Stirrings of change

Wednesday 26 November '08

Three years ago, when Nitish Kumar took over the reins in Bihar, he inherited a ramshackle state structure which had no history of work, coherence and dynamism, not just during the last regime but during the last century.

Kaimur Makeover

Saturday 21 June '08

Two parliamentary by-elections, in Vaishali and Madhepura, changed the course of electoral history in Bihar.

Return of the state

Saturday 17 May '08

Bhagar Yadav was on the run for three decades; he ultimately surrendered before the Superintendent of Police of Bihar’s...

Power to the people?

Wednesday 6 February '08

When the Electricity Act of 2003 replaced the earlier law of 1948, the planners of the Central government...

Like father, unlike son

Tuesday 16 January '07

Ajit Singh inherited from his father the ability to defect at the opportune moment. But he could not emulate him as an ideologically rooted person, promoting the cause of an important class. He only became the leader of his clan with a limited cognitive world