World schooling the new form of learning
By Lina Asher
To start with a whole load of people will ask what world schooling is. I define it as homeschooling on...
BJP may face heat from opposition on national security
By Prashant Sood
New Delhi : The central government is likely to face heat on the issue of national security following Sunday's terror attack on...
Terrorists kill 17 soldiers in Kashmir, India blames Pakistan
By Sheikh Qayoom
Uri/New Delhi : Terrorists of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfit attacked an army camp near a brigade headquarters here in Jammu and...
Bakrid and the fight over choice of food
By Kouser Fathima for Twocircles.net
As if we don't have enough reasons to fight.
Food wars seem to be the new trend especially during the...
For short-cut to sainthood, consult journalists of Bihar
By Soroor Ahmed for TwoCircles.net
There is a unique short-cut route to sainthood in Bihar. Vatican must learn from it.
There is no need to wait...
A Kashmiri activist arrested, a Dalit leader detained, a Muslim killed by Gau Rakshaks:...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh was a gruesome incident. But that was last year. Now, Dadri has...
बिजनौर मामले में हिंदूवादी संगठनों के साथ ‘दैनिक जागरण’ भड़का रहा है आग
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पत्रकारिता के बुनियादी प्रशिक्षण में जब ख़बर लिखना सिखाया जाता है तो किसी घटना के संदर्भ में धार्मिक समुदायों का नाम लेने को मना...
Failure of governance – from Kashmir to Karnataka
By Amulya Ganguli
Be it Kashmir or Karnataka, poor governance has been responsible for making a bad situation worse.
Such administrative lapses are true of...
Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part One
This is a first in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna politics espoused...
Alliance on the rocks, Kashmir may be heading for Governor’s Rule
By Sanjeev Srivastava
With the Peoples Democratic Party's Srinagar MP Tariq Hameed Karra quitting the party as well as his Lok Sabha seat, the...
Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez arrested
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: Two days after Khurram Parvez was stopped from travelling to Geneva, Switzerland for a UN Human Rights session,...
Religious riots down in 2015, but other riots rise
By Abhishek Waghmare
Religious tension in Ballabhgarh, Haryana, when 150 Muslims sought refuge in a police station; clashes between Hindus and Muslims during Ganesh festival...
India to miss target for universal upper-secondary education by 50 Years
By Silvio Grocchetti and Charlie Moloney
India will not have universal upper secondary education (covering the age group 14-17 years and 9th to 12th standard)...
एक रोज़ में कर्नाटक में शांति की अपील करने वाले मोदी कश्मीर पर कब...
प्रियदर्शन सिंह
आज कर्नाटक अशांत है. कावेरी नदी के पानी को लेकर सोमवार को आए सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के बाद से कर्नाटक में बंदी...
Peace Party and its curse of Hero worship
By Mohammed Kashif Yunus for TwoCircles.net
If you go through the advertisement, cut outs, hoardings and pamphlets of Peace Party of India, you will find...
Sharad Pawar’s support to Muslim youth wrongly implicated in terror cases reeks of opportunism
By Masood Peshinam for Twocircles.net
A politician knows the value of speaking the truth: at least when it gives immense political benefits. Political narratives...
What can we expect from the upcoming AMU student elections?
By Dr M. Mohibul Haque for TwoCircles.net
It would not be wrong to say that Aligarh Muslim University is one of the greatest achievements...
One last bright spark of Lucknow’s glorious tradition
By Vikas Datta
Any literary tradition demonstrates its virtuosity and vitality in how even its last proponents keep up its standards, even as the...
How students in Maulana Azad University fought prejudices to elect a Kashmiri president
By Anayat Ali Shah for Twocircles.net
If you are following campus elections, chances are your attention has remained mainly on the Delhi University elections and...
UK’s regulatory body warns right-wing organisation to stay away from RSS
By M Ghazali Khan, TwoCircles.net
London: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a right-wing organisation based in the UK, has been instructed to keep away from...
Islamic theological “expertise” in the liberal press
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
The article points out the internal inconsistencies in the theological arguments made by A. Faizur Rahman in articles which...
Kashmir: New Delhi must seize the moment
By Amulya Ganguli
After the failure of the all-party delegation to make any headway in Kashmir because of the refusal of the separatists to...
Between victimising and patronising; A critique of Brahmanism in media representations of trans people
Gee Imaan Semmalar
On Sept 5th, I woke up to a message from an old friend from college, “Geeee. I saw your article on scroll.in....
Why the Indian establishment fears Kejriwal?
By Saeed Naqvi
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte admittedly has an uncontrollable temper, otherwise he would not have used a common Filipino term of abuse against...
Savita Ali: Raising her voice to highlight atrocities against Dalit and Muslim women
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...
Muzaffarnagar riots: 3 years on, rebuilding lives a struggle
By Mohd Asim Khan
Kandhla (Uttar Pradesh) : "I never saw such communal tension in my life," Abdul Waheed, 65, recalls as his smile gives...
Understaffed, underserved: Human problems of India’s public health system
Prateek Mittal & Vartika Singh
On August 15, 2016, in his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a safety net of up...
Triple Talaq controversy shows how confused Muslims are over the issue
By Dr Kouser Fathima for Twocircles.net
Triple Talaq is in news again and the way Muslim community has reacted to it speaks volumes about...
Redefining OBC ‘creamy layer’: Modi government eyes UP polls
By Nirendra Dev,
New Delhi: The BJP-led central government has initiated the process of reviewing the definition of "creamy layer" as applicable to Other Backward...
बिहार टॉपर घोटाला : तिरस्कार नहीं सुधार की ज़रुरत
आर्फिना खानम
बिहार इंटरमीडिएट कला की टॉपर रूबी राय का संपूर्ण संस्करण अब समाचार पत्रों की शोभा बन चुका है, जिन वर्गों में समाचार...
Amnesty Report on Kashmir is an attempt to uncover a narrative of denied justice
By Neha Dabhade for Twocircles.net
(Secular Perspective September 1-15, 2016)
An FIR was recently registered against Amnesty International India (AII) on charges of sedition and other...
Ek Aur Chiraagh Bujh Gaya: The death of Dr. A. R. Kidwai
By Saba Syed Hafeez for Twocircles.net
Last Wednesday morning, I got the news about the passing away of Kidwai Saheb (Dr A. R. Kidwai).Inna lillahe...
The Mahatma’s murder: Battle lines drawn between Rahul, RSS
By Amulya Ganguli
A Belgian admirer of India's saffron brotherhood, Koenraad Elst, said in his book, "Mahatma Gandhi and His Assassin", that the...
Hate crimes against Sikhs: SGPC reaches out to other countries
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh : With scores of attacks being reported against Sikhs abroad, especially in the West, the religion's mini-parliament, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak...
Mulayam Singh’s Firing
Masoom Moradabadi,
Launching a book on himself the leader of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that he was definitely sorry for the firing...
कश्मीर मसले पर फर्जी खबरें भेजने के दबाव में पत्रकार नसीर अहमद ने IBN-7...
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पिछले दो साल से आइबीएन-7 में ब्यूरो प्रमुख रहे कश्मीर के सबसे पुराने टीवी पत्रकारों में एक नसीर अहमद ने 29 अगस्त को संस्थान...
Is all lost for Mehbooba Mufti and her party?
By Sheikh Qayoom
The trail of death and destruction left behind by nearly four weeks of unrest in the Kashmir Valley has dealt...
Affected by hail, Himachal apples await better days
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla : Small and less succulent, the apples from Himachal Pradesh this year have been quite a disappointment. Experts, however, say...
भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच युद्ध क्या मुमकिन है?
अनिल मिश्र
15 अगस्त को लाल क़िले की प्राचीर से प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के बलोचिस्तान (बलूचिस्तान नहीं, क्योंकि ये शब्द पाकिस्तान हुकूमत प्रयोग करती है और...
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के ‘स्मृति’ बनने का इंतज़ार करते छत्तीसगढ़ के ‘अटल स्तंभ’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बस्तर(छत्तीसगढ़): बस्तर में जगह-जगह आपको ऐसे कई स्तंभ नज़र आएंगे, जो छत्तीसगढ़ में ‘अटल चौक’ के नाम से जाने...
गौरक्षा, दलित उत्पीड़न और धर्म परिवर्तन : बुरे हाल में मध्य प्रदेश
जावेद अनीस
हाल के दिनों में गौरक्षा के नाम पर दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों पर हमले और उन्हें आतंकित के मामले बढ़े हैं. इसी कड़ी में...
In rural India, less to eat than 40 years ago
By Pavitra Mohan
As India's 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70 per cent)...
The ‘Belcha’: Allama Mashriqi’s powerful symbol for the Khaksar Tehrik
“We have Spade as our symbol…Spade is another sign of humility and our carrying it on our shoulders shows that we are out...
India warns against terrorists getting nukes, says nations responsible to prevent it
By Arul Louis
United Nations : India has warned of the "catastrophic dangers" of terrorists getting weapons of mass destruction and said that nations...
Old and proud, a Delhi school struggles to keep afloat
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : The 324-year-old Anglo Arabic School, one of the oldest in the capital with scores of eminent personalities...
The role of women in the Kashmir uprising
By Bilal A. Malik for Twocircles.net
Since 1947, women participation has been an inalienable element of Kashmir’s resistance movement. The courageous women of Kashmir stood...
Why the Jamia ‘raid’ left students so angry
By Mohammed Zakir Riyaz for Twocircles,net
On August 13 2016, Delhi Police attempted to raid the Hall of Boy’s residence (Boy’s Hostel) in broad day...
Why are Indian Muslims a punching bag? A rejoinder
By Kaleem Kawaja for Twocircles.net
I applaud Bobby Naqvi for a very thought-provoking article published on Twocircles.net. The creation of Pakistan as a result...
Assam Police eye skill centres for Bodo youth
By Rupesh Dutta
New Delhi : Assam Police have suggested that skill development centres be created across the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) to...
Why Muslims are a punching bag
By Bobby Naqvi
The Indian Right has always used Muslims as a stepping stone to power in Delhi and elsewhere since the 1930s. Almost every...
In 2016, Karnataka charged students, union leaders with sedition -— Amnesty latest
Bengaluru : The police investigation against Amnesty International India -- for slogans raised during an event the global advocacy organised -- is the...
जस्टिस मार्कंडेय काटजू के नाम खुला पत्र
अनिल मिश्र
आदरणीय जस्टिस मार्कण्डेय काटजू,
आपके फ़ेसबुक पोस्ट(यहां पढ़ें - 'प्रधानमंत्री के ऐतिहासिक भाषण' को मैंने ग़ौर से पढ़ा. इस भाषण में, बलूचिस्तान और...
UN Human Rights head raises issue of access to Kashmir
By Arul Louis
United Nations : UN Human Rights head Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed regret that his officials were not being allowed...
India’s education crisis of its own making
By Amit Dasgupta
A recent report tabled in parliament that over 100,000 schools in India have just one teacher is an alarming wake-up call...
Social media helps bring aid to Assam’s flood-affected
By Azera Parveen Rahman
Jorhat (Assam) : In this age of social media, no event can remain ignored for long and the floods in...
Let’s enjoy our freedom
By Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi for TwoCircles.net,
Today we are celebrating 70th Independence Day of our country, and every citizen of the country is beaming with...
What Makes Modi Angry
While Modi’s belated rebuke to the cow brigade is welcome, it is unfortunately selective and is motivated by the upcoming polls in UP,...
UP politicians give chameleons a run for their money
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow : Changing their hues comes naturally to politicians. They switch parties -- and ideologies -- with bewildering ease. And as...
Modi: Facing up to the threat within
By Amulya Ganguli
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has given its guarded approval to Narendra Modi's criticism of the cow vigilantes.
Notwithstanding the caveat that...
Cow vigilantes should be declared terrorists: Vemula’s online diary
Preetha Nair
New Delhi : Back in December 2015, well before politics over bovines took centrestage in India, the late Rohith Vemula, the Dalit...
Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
There is a famous story that many might have already heard. It is an excellent parable for the Indian Muslims...
Una agitation can usher a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics
By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net
The Una incident has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘Gujarat model’ as...
मज़हब की राजनीति में गायब होते मुस्लिमों और दलितों के सवाल
आसिफ़ इक़बाल
यह अजीब मज़ाक़ है कि राजनीतिक नेता न केवल विभिन्न धर्म के मानने वालों के मार्गदर्शक बने हुए हैं बल्कि समाज भी आमतौर...
No more skinning of dead cows, say Dalits marching from Ahmedabad to Una
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: The Azaadi Kooch (Azadi March) oragnised by Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti from August 5 to August 15, starting...
Prohibition Bihar: Cheers for toddy
By Amulya Ganguli
It is sad to see a promising politician stumble and be in danger of falling flat on his face. Till the...
शाह आलम : साइकिल से ढूंढी चम्बल में आज़ादी की कहानी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बस्ती/दिल्ली: एक शख़्स बीहड़ में आज़ादी के निशान तलाशने निकला था. सफ़र साइकिल से पूरा किया जाना था और वह पूरा...
Uniform Civil Code: Why and How?
By Ram Puniyani,
What is called as Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is as such dealing with the personal laws (marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody...
उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित वोटों का बंटवारा और बसपा का विकल्प
विद्या भूषण रावत
उत्तर प्रदेश में बहुजन और दलितों का नेतृत्व करने वालों की कतार लग गयी है. ये कोई बुरी बात नहीं है क्योंकि...
BJP’s claim of record coal production correct
By Devanik Saha
“#India‘s #coal story: from scarcity to surplus in 2 years!” tweeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shaina NC on July 30,...
The limelight feels terrible…it’s all part of a cow-inspiracy: An exclusive interview with a...
Mazhar Farooqui milks out an exclusive interview with a cow ahead of a raging controversy surrounding the bovine. Excerpts:
How does it feel to be...
Are Kashmiris really fighting for a freedom?
By Ibrahim Yousuf for TwoCircles.net
Living in a nation, yet not being called its citizen is a matter of shame. But we must not forget...
Indian mission in Jeddah working to get back pending arrears of workers
By Irfan Mohammed
Jeddah : As India said it will try to bring back over 10,000 Indians rendered jobless in the Gulf, the Indian...
Sonia to use ‘Ganga’ as a weapon in Varanasi to discredit Modi
By Mohit Dubey
ArrayLucknow : A little over two years ago, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, had told a sea of supporters...
महाश्वेता देवी : श्रद्धांजलि के साथ राजनीति की चुप्पी
अनिल मिश्र
शोक के वक़्त कोई खटराग शोभा नहीं देता. ख़ामोशी ही सबसे उचित लहज़ा होती है. लेकिन जब जीवन के उत्सव और उसके मूल्यों...
Perfect storm gathering over Smriti Irani’s new ministry
By Abhirup Bhunia
As Textiles Minister Smriti Irani settles in to her new job overseeing an industry that is India's largest source of formal jobs,...
भारत में सरकार नाम की कोई चीज़ है या नहीं?
डॉ. खजान सिंह
हाल ही में दबंगो द्वारा गुजरात के ऊना में दलितों के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार ने सारे देश के बहुजनो को...
Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...
Muslims would do well to take lessons from the Dalit agitation
By Aijaz Zaka Syed for Twocircles.net
Since the change of guard in India two years ago, it has been one hell of a ride...
10,000 NGO registrations cancelled, foreign aid set to drop
By Abhishek Waghmare
Foreign funding for Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) doubled in 2014-15 over the previous year, but with 10,000 NGO registrations cancelled in...
Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks
By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net
The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...
More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation
By Prachi Salve
While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board...
Vitthal Umap: A versatile folk artist who will be remembered for his enthusiasm
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...
From the complaining eyes of Azamgarh
By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh has been the land of oriental learning since the colonial times and a center of religious excellence in...
Indian media’s code of silence on Kashmir
By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net
The Indian media boasts an illustrious history. Born under the British rule, it quickly mastered the rules...
Can Muslims be cowards or depressed?
By Mansoor Durrani for Twocircles.net
Internal strife. Shootings in the US. Bomb blasts in Europe. Middle East in blaze. Media terrorism in India –...
For Kashmiri youth, the stone is not an option: it is an outlet
By Bilal A Malik for Twocircles.net
The Kashmir issue has crossed decades of violence and unrest. It has, unfortunately, become one of the Asia’s,...
हिंसा और गुंडागर्दी का आधार बन रही है ‘पवित्र गाय’
आसिफ़ इक़बाल
हम सब जानते हैं कि भाजपा और संघ के तीन मुख्य मुद्दे हैं: राम मंदिर, धारा 370 और कॉमन सिविल कोड. लेकिन चूंकि...
Just break the silence over child labour: Kailash Satyarthi
By Pragya Kashyap
New Delhi : Kailash Satyarthi has been a campaigner for child rights nationally and internationally for three decades. His Bachpan Bachao Andolan...
Volatile Srinagar: An island of relative peace in Kashmir
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar : Streets are silent, police and paramilitary troopers patrolled the deserted roads and residents remained caged inside their homes on Saturday...
Muslims at bottom of higher education ladder, alongside backward tribes
By Charu Bahri
Despite almost trebling in the decade ending 2010 -- from 5.2 per cent to 13.8 percent -- the rate of Muslim enrolment...
Chandan Boro: Son of a sweeper from Assam selected for Football training in Germany
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Udalguri, Assam: Harisinga is a sleepy town in Assam’s Udalguri district along the India-Bhutan international border. Handicapped by insurgency till...
Father, tell me about Kashmir
By Kay Al for TwoCircles.net
The protest
“B, We have to go a protest today. Do you want to come too?”
“What is this protest,...
मायावती, महाराष्ट्र और गुजरात : दलित समय में मोदी की जवाबदेही
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
कल उत्तर प्रदेश भाजपा के उपाध्यक्ष दयाशंकर सिंह के बयान के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश का राजनीतिक माहौल बेहद गर्म हो गया है....
A world gripped by the cancer of terror
By Ram Puniyani,
The current times are very disturbing as so many innocent lives are being lost and social resources being destroyed due...
सरेआम हो रहा है कश्मीर में लोकतंत्र का खून
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
मीडिया का काम दबे-कुचलों की आवाज़ बनना है, लेकिन जब मीडिया खुद ही दबा दिया जाता है तो लोकतंत्र के लिए...
Why Multi-sectoral development programme for minorities moves at a snail’s pace
By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net
The multi-sectoral development programme (MsDP) division of the Ministry of Minority affairs has...
Foreign student enrolment in Indian varsities drops 6% over 2 years
By IndiaSpend Team
About 200,000 Indian students stream out of the country seeking a foreign education, but no more than 31,126 foreign students sought an...
Killing the Kashmir story: A Blog entry
By Gowhar Geelani for TwoCircles.net
Day 8. Kashmir is curfewed. At least 43 civilians are killed. All of them have been identified by the local...
It is time we raise our voice for Kashmiris, not India
By Sana Khan for TwoCircles.net,
Three years ago while working on my M.Phil dissertation on the violence of partition, I had decided to dedicate it...
I have differences with Dr Zakir Naik but supporting him is a need of...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Dr Zakir Naik emerged in the 1990s, dressed in suit and a skull cap talking about Islam in English. It was...
The Zakir Naik controversy and liberal hypocrisy
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
On Saturday, July 9, page 11 of The Indian Express was dominated by Dr. Zakir Naik. In what...
For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist
By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net
The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...
कश्मीर हमारी और आपकी कल्पना से कहीं अधिक मुसीबत में है
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net @siddhantmt
कश्मीर में चल रही हालिया समस्याओं के बीच एक बात तो साफ़ हो गयी है कि कश्मीर और बाकी के भारत...
‘Gujarat Files’ is a finest example of investigative journalism
By Mohammad Rafay Qadri for TwoCircles.net,
Inspired by the character of Manisha Koirala in the Bollywood film Lajja, Rana Ayub decided to transform into Maithili....
जाति और धर्म के समीकरणों के नज़रिए से उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव
आसिफ़ इक़बाल
यह सही है की उत्तर प्रदेश भारत का सबसे बड़ा राज्य है और बड़ा होने के नाते यह राज्य राजनीतिक क्षेत्र में महत्त्वपूर्ण...
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By Mumtaz Naiyer for TwoCircles.net
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शेख़ गुलाब : गुमनामी में गायब अंग्रेजों से लोहा लेनेवाला शख्स
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
आज़ादी के इतने सालों बाद शेख़ गुलाब को याद करना बेहद ख़ास है. मुझे यह समझ नहीं आ रहा है कि...
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By Mohit Dubey
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By Ruwa Shah
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By Maariyah Siddique and Ieshan Wani for Twocircles.net
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By Arshi Javaid for Twocircles.net,
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By Dr Muhammad Ajmal for TwoCircles.net,
There is no need for an introduction on Zakir Naik, everyone knows him - he is a well-known...
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By Sayed Abdullah Sadat for TwoCircles.net,
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Author: Tabish Khair
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By TCN News
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"My greetings...
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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
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By Riyaz Arshad Nazish for TwoCircles.net,
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जानिए, क्या सोचते हैं बनारस के हिन्दू रमज़ान और ईद के बारे में?
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: रमज़ान अब ख़त्म हो रहा है. बस एक या दो रोज़ और. फिर ईद. फिर इबादत का यह माह एक साल...
NIA’s actions regarding Sadhvi Pragya reek of political opportunism
By Masood Peshinam for TwoCircles.net
The paradox created by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on the eve of the bail application of the...
A village without Muslims
By Ganesh Dhamodkar
So it happened. My native place, a village of 700, had 5-6 Muslim families. It was early 1990s and the people lived...
रमज़ान के महीने में फ़ाक़े को मजबूर एक इमाम
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: रमज़ान का मुबारक महीना अब अलविदा कहने को तैयार है. रमज़ान के आख़िरी जुमे के गुज़रने के साथ ही लोग...
How Santosh Thorat is helping rebuild homes, increase literacy in Mumbai’s Dalit colonies
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
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Sincere efforts can only address less pre primary education in Muslims
By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net,
The recently released “State of the World Children Report-2016” by UNICEF says 34% of Muslim children have no access...
रमज़ान का साथी रूह अफ़ज़ा…और क्या चाहिए
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
रूह अफ़ज़ा, ये कोई पेय या महज़ शरबत नहीं है. एक सभ्यता का नाम है. एक पूरे त्यौहार का नाम, एक पूरी...
Ehsan Jafri fired or not but can it justify lesser punishment to killers of...
By Masood Peshimam for TwoCircles.net,
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By Manzar Imam for TwoCircles.net,
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By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net
Between democracy and development as an idea, one feels that democracy in many ways has taken a back seat....
This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife
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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net,
I drew a blank, as I began...
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March of Fascism, across the land
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Can I express without being judged as a Muslim, and a woman?
By Sabrina Iqbal Sircar for TwoCircles.net
I feel constrained at times. It's like I have to think a hundred times to speak...
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Pushkar Raj for TwoCircles.net,
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Raza Academy says cleaning an ‘insulting job’, Islamic teachings say otherwise
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
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नन्हें रोज़ेदारों की दिलचस्प दास्तान
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: रमज़ान के पाक महीने में रोज़े के साथ इबादत का मज़ा ही कुछ और है. तभी तो बड़े तो बड़े बच्चे...
ईशनिंदा पर हत्याएं : माइ फुट!
नैय्यर इमाम सिद्दीक़ी
मशहूर पाकिस्तानी क़व्वाल अमजद साबरी को बुधवार दोपहर कुछ लोगों ने कराची के लियाक़ताबाद इलाक़े में गोलियों से भून दिया और उनकी...
सफ़दर अली : मुसलमानों की तरक़्क़ी का आन्दोलन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
सीतामढ़ी(बिहार):किसी रास्ते पर चलना आसान होता है. मगर चलते-चलते अपना जायज़ा लेना, किसी क़ौम, समाज व देश के बारे में सोचना...
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By Ram Puniyani,
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A comprehensive look at the Gujarat Riot cases
By Nirjhari Sinha, TruthOfGujarat.com,
Finally, the sentencing in the Gulbarg case is out. Finally, some of the guilty have been punished. But how...