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Bihar

Why Nitish Seems Ready to Return to NDA

Rajeev Deshpande

Bihar CM’s return as JD(U) chief set into motion yet another re-alignment in Patna as Congress’s refusal to consider Kumar for a key role in INDIA alliance irked the party

Peripheral Vision

A photographer looks at dalit lives through the lens of intimacy and isolation

Searching for Orwell

Fantasy and reality tell of a struggling writer from Bihar

A Whiff of Mandal

The Opposition’s demand for a caste-based census is a desperate gambit to splinter Modi’s Hindu constituency

Nitish’s Misplaced Mission

It will take more than the Bihar chief minister’s enthusiasm to ensure opposition unity

A High Watermark for Bihar

In a state scarred by drought and floods, a scheme converting floodwater into drinking water has brought in a wave of relief

Patna to Purnia

Difficult truths from Bihar concealed within acceptable homilies

Bihar: No Cheers

On hooch tragedies and Bihar’s failing experiment with prohibition

Darbhanga Calling

With minimal budgets and skeletal crews, indie filmmakers from Bihar tell of dreams and displacement, love and revolt

Elections 2024: K Chandrashekhar Rao, Nitish Kumar promise more freebies

Special category status to states is a grab for more money from the Centre

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