Bihar

The Many Faces of Sharad Yadav

PR Ramesh

The constant turner of ideological shades finds he has nowhere left to go but down

The Road to 2019

PR Ramesh

From the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the next President to the unravelling in Bihar to the impending Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq, Modi sets the terms for the big battle even as the Congress sinks deeper into irrelevance

Nitish Kumar: Breaking Free

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

The grand alliance of Bihar begins to unravel as Nitish Kumar loses patience with his wily partner

Milan Vaishnav, Author

Open

Political Cleansing

Movie Review: Anaarkali of Aarah

Ajit Duara

A watchable and entertaining film, it keeps you absorbed with its music and its character development right to the end

Nitish Kumar: Savvy Survivor

Kumar Anshuman

Nitish Kumar is cozying up to Modi. Why?

A Dry Run in Bihar

Kumar Anshuman in Gopalganj and Patna

The cost of Nitish Kumar’s prohibition raj

Prohibition Law: Drunk When Drafted

Madhavankutty Pillai

An explanation for the absurdities of Bihar’s stringent prohibition law

News of a Killing

Prayaag Akbar

This eyewitness account is a first step towards filling the information gap of the 1987 Hashimpura massacre

Dalit: The Overcomers

Kumar Anshuman

A warmer Dalit story beyond the familiar narrative of discrimination, dispossession and brutalisation. Open portrays lives that have turned adversity into opportunity