We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.
Bangladesh, China, India, the Philippines, and the US recorded the highest displacements, according to the report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
South Mumbai's drainage system, built by the British over 140 years ago, has a capacity of 50 mm rainfall per hour, compared to the 25 mm rainfall per hour across the rest of Mumbai.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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