Lalu Prasad Yadav

A Dry Run in Bihar

Kumar Anshuman in Gopalganj and Patna

The cost of Nitish Kumar’s prohibition raj

Prohibition Politics

Ullekh NP

Who gains from a liquor ban?

Lalu Prasad Yadav: A Caricature in Search of a Cartoon

Shiv Visvanathan

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

How Modi Paid the Bills

PR Ramesh

Or how the Prime Minister won new friends and influenced old rivals for the passage of crucial legislations. The inside story

Shaky Hands

Kumar Anshuman

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

Inside the flea market of coalition politics

Ullekh NP

Deal makers, king makers and wannabe kings are at play

Lalu’s Contingency Plan

Dhirendra K Jha

As the fodder scam returns to haunt the RJD leader, his latest ploy to gather votes

Political Lessons from Bihar

Jatin Gandhi

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

Ayodhya Gives Lalu His Comeback Chance

Dhirendra K. Jha

The court verdict tilts the odds of Bihar’s electoral outcome as Muslim disquiet becomes a factor in favour of the ‘clown prince of Indian politics’

Operation Cleave Ho

Dhirendra K. Jha

With a nod from the Congress, an RJD leader rebels against Lalu Prasad. This is an event that reveals a somewhat unsettling aspect of the grand old party’s gameplan to win Bihar.