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.
In ‘The Jannayaka Karpoori Thakur’, Santosh Singh and Aditya Anmol looks at the contributions of the former Bihar CM, especially toward the upliftment of backward classes.
The Modi government's decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur and LK Advani just before the notification of the Lok Sabha elections is a strong political statement.
Karpoori Thakur was critical of India's diplomatic distance from Israel. He did not consider Zionism as a settler-colonial project but a legitimate Jewish national movement with unique socialist ethos.
By awarding the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur, Modi is acknowledging a fellow backward-class leader & also reinforcing his connection with marginalised sections of society.
Karpoori Thakur, often referred to as the 'Annadurai of North India', played a vital role in bringing socialist politics and consciousness to a semi-feudal and backward state like Bihar.
New Delhi: The posthumous awarding of the Bharat Ratna to two-time Bihar chief minister and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) icon Karpoori Thakur is being...
As Rashtrapati Bhavan announces Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, Modi pays tribute to the ex-CM on his website www.narendramodi.in, says he 'took a distinctly anti-Congress line'.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
One statistic is seared in my mind. Bihar has a per capita income of $ 800. That must make it one of the poorest places on the planet. And this average figure does not account for inequality. 2. In a way, it is good for Bihar that it is NOT the first republic of the world, that it is part of a nation state. It receives from the central tax pool seven rupees for each rupee that it contributes. 3. May whichever formation that comes to power on 14th November make Bihar more about economics than politics.
One statistic is seared in my mind. Bihar has a per capita income of $ 800. That must make it one of the poorest places on the planet. And this average figure does not account for inequality. 2. In a way, it is good for Bihar that it is NOT the first republic of the world, that it is part of a nation state. It receives from the central tax pool seven rupees for each rupee that it contributes. 3. May whichever formation that comes to power on 14th November make Bihar more about economics than politics.