Raham Ali: The farmer who donated land for school
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Raham Ali is a farmer in one of the most backward areas of Assam in South Salamara of Dhubri district. But recently, his act of generosity and kindness has left...
View ArticleElection season: The importance of being earnest small parties in Kerala
By Sanu GeorgeThiruvananthapuram: With assembly elections round the corner, small political parties in Kerala have begun scrambling for their place in the sun. During elections, they punch much beyond...
View ArticleChandy to hold reception for Ghulam Ali in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will lead a reception here for Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali on January 14 ahead of his performance.Ali will perform at two places in...
View ArticleIntolerance: We are living in sheer fear, says Marathi litterateur Shripal...
By Quaid NajmiMumbai : Renowned academic and Marathi litterateur Shripal Sabnis, who had criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lahore trip, says he lives in the shadow of fear over "intolerance" to...
View Article2016 may see new alignments, Rahul's elevation
By Prashant SoodNew Delhi : The new year promises to be politically significant with elections in four major states, Rahul Gandhi's possible elevation as Congress president and would see political...
View ArticleMufti Sayeed: Grand old man of Kashmir's mainstream politics
By Sheikh QayoomJammu/Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday morning just four days shy of his 80th birthday, was a shrewd...
View ArticleIn Photos: The last journey of J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: On Thursday morning, people of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to the news of the demise of its Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the PDP patron who took...
View ArticleReceived stepmotherly treatment from successive governments: Shastri's family
By Brajendra Nath SinghNew Delhi: Demanding that the files on the mysterious death of Lal Bahadur Shastri be de-classifed on the lines of those relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the family of...
View Articleबीता साल: साक्षर भारत के सपनों को तोड़ती मोदी सरकार
शारिक़ अंसर,मौजूदा केंद्र सरकार ने सत्ता में आने से पहले शिक्षा जैसे ज़रूरी मुद्दे पर कई सारे वादे किए थे. सत्ता में आने के बाद यह सारे वादे उदासीनता के पिटारे में बंद रहे. देश के एक अहम मंत्रालय की...
View ArticleAfter Kejriwal, now Muslim League extends support to AMU over Minority Status...
By Twocircles Staff Reporter,Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Muslim League has said that it will extend all possible support to the Aligarh Muslim University over the Minority status issue, which is up...
View ArticleFor Ali Khwaja, counselling is the key to building people’s lives
By Nigar Ataullah for Twocircles.netBengaluru: When you walk into the premises of the Banjara Academy, a counselling centre, you could be forgiven into believing that you have been tricked into a...
View ArticleWho will speak for the Human Rights Defenders?
By Pushkar RajThe Bombay high court judgment cancelling Prof. Sai Baba’s bail and initiating contempt proceedings against the writer Arundhati Roy is a major blow to the human rights defenders in the...
View ArticleCongress-Left alliance inevitable to defeat Mamata: West Bengal Congress...
By Anurag DeyKolkata: With the West Bengal assembly elections around three months away, a majority of state Congress leaders have been harping on the need for an electoral alliance with the Left Front...
View ArticleAkbar Jehan: An Intimate History of Kashmir
By Masood RajaKhan, Nyla Ali. The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation. New York: Palgrave Pivot.Many of us in the Sub-continent who grew up with an awareness of the...
View ArticleCongress-Left alliance inevitable to defeat Mamata: West Bengal Congress...
By Anurag Dey Kolkata : With the West Bengal assembly elections around three months away, a majority of state Congress leaders have been harping on the need for an electoral alliance with the Left...
View ArticleHope women find courage through my books: Author Madhuri Banerjee
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi : Is it taboo for women to talk about sex, their hidden desires or having extra-marital affairs? No! It is their liberal attitude towards life, their choice of heart over...
View ArticleHyderabad incident is a result of a systemic attack on Dalit Intelligentsia
By R Ravi Kumar for Twocircles.netBy the time you read this article, most of you would have come to know about the death of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit student who was one among five Dalit scholars...
View ArticleDalit student's suicide: Union ministers put pressure on VC, says TRS MP
Hyderabad: TRS MP K. Kavitha on Monday said the pressure by two union ministers on University of Hyderabad vice chancellor led to suspension of five Dalit research scholars and one of them committed...
View ArticleMinority status will not help Muslims but may open Pandora's box
By Firoz Bakht AhmedSince the government has done away with the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a debate has set in for and against the minority character and...
View ArticleWe are watching you and your sadist medieval-era psyche: Dalit diaspora fumes...
By Suraj Yengde for Twocircles.netCambridge: Mid-January in the New England area is infamous for the unfriendly cold shivers. Stepping out on a weekend after a cold week in the central quarters of...
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