Kanhaiya Kumar is not contesting in these elections. He says he has already contested twice in the Lok Sabha polls (in Begusarai in 2019 with the Communist Party of India, and in North East Delhi with Congress in the last general election and losing both times). He would like local leaders from the state to contest in the Assembly polls.
PM Modi hails NDA’s welfare record, warns against return of ‘Jungle Raj’ in Bihar
BY Satish Padmanabhan 2 November 2025
In an exclusive interview with Outlook, Jan Suraaj’s Chief National Spokesperson, Pavan Varma, discusses Prashant Kishor’s political strategy, the party’s refusal to align with the BJP or RJD, and Bihar’s readiness for change ahead of the 2025 Assembly Elections. As Bihar’s political stage braces for a new disruptor, can Jan Suraaj truly emerge as a credible third alternative?
BY Satish Padmanabhan 28 October 2025
From Rain Man to Sadma, tracing how filmmakers across Hollywood and India have brought the inner world of mental health to life with sensitivity and depth.
BY Satish Padmanabhan 11 August 2025
Shashi Tharoor’s book is a logophile’s candy shop, full of fun, surprises and insights
BY Satish Padmanabhan 24 November 2024
In Election 2024, the common voter has shown the wisdom to stand firm against authority, hubris and hatred
BY Satish Padmanabhan 12 June 2024
The richest candidate in these Lok Sabha elections, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, is geared up to fight his first election from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
BY Satish Padmanabhan 23 May 2024
Maharashtra grows about 30 per cent of India’s onions, with the highest grown in Nashik region. However, the farmers have been in distress for the past few months.
BY Satish Padmanabhan 22 May 2024
What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.
BY Satish Padmanabhan 23 July 2021
What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.
BY Satish Padmanabhan 23 July 2021
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