Lalu Prasad

Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad: The Fraying of Brotherhood

Kumar Anshuman

What has gone wrong between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad?

Bihar: The Lucky Ally

Kumar Anshuman

Unexpected gains in Bihar has the Congress beaming. Will the euphoria last?

After Bihar: Modi the Diminished

S Prasannarajan

Was Modi blinded by his own aura?

After Bihar: The Road from Patna

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Astute manipulation of the caste matrix and a savvy campaign led the Grand Alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad to an epochal victory. The BJP underestimated the power of its opponent and fell victim to its own contradictions

After Bihar: Return of the Satrapies

Sumantra Bose

Strong regional parties will continue to hold sway against the BJP

After Bihar: Snafu State

Shiv Visvanathan

An epic fable that presents the best and worst of India

Bihar – Ring in the Old New

Shruti Vyas

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

Bihar Elections: The Grand Finale

Shruti Vyas

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

Bihar Election: Sons of the Toil

Kumar Anshuman

Lalu Prasad’s real fight is for the family

Bihar: Land without Justice

PR Ramesh

As Bihar is set to become a defining battle for Narendra Modi, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, the political cartel of backward castes faces a mortal threat from the underdogs