Despite criticism, pragmatism makes the Left endure in Bihar as seen in the 2020 poll results & that too at a time when its existence is restricted to small pockets in India.
On social media, painters, mason, construction workers, labourers, delivery boys, truck drivers are owning their work-lives unapologetically with swagger.
A topper in school, Prashant Kishor is still aiming high, his Jan Suraaj party is contesting 238 of Bihar’s 243 seats. His ancestral village in Rohtas awaits his return.
At Shafali Varma’s home in Rohtak, guests keep pouring in to congratulate the family. The common refrain is ‘Beti ne naam roshan kar diya’— a daughter has done us all proud.
Karnataka’s menstrual leave policy is worthy of applause. But it exists in a country where menstruating women can be stripped and humiliated any time, without a hiccup.
Shastri Nagar market grew and thrived in Meerut for over three decades until a Supreme Court order brought in the bulldozers. Some call it illegal, others call it ‘organic’.
It's small beginning but a big win for the Bihar story. And politicians are desperately using it to show that the turnaround has begun. It’s been a long time coming.
After 20 years of Nitish rule, Bihar remains India’s worst-performing state overall, ranking among the lowest in health and education despite massive budget increases.
Mokama has a bloody history of crime & politics. Gunfire, stone pelting between political opponents are commonplace, and a Jan Suraaj supporter’s killing has marked a new chapter.
Pakistan massively enhanced the funding for Islamists in Afghanistan, hoping to bury ethnic nationalism. That strategy has now backfired spectacularly.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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