Nitish Kumar

After Bihar: Modi the Diminished

S Prasannarajan

Was Modi blinded by his own aura?

After Bihar: The Road from Patna

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

Lalu Prasad Yadav: A Caricature in Search of a Cartoon

Shiv Visvanathan

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

The Liberation Struggle of Bihar

PR Ramesh

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