles.net

Muslim Political leaders are maligning the community through irresponsible statements

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, It is very unfortunate for the Muslim community that those who are suppose to represent them as a whole on the biggest political forum of the world is actually letting them down by speaking irresponsibly against opposition parties or leaders. While hurling abuses against the opposition, Muslim leaders are losing their moral ethics and are using such a language which is actually in turn hitting back the community strongly.

Relevance of Khudai Khidmatgar today

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By Sandeep Pandey, It would seem improbable today but in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is centre of continued violence today dominated by Taliban, there existed an organisation dedicated to non-violence called Khudai Khidmatgar not very long back. The person who founded this was called Frontier Gandhi – Khand Abdul Gaffar Khan popularly known as Badshah Khan or Bacha Khan. The first organisation he founded was called Anjuman-e-Islah-e-Afghania which worked for education of Pathans or Pashtuns. Badshah Khan was not a politician. He was more of a social reformer. He believed in socialism. He worked for empowerment of women, peaceful resolution of feuds between community members known for their short temper, abolition of alcohol, etc. He started the first school in his own village Utmanzai. How difficult his work must have been can be imagined from the 2012 incident when a teenager activist Malala Yousafzai was shot at merely for advocating the right of girls to education. Malala also hails from the Pashtun community. What the Taliban did to Malala, the British did to Gaffar Khan much earlier as they banned his school.

Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:

Will countries ‘walk the talk’ to end the tobacco epidemic?

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By Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service (CNS), Despite unprecedented pressure from tobacco industry to delay, dilute or thwart progress on a range of tobacco...

How did Mina Stampede happen – Who is Responsible for it – Saudi Arabia...

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By Dr.Ajmal 769 Haj piligrims died in the Mina Stampede, and the preceding week around 107 died in the Crane Crash in...

Bihar election result is a victory for democratic tradition of India

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By Mohammed Zubeer Ahmed, The election results of Bihar are indeed unprecedented in the history of independent India. India has never witnessed such...

Is Congress-Trinamool moving towards an alliance in Bengal?

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By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, (IANS): Is West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the Congress moving towards an alliance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls?...

‘I knew the victim as a colleague and friend’: Rape and Murder at Kolkata’s...

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Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net “This incident has left us all shaken. I knew the victim as a colleague and friend; we shared long working hours and...

The symbol of liberation: a hi-tech madrassa

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By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS

Set amidst the sylvan surroundings of Rajasthan's Ramgarh town, 10 km from the Jaipur railway station, is a sprawling stretch of 173 green acres encircled by a tranquil valley and cool lake - this is where you will find a completely new experiment with the traditional madrassa education system, the Madrassa Jameatul Hidaya.

Our Choice: Insulated Nationalism or Arundhati Roy?

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By Dr. Shah Alam Khan, Across the length and breath of human history there are instances when a person can get away with murder but being an anti-national (as defined by popular sentiment) is a crime of the highest order. In Hollywood or in Bollywood, treason is the ultimate epitome of a villainous character.

Who is a Muftee?

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By Dr Wasim Ahmad,

Extending solidarity from Mumbai for Palestine

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By Yogesh Maitreya & Daisy Katta, With the energetic recital of humanitarian songs from “Republican Panther”, a Mumbai based Dalit and Human rights cultural organisation, the meeting to condemn Israeli act of genocide in Palestine has accelerated amidst the wetly evening of 19th July, in Mumbai.

Case for interest-free banking and finance

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As many as 75 countries across the world have adopted the system. The operational term in many cases is not ‘Shariah’ but “interest-free” banking. By...

The hanging and all that came before it

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By Mazhar Farooqui The hanging of Yakub Memon will not shake Indian Muslims’s faith in the country’s judiciary and democratic values. That bit was already...

Long wait for acquittals: stories of the innocents

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A series of blasts on February 14, 1998 in Coimbatore killed 58 and injured over 200 people. Ever since that serial blasts Muslims of...

‘Rationalists and progressive people should be vocal against regressive-aggressive Hindutva’

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By Mohammed Anas for TwoCircles.net Rai Bahadur Maakhan Singh of Kohat (present day Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) was a legendary landlord and an...

Sir Sayyed Awareness Forum organises Seminar on ‘Sir Sayyed and Tolerance’

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By TCN News Aligarh: Sir Sayyed Awareness Forum organised its eighth National Seminar on 'Sir Sayyed and Tolerance' at Muktakash Manch, Aligarh on Wednesday, March...

Rohingyas are not terrorists, nor a threat to India’s security: Refugee

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By Garima Tyagi Kuala Lumpur, (IANS): Twenty three-year-old Mohammad Imran, a Rohingya who has grown up in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar after his...

WPI will try to speak with all secular parties to keep communal forces at...

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By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, With elections just over a month away, political parties in India have pulled up their socks. As a new player in the so called ‘dirty game’ in India, Welfare Party of India (WPI) has jumped into the field with its value-based politics and inclusive development mantra to woo voter. WPI Andhra Pradesh president Malik Motasim Khan shows his confidence to beat communal forces in upcoming elections, during an interaction with SM Fasiullah in Hyderabad.

Bangladeshi migrants, refugees, intruders: Myth vs Reality

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By Dr. Mumtaz Naiyer, I hail from a place in India, where the Bengal reaches out to Bihar and the Bihar reaches out to the Bengal. You must be mapping your mind to find my place of birth and my place of belonging? Let me help you and throw a light to this place. This place, where I belong and where my soul resides is Kishanganj. It is a border area surrounded by Nepal at one side and Bangladesh at the other side. Although surrounded by two different countries it is a peaceful, quiet place.

Ramadan thoughts: Al-Hilal vs Al-Hisab

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Crescent signals the beginning of every Islamic month but it is the beginning of Ramadan- that marks the month of fasting- and...

A new way of thinking about Islam

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By Usama Khalidi, A new Islam is rising in America largely under the media’s radar, which is routinely and profitably focused on the more competitively conservative, and violent, Islam of the Boko Haram of Nigeria, the Taliban of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and now the infamous ISIS, the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”, founders of a newly minted “Caliphate”. Consider this:

Here is the evidence against Purohit in Samjhauta blasts

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By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net, Even at a time when the strong evidence exists and the custodial interrogation of Col. Shrikant Purohit is pending, National Investigation...

It takes a village: Where religious harmony defies years of Kashmir strife

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By Aadil Mir Manzgam (Jammu and Kashmir) : A Hindu temple and a Muslim shrine in this lush green village of south Kashmir have stood...

Changing women identity in Kashmir

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By Bilal Ahmad Malik, The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...

Understanding the ‘Burhan phenomenon’

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By Arshi Javaid for Twocircles.net, Burhan Wani, a commander of Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed in an encounter on July 8, 2016, which...

Why Arrest of Dalit activists-‘Urban Naxals’?

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By Ram Puniyani The violence in Bheema Koregon is still reverberating. We recall that on January 1st, thousands of dalits returning from Bheema Koregaon were...

Origin of Muslims in India

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi,

We have one of the oldest and India's first masjid called the Cheraman Jama Masjid exists at Kodungaloor in Kerala. As inscribed on the masjid's stone-plate, (where this writer has been after the historic Tsunami in 2004), it was built about 1400 years ago in 9 Hijra or 629 CE). Kodungaloor was the capital of the kings of Kerala, and in 622-628 CE (Hijra 2 to 9) the ruler was a great savant, by the name of Cheraman Perumal Bhaskara Ravi Varma. In those days, the seniormost of the rulers of Kerala was called as Cheraman Perumal.

Abu Qaiser: the architect of Bhagalpur justice

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Abu Qaiser is a civil engineer by profession but for the last few years he has taken it upon himself to seek justice for the victims of Bhagalpur riots of 1989. These days he is a happy man because his long fight to get compensation for Bhagalpur riots victims has resulted in the Government of India announcing a Rs 30-crore package.

शुक्रिया लालू जी! आपके ‘तांगा प्लान’ ने हमें फिर से जिंदा कर दिया…

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, Twocircles.net फ़िल्म ‘शोले’ की याद आते ही ‘बसंती’ की याद खुद बखुद आ जाती है. लेकिन सवाल यह है कि बसंती तांगे...

Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.

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Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...

For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist

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By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...

Demonetization in India: Who will pay the Cost?

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“Everyone will adjust. And while it can hurt some small businesses and individuals, it is better to do it than not.”–Mauro Guilin By Maryam...

जामिया में इंद्रेश की आमद हमारे अज़ीम रहनुमाओं के ख़्वाबों को कुंद करती है

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया भारतीय मुसलमानों के लिए सिर्फ़ एक इदारे का नाम नहीं है, बल्कि ये यूनिवर्सिटी जंग-ए-आज़ादी के सालार मौलाना...

मोदी के तीन साल: युवा विद्रोह या राजनीतिक जीत?

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साक़िब सलीम व शरजील ईमाम प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के तीन साल पूरे होने के साथ ही सब ने उनके अब तक के कार्यकाल का आंकलन...

Book Review: Islamisation of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks

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By Yoginder Sikand, Book Review: Name of the Book: Islamisation of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks Author: Yvette Claire Roser Publisher: Rupa & Co Price Rs. 195 Pages: 109 ISBN: 81-291-0221-8 Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand

Killed by ‘Mainstream’ Media, Becoming Bestseller

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By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net,

Modi’s One Year : Environmental protection still awaits balance

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Although the number of actual clearances given on paper for infrastructure projects are not much different compared to the UPA rule, the NDA rule...

We must address the issue of begging among Muslims

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By Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net According to data released in June, one in every four beggars is a Muslim. This is a worrying sign;...

भोजन,न्याय और सद्भावना की बात करने वाले हर्ष मंदर निशाने पर क्यों हैं ?

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जावेद अनीस किसी भी लोकतान्त्रिक समाज में सिविल सोसाइटी की भूमिका को नजरअंदाज नहीं किया जा सकता. नागिरकों के अधिकार आधारित विमर्श और मांगों को...

Early warning: increasing hate crimes alarm religious minorities

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By John Dayal, Several political columnists have in recent weeks noted how elements of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, professing a right wing ultra-nationalist and Hindu majoritarian political ideology, have moved from the fringes where they were for decades, to the centre stage of the national discourse in India after Mr. Narendra Modi came to power in May this year in the wake of a massive electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP.

Better Back to Bukhara? A Take on: No Invite for PM Modi?

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, The phone was ringing. Absorbed in my daily dose of ,’noisy news of Indian TV channels’ I chirped, Hello, Shivani! Long time? What do you think of this shahi Imam… everyone is talking about.

Nepalese thorn will only get worse for India

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By Amitava Mukherjee Among the chattering diplomatic community of New Delhi, Nepalese Ambassador Deep Kumar Upadhyay is certainly one of the exceptions. A suave,...

Unlike Sadhvi NIA’s clean chit to Muslims in 2006 case was not before brain...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave clean chit to six Hindu accused in Malegaon 2008 blasts case saying prosecution is...

सोशल इंजीनियरिंग के लिए इतिहास से छेड़छाड़

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राम पुनियानी विभिन्न समुदायों को धार्मिक आधार पर ध्रुवीकृत करना और हिन्दू समुदाय में नीची जातियों का निम्न दर्जा बनाए रखना, हिन्दू राष्ट्रवाद का प्रमुख...

A step to make a home free from violence

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By Nasiruddin Haider Khan, special to TwoCircles.net A series on domestic violence in India

Eid celebration that lasts 30 days

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By Anas Nilambur for TwoCircles.net,

Lessons from Hashimpura

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By Rebecca M John, Editor’s note: Sixteen Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel were acquitted by a court in Delhi on Saturday in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case. Around 19 PAC personnel were facing trial for allegedly killing 42 people in Hashimpura Mohalla of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on 22 May 1987, of which three have died during the trial. Below is the response of Rebecca M John, senior counsel of defence in the case that she wrote on her < a href="https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.m.john/posts/10204011962764206?fref=nf&pnref=story">Facebook wall.

They don’t like me because I speak for justice, political empowerment of Muslims: Owaisi

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Muslims and Dalits must come together on social issues and political understanding will follow, MIM President tells TCN in an Exclusive Interview. Ever...

Muslim party: A model too smart by half

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, A Muslim Party can “have at least 5-10 MLAs and 2-3 MPs from each state,” and yet make “sure that the...

भारत रत्न उस्ताद बिस्मिल्लाह खां की बरसी पर उनकी एक याद

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व्योमेश शुक्ल [आज की बहस का सबसे बड़ा सच यही है कि मुसलमान को बारम्बार यह साबित करना होता है कि वह इस वतनपरस्त है. आज भारत रत्न उस्ताद बिस्मिल्लाह खां की बरसी है. उन्हें और लता मंगेशकर को एक साथ भारत रत्न दिया गया था. आज से तकरीबन दस साल पहले. अब यह बदहाली का ही आलम है कि मदन मोहन मालवीय को पिछले साल भारत रत्न दिए जाने के बाद उस्ताद के शहर बनारस में ही यह हल्ला होने लगा कि बनारस को मिला यह पहला भारत रत्न है.

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

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By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

‘If Modi can demonetise, he can also revamp higher education and research’

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By Sahana Ghosh  Mohanpur : The Narendra Modi government should show decisiveness of the kind that was on display over demonetisation to depoliticise and revamp regulatory...

Can humanism survive the onslaught of hate?

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By Ram Puniyani Lately, when India is undergoing the massive crisis of the Coronavirus epidemic and the offshoots of its mishandling, we have also seen...

People with diabetes lose more than money

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By Amit Dwivedi, "It is not about money. No amount of money will give back my limb" said a 65 years old woman with diabetes (name withheld on request) who underwent limb amputation at the Gandhi Memorial & Associated Hospitals (GM & AH). She couldn't have been right in conveying the message in the lead up to the World Diabetes Day, 14 November 2008, to prevent many diabetes-related complications that are extremely devastating.

India’s first moon mission: Chandrayaan-1

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By Hidayath Ansari India launched its first mission to the moon – Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit for moon craft) – on Wednesday morning (October 22) from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota off the Andhra Pradesh coast. It has had a flawless week travelling through space so far (orbiting at an altitude of 267,000 kms as of Wednesday), and in another 10 days, it is expected to reach the moon's orbit to conduct several long-term studies related to the moon's surface and atmosphere.

My name is Carmichael and I am not a terrorist

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By NM Sampathkumar Iyangar My name is not Khan and I am no Bollywood celebrity. So, the Indian media will not go into overdrive when an American airport staffer lets me in only after a couple of hours of wait. There was a huge uproar about a ‘national insult’ when a superstar of that name was not cleared in a jiffy; the immigration official got suspicious due to his host’s wheeler-dealer background and gave him the discomfort of queuing up to see his boss.

Parents protest ‘lower caste’ women cooking food in schools

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By Adnan Alavi, The outrage among parents over Dalit or Lower Caste [sic] women cooking food for their children in schools has once again demonstrated the casteist face of our society. 'Upper caste' families are insistent that they would not send the kids to school if the children are served food cooked by Dalit women. In several places, villagers have turned violent and the cooks had to be sent away.

My visit to riot-affected Ratlam

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By V.K. Tripathi,

Congress wanted to tilt towards soft Hindutva by executing Afzal Guru: SAR Geelani

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Prof. Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani, Delhi University professor and Kashmiri civil rights activist, speaks exclusively with Mohd. Ismail Khan of TwoCircles.net, on how Indian...

Whither Annihilation of Caste?

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By Ram Puniyani

BJP and the politics of polarization

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By George Abraham, On my recent visit to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, at the refugee camp of the September 2013 riot victims, the name of Amit Shah often came up during discussions. Mr. Shah is the newly appointed campaign manager for Narendra Modi in Western U.P. For those who are keeping a close tab on the human rights situation in India, Amit Shah‟s name rings an alarm bell.

Breaking stereotypes of AMU, one at a time

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By Aisha Zafar for Twocircles.net As a nation, we both curse and create stereotypes. We are a judgemental lot, especially when it...

Verdict 2016: How did the Urdu Dailies report Assembly poll results?

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By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net While there is a lot of discussion happening around on how ‘Muslim voters’ polled in the recently concluded assembly elections...

With demonetisation, PM Modi has made common people feel like thieves

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By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for TwoCircles.net Browsing through the pages of the November issue of Economic & Political Weekly (EPW), I came across a...

बाबरी मस्जिद की शहादत : अभी ज़रुरत है निर्णय की

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मुदस्सिर अहमद 6 दिसंबर की तारीख हिंदुस्तानी मुसलमानों के लिए एक डरावने सपने की तरह है क्योंकि इसी दिन शांति के दुश्मन हिंदू कट्टरपंथियों...

This Ramlila presents an enduring tapestry of communal harmony

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New Delhi, (IANS): Nestled in Uttar Pradeshs glass-factory district of Firozabad is Kheriya, a small village which for over 50 years now has been...

भाजपा का संवेदनशील मुद्दों पर मौन धारण करना कहीं राजनीतिक जोड़-तोड़ तो नहीं?

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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...

Book Review: Chasing A Mirage

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It is a tragedy of the post-911 world that the field of Islamic concepts and terminologies have also fallen a victim to misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and plain hysteria. Fuelling these fears among the masses are not only rabid Islamophobes but also those who claim to be nothing of that sort but whose actions speak otherwise. Canadian TV host and commentator Tarek Fatah belongs to the latter category. He has a history of mindless criticism of things as mundane as the aversion to music to more significant ones as the introduction of Sharia-based laws in Ontario.

Rhapsody 2008 – a symphony of different cultures for medical professionals

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By Shobha Shukla, A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and yet we have 'no time to watch at beauty's glance, and see how well her feet can dance'. Well, this is the price we seem to be paying for our economic development. Today's world of cut throat competition and cutting edge technology has lacerated our soul. Any activity of a non competitive nature with no financial gains is looked down upon. In our quest for professional knowledge, we have given up the pursuit of happiness, feels the legendary teacher and Surgeon Professor (Dr) Rama Kant.

An open letter to Prime Minister of India

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By Hassan Aziz Aamir,

Robbing their peace and declaring them dacoits

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 4 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Lack of development of AMU Malappuram may hurt chances of IUML’s Manjalamkuzhy Ali

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: The AMU Malappuram centre was established in 2010, but even after six years, it is no secret that the off-campus...

No ban on Hijab, only need to remove it during security check, says CISF

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force has made it clear that there is no ban on wearing a face mask, Burqa...
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