Bihar

Heaven, Hell and Earth

Aditya Sinha

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

Amarnath Tewary

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

Chinki Sinha

The brief history of an anarchy

A Chief Minister Unmasked

Rahul Pandita

The Bathani Tola massacre and Nitish Kumar’s apathy

The Real Brahmeshwars

Rahul Pandita

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

After Nitish, the Flood

Dhirendra K Jha

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

Rahul Pandita

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

Political Lessons from Bihar

Jatin Gandhi

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

Rail, Road, Rahul

Jatin Gandhi

Nitish is cruising on development, Lalu is peddling a turnaround story, Rahul is planning for the future, and everyone else seems to be shunning ‘Modi’