Caste politics in Bihar did not begin with Lalu Prasad Yadav. Its origins go further back to the 1920s, when land, labour and ritual intersected. The Mandal Commission transformed Bihar’s power ...

Son of a marginal farmer from the Nai (barber) community, Karpoori Thakur came a long way to serve as Bihar’s chief minister twice in the 1970s. He would come to be known as Jannayak or people’s hero ...

Bihar’s politics continues to be shaped by deep caste hierarchies where class and caste intersect, with Dalits remaining at the bottom of both social and economic structures. Despite their sizable ...

Bihar’s political future for the next five years will be decided on November 14, with the state polls also seen as a barometer of the national mood nearly two years after the BJP-led NDA returned to ...

Editor of Sansad TV, the author reads and writes on all subjects from cinema to cricket to politics. The dates for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 are likely to be announced in a few days. The term of ...

India’s struggle for freedom and its political journey afterwards is shaped by a variety of heritages and legacies in very complex ways and Caste has been one of the key factors among them. The ...

Oppn Criticises Bihar CM Choudhary's 'Ask Caste, Then Fire' Remark NDA Hits Back. New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Congress and ...

There is a reason why Bihar remains the only Hindi belt state in India that has stayed clear of a full-blooded Hindutva embrace. Why? The belief in establishing Hindu hegemony has a very potent rival ...

Bihar released the results of a historic caste-based survey in October 2023, mapping the state’s demographic and economic landscape. This comprehensive exercise counted all castes for the first time ...

Politics has intensified in Bihar over recent remarks by the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, questioning police action and encounters involving criminals belonging to a ...

With the approach of the Bihar Assembly elections, the INDIA bloc has decided to rope in a party that was formed just six months ago, and even gave it three seats to contest from. Two of the seats for ...