A year after Lok Sabha battle, churning in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow : Just over a year after the BJP wiped out everyone else in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat polls have dealt a major blow to it and given a fresh lease of life to the...
View ArticleHuge gap between Indians and Kashmiris: Nandita Haksar
New Delhi : Human rights activist and prominent lawyer Nandita Haksar has claimed that there is a huge gap between Kashmiris and Indians and that India and Pakistan have not taken into account the...
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बलरामपुर : ओवैसी और नीतीश की सीधी टक्कर की जगह
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.netबलरामपुर : बिहार-बंगाल की सीमा पर स्थित बलरामपुर विधानसभा क्षेत्र सीमांचल के कटिहार जिले का एक बदहाल इलाक़ा है. आज भी यहां गांव में बसने वाले लोग मीडिया व देश-दुनिया की...
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बिहार में भाजपा के साम्प्रदायिक विज्ञापन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.netबिहार की राजनीति अब काफी दूर पहुंच गई है. अब चर्चा ‘चाय’ व ‘बिहारिस्तान’ पर नहीं, बल्कि ‘गाय’ से चल कर ‘पाकिस्तान’ पहुंच चुकी है और अब फिर वापस ‘गाय’ पर लौट गई है. यह...
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Kashmir awaits Modi, but not in the way he expected
By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net Srinagar : It is rumored that a set of professionals travel a few weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is supposed to visit a certain city, or region, and...
View ArticleBJP's fringe: Tail wagging the dog?
By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has spent much of its time in recent weeks telling its members to behave.When party president Amit Shah ticked off Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal...
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Can PM Modi be Kashmir’s Santa Claus?
By Bushra Alvi,The Kashmir valley is receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, November 7, his first visit after his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s...
View ArticleNitish Kumar: Soft-spoken engineer leads Bihar again
Patna : He graduated as an engineer but plunged into politics in the early 1970s. Sophisticated, soft-spoken and a teetotaller who detests tobacco, Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar, known for his...
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An open letter to Narayana Murthy
By Ubaidur Rahman for TwoCircles.netDear Mr. Narayana Murthy,“There is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India,” you rightly said at a program on NDTV broadcast on November 1, 2015. [1]The...
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Tipu Sultan: He fought British and now Hindutva fanatics fighting him
By IndScribe The BJP's bigotry is well-known as far as Tipu Sultan is concerned. They don't like Tipu and there are reasons.But first go back to history, which is very clear. Tipu Sultan fought...
View ArticleIs Mufti handing over power to his daughter before year-end?
By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu : Amid an open revolt by two of its senior leaders and Lok Sabha members, the political grapevine in this Jammu and Kashmor winter capital is agog with reports the likely...
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In Kashmir's Blood politics, the innocent is always the loser
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Srinagar: The death of a young man in Kashmir no longer bothers the mainstream media, even if it happens in the wake of PM Modi’s visit to the Valley. Even for the...
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Remembering Shandar bhai...
By Nakul Singh Sawhney I woke up this morning to the sad and tragic news of the sudden demise of my friend, brother, comrade Shandar Gufran. For those who have watched my film, ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaqi...
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मुस्लिमों के आईने से बिहार चुनाव
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.netपटना:बिहार का यह चुनाव मुस्लिम मतदाताओं के लिए एक ‘लिटमस टेस्ट’ की तरह था. नतीजों ने यह साबित कर दिया है कि मुस्लिम मतदाताओं ने भी चुनाव की दिशा तय की है.बिहार के...
View ArticleIn Wembley, Modi keeps to his pet subjects, bypassing controversies
By Bikram VohraLondon : Those expecting fireworks in Prime Minister Narendra ModiÂ’s ModiÂ’s speech saw them only in the sky. He came. He saw. But for once, not everyone concurred even though the...
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क्यों पेरिस हमलों के विरोध में तस्वीर बदलना एक विवादास्पद फैसला है?
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.netपेरिसमें शुक्रवार को हुए आतंकी हमले में 150 से ज़्यादा निर्दोष जानें चली गयीं. कई घायल भी हुए. इस दुखद और भर्त्सनायोग्य घटना के बाद समूचे विश्व में शोक है, लोग उदास हैं और...
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Intolerance has not penetrated the larger section of Indian masses:...
A number of incidents of growing intolerance in India have sparked a new debate. People from various strata of the society have raised their strong voices against the environment of intolerance. In an...
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सईदा के चूल्हों को हिंदुओं का है इंतज़ार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.netपटना के जिस वीरचन्द पटेल पथ से होकर बिहार की सत्ता गुज़रती है, उसी पथ पर आपको 48 वर्षीय सईदा भी मिल जाएंगी, जो पिछले 30 सालों से लगातार अपने हाथों से बने मिट्टी के...
View ArticleNotwithstanding murmurs, dim chances of grand alliance in UP
By Mohit DubeyLucknow: After the impressive electoral victory of the Grand Alliance or "Mahagathbandhan" in neighbouring Bihar, murmurs for a similar political arrangement ahead of the 2017 assembly...
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Smart Muslim Vote Model (SMVM) for dual leadership of Muslims with regards to...
By Masood Siddiqui for Twocircles.netThe 21st century voter should have the capability to select leaders who generate ideas.These leaders shall fight each other with ideas as their weapons; the ideas...
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