Bihar
THE ROYAL COMMONER
Ullekh NP
This descendant of the Darbhanga dynasty of Bihar believes that historians have ignored the good deeds of her ancestors. The 33-year-old says that family fortunes began to decline from the time of her grandfather Visheshwar Singh
Memories of Champaran
Despite its vital historical role in the freedom movement, Champaran has been reduced to history textbooks
Shaky Hands
The alliance between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad is beset with contradictions. The anti-BJP camp in Bihar is hoping against hope that it will survive
The lost reformer of Pataliputra
Nitish Kumar rebuilt the state on the ruins of Lalu raj and allowed his hatred for Narendra Modi to cloud his political judgement. A cautionary tale of self-destruction.
The Place You Keep Going Back To
Sankarshan Thakur’s biography of Nitish Kumar is also an intimate portrait of Bihar, a state you may be forced out of but cannot really ever leave
The Value of History
There is a lot that Bihar can learn from its glorious past to solve problems currently plaguing the state
Heaven, Hell and Earth
Amitava Kumar’s A Matter of Rats casts Patna in a triple role of memory, magnet and mundanity. It is a good book. With one more nudge, it could have been a great one
Poisoned in Primary
Political conspiracy theories abound as the headmistress considered responsible for the mid-day meal deaths at a school in Bihar absconds
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