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An excerpt from the celebrated play Main Bihar Hoon emphasises the importance of Bihar in Indian history.
While slain Dularchand Yadav is referred to as a dacoit, Anant Singh is a Bahubali. In Bihar, caste is an undeniable fact where most Bahubalis belong to the upper castes and have a lot of wealth accumulated through their many dealings and those who come from the lower castes are called baghis (rebels) or dacoits. In this world of guns and gangs, political patronage continues.
In Bihar’s political narrative, Bahubalis have played an important role. Here are a few who have a criminal record.
Nowadays the people of Bihar are being warned that a victory for the Mahagathbandhan will mean a return of the dreaded Jungle Raj of the 1990s
While convicted politicians have been contesting elections with the help of proxies, a new trend has emerged wherein the criminality of a political opponent is automatically attributed to his family
The fight for Bihar is close. But NDA’s scheme of Rs 10,000 to women could swing votes in its favour
The murder of 75-year-old Dular Chand Yadav, a feared strongman from Mokama, just before the first phase of the Bihar elections, has become a major turning point, intensifying local anger and political tensions.
The Left parties, once influential and then marginal, are now a catalyst of Opposition unity in Bihar. Siwan shows how they have changed
As Bihar goes to vote, people are sifting through an 'auction of hope'. Cash transfers, welfare schemes and job pledges have dominated campaigns led by Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, but widespread unemployment, migration and mistrust have left people questioning who can deliver real change
The state of affairs in Bihar today is such that the state will have to wait for a very long time before any semblance and safety can be delivered to its people
Bihar’s once-thriving industrial belt, from Marhowrah to Mokama, is now marked by abandoned plants that tell a story of policy failures, political neglect and disappearing jobs, forcing hundreds of thousands to migrate out of the state in search of work.
Despite the challenges of patriarchy and low representation in party nominations, women have consistently outvoted men in recent elections in Bihar.
The stories of Dashrath Manjhi and Laungi Bhuiyan reveal a deeper pattern of how Bihar’s Dalits remain confined to announcements and symbolism rather than tangible progress
The high turnout in Bihar reflects that women want to ensure that their “exceptional” progress continues under the NDA
Why has violence been a routine way of practising politics in Bihar
Bihar’s enduring legacy of political violence is intertwined with caste politics, where assertions of the dominated sections carved out a political space for the strongmen deployed to suppress them
Zohran Mamdani’s victory will have reverberations beyond New York and beyond America
The system protects those who commit caste violence while blaming victims for asserting dignity
Politics may feel distant to some, but for a family in Brussels, it is an inheritance woven through generations. From a grandfather who dreamed of contesting assembly elections to a father and brother who unexpectedly found themselves on campaign trails, electoral fervour has shaped their stories
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