Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh spoke to a packed (and young) audience at Teen Murti Bhavan in New Delhi on the theme of Left-wing ...
10:58 PM, Jan 22, 2013
As I walked through the streets of Jamui, a district in southern Bihar, I kept wondering what has changed in this region since my last ...
10:55 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Before a major heavyweight boxing title bout, there are sideshows on the day's entertainment. Call it a teaser or a trailer, the aim is to ...
12:02 AM, Jun 29, 2012
![Trupti Rane]( "Trupti Rane")
Recently I got an opportunity to visit Chianttar and shoot a few corruption-related Citizen Journalist stories. Located around 45 km from Patna, Chianttar is a ...
01:16 PM, Dec 22, 2011
![Nadim Asrar]( "Nadim Asrar")
It's my favourite story from the Sainik School Tilaiya days. It was around 2 am on a cold December night in 1989. The asbestos roof ...
03:35 PM, Nov 16, 2011
![Nadim Asrar]( "Nadim Asrar")
Bihar, in a new, resurgent India, is often presented as a case study of what a positive politics of development and inclusive growth can yield. ...
06:48 PM, Jun 20, 2011
![Shanker Dutt]( "Shanker Dutt")
Women are in the process of scripting history. Never before have so many come out of their domestic confines to exercise their right to franchise ...
05:21 PM, Nov 19, 2010
![Rajdeep Sardesai]( "Rajdeep Sardesai")
Predicting elections is hazardous business, and can be detrimental to a journalist's health. In the highly competitive world of Indian elections, the 'hawa' (wind) we ...
12:42 PM, Nov 19, 2010
![Shanker Dutt]( "Shanker Dutt")
It is a fairly cynical view that politics is the last refuge for you know who. It is because of this blinkered vision that, after ...
08:25 AM, Nov 10, 2010
![Himanshu Mehta]( "Himanshu Mehta")
Dear all, Those of you who know me well are aware that I was recently operated upon at Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, and ...
01:27 PM, Nov 08, 2010
![Shanker Dutt]( "Shanker Dutt")
Material change is always preceded by discursive change. In a state with feudal moorings and plagued with abject poverty, variable healthcare and education, poor infrastructure, ...
10:29 AM, Nov 01, 2010
![Shanker Dutt]( "Shanker Dutt")
Dynastic politics in most western liberal democracies have become significantly rare. But in India and in Bihar, charismatic leaders have consciously encouraged private limited political ...
01:31 PM, Oct 26, 2010
![Shanker Dutt]( "Shanker Dutt")
For many people, there seems to be a growing disenchantment with the political class. Much of this is on account of the popular endorsement of ...
06:56 PM, Oct 11, 2010
![Rozina Khanum]( "Rozina Khanum")
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ruled Bihar for the last five years on the development plank. When they came to power they said that the ...
05:44 PM, Oct 11, 2010
