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After Bihar: Snafu State

Shiv Visvanathan

An epic fable that presents the best and worst of India

Bihar – Ring in the Old New

Nitish Kumar reinvented himself and socially engineered his campaign around goodwill he knew he held among Biharis

Bihar Elections: The Grand Finale

The Bihar election has turned from caste to a battle between two towering personalities

RSS: The Bhagwat Way

Mythicised or misunderstood, RSS is an organisation whose influence is a permanent topic of contention. Its doors seldom open to outsiders, its leaders hardly speak to the public, and, at 90, it is still steeped in secrecy and moulded by a culture of austerity and discipline. Is the Sangh changing faster under the leadership of Mohan Bhagwat, the possible reforms including its attitude towards Muslims and women? Advaita Kala gains access to the cloistered world of RSS

Lalu Prasad Yadav: A Caricature in Search of a Cartoon

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political journey of farce is almost over

The Liberation Struggle of Bihar

The BJP stands to gain from a revolt brewing among Dalits, lower Backwards and a section of upper OBCs against the political clout of Yadavs and Kurmis

For the Day Bihar Thinks Beyond Caste

Complexity, despair and hope in Bihar

Cast(e)aways

What happens when the leading alliances in Bihar are biased towards fielding Yadav candidates

EVM prototypes, a big hit in Bihar

As the state gears up for its first phase of voting on 12 October, EVM prototypes are selling like hot cakes as awareness material

The Patna Protocol

An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar

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