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Bihar

The Value of History

Amartya Sen

There is a lot that Bihar can learn from its glorious past to solve problems currently plaguing the state

Pangs of a Patna Visit

Intimations of mortality

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

The Battle to Tame Bihar

The brief history of an anarchy

A Chief Minister Unmasked

The Bathani Tola massacre and Nitish Kumar’s apathy

The Real Brahmeshwars

The Ranvir Sena and Bihar’s tryst with its political masters

After Nitish, the Flood

In a scandal typical of Bihar, money was sanctioned to repair over a thousand kilometres of zamindari embankments that did not exist. Nobody knows where the funds went

Revolt in Rohtas

Threatened by Kharwar tribals in this district, Yadav Maoists go on a spree of revenge killings

Political Lessons from Bihar

Nitish’s victory has plenty for parties across the political spectrum to ponder.

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