The system protects those who commit caste violence while blaming victims for asserting dignity
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Bihar’s enduring legacy of political violence is intertwined with caste politics, where assertions of the dominated sections carved out a political space for the strongmen deployed to suppress them
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An excerpt from the celebrated play Main Bihar Hoon emphasises the importance of Bihar in Indian history.
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An excerpt from the celebrated play Main Bihar Hoon emphasises the importance of Bihar in Indian history.
While slain Dularchand Yadav is referred to as a dacoit, Anant Singh is a Bahubali. In Bihar, caste is an undeniable fact where most Bahubalis belong to the upper castes and have a lot of wealth accumulated through their many dealings and those who come from the lower castes are called baghis (rebels) or dacoits. In this world of guns and gangs, political patronage continues.
In Bihar’s political narrative, Bahubalis have played an important role. Here are a few who have a criminal record.
Nowadays the people of Bihar are being warned that a victory for the Mahagathbandhan will mean a return of the dreaded Jungle Raj of the 1990s
While convicted politicians have been contesting elections with the help of proxies, a new trend has emerged wherein the criminality of a political opponent is automatically attributed to his family
The fight for Bihar is close. But NDA’s scheme of Rs 10,000 to women could swing votes in its favour
The murder of 75-year-old Dular Chand Yadav, a feared strongman from Mokama, just before the first phase of the Bihar elections, has become a major turning point, intensifying local anger and political tensions.
The Left parties, once influential and then marginal, are now a catalyst of Opposition unity in Bihar. Siwan shows how they have changed
As Bihar goes to vote, people are sifting through an 'auction of hope'. Cash transfers, welfare schemes and job pledges have dominated campaigns led by Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, but widespread unemployment, migration and mistrust have left people questioning who can deliver real change
The state of affairs in Bihar today is such that the state will have to wait for a very long time before any semblance and safety can be delivered to its people
Bihar’s once-thriving industrial belt, from Marhowrah to Mokama, is now marked by abandoned plants that tell a story of policy failures, political neglect and disappearing jobs, forcing hundreds of thousands to migrate out of the state in search of work.
Despite the challenges of patriarchy and low representation in party nominations, women have consistently outvoted men in recent elections in Bihar.
The stories of Dashrath Manjhi and Laungi Bhuiyan reveal a deeper pattern of how Bihar’s Dalits remain confined to announcements and symbolism rather than tangible progress
The high turnout in Bihar reflects that women want to ensure that their “exceptional” progress continues under the NDA
Why has violence been a routine way of practising politics in Bihar
Bihar’s enduring legacy of political violence is intertwined with caste politics, where assertions of the dominated sections carved out a political space for the strongmen deployed to suppress them
Zohran Mamdani’s victory will have reverberations beyond New York and beyond America
The system protects those who commit caste violence while blaming victims for asserting dignity
Politics may feel distant to some, but for a family in Brussels, it is an inheritance woven through generations. From a grandfather who dreamed of contesting assembly elections to a father and brother who unexpectedly found themselves on campaign trails, electoral fervour has shaped their stories
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Few stars have lived as many lives on screen as Dharmendra—the lover, the fighter, the poet, the patriot. As reports of his critical health stir both grief and nostalgia, his filmography stands untouched in its emotional range and timeless appeal.
Most viewers arrived at 'Dil Se..' after listening to its songs on music television channels while growing up. When viewed outside its narrative, the songs seem like expressions of love in turbulent times. However, an unease sets in when it slowly starts to creep on audiences that this is not really a love story.
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Death, tragedy, madness design the world of Hamlet, directed by Aniel Karia. It’s a novel attempt at adaptation that’s true to the nerves of the play, but also experiments with the visual medium. Riz Ahmed and Sheeba Chaddha shine, and Shakespeare is shaken down to the masses, as it was intended.
Most viewers arrived at 'Dil Se..' after listening to its songs on music television channels while growing up. When viewed outside its narrative, the songs seem like expressions of love in turbulent times. However, an unease sets in when it slowly starts to creep on audiences that this is not really a love story.
Actor Adil Hussain reflects on a life in cinema, the advent of AI, his association with DIFF and his latest film, Secret of a Mountain Serpent.
Death, tragedy, madness design the world of Hamlet, directed by Aniel Karia. It’s a novel attempt at adaptation that’s true to the nerves of the play, but also experiments with the visual medium. Riz Ahmed and Sheeba Chaddha shine, and Shakespeare is shaken down to the masses, as it was intended.
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In the last few decades, Bihar, historically known for its cultural richness, has been wrought singularly in the visual framework of crime, politics and violence in Bollywood. Indie filmmakers, however, are changing this scenario.
Jatadhara aims to conjure spirits of faith, greed, and salvation, but ends up chasing its own tail. It’s ambitious, yes, but also confused, overlong, and astonishingly self-serious.
Vince Staples’ latest is an unsettling allegory about how Black creativity and trauma are often consumed as entertainment; how the spectacle of Blackness is commodified even in spaces supposedly meant to honour it.
On his 40th death anniversary, here's remembering Hindi cinema's giant, Sanjeev Kumar, who excelled every time as an actor, no matter what the genre, the role or the shade of emotion.
The film becomes a tribute to women who could never quite name the “itch” they felt, yet learned to embrace both their knowing and their elusiveness.
The film explores the cost of affection against the weight of history—two spouses learning to navigate each other’s worlds while simultaneously grappling with disconnection and discomfort. It delves into inherited philosophies, set against the backdrop of farmlands and a house in rural Punjab.
The Partition was an open wound that marked Ritwik Ghatak's art, his worldview, and his sense of belonging. On his birth centenary, here's looking back at his Partition trilogy, which portrayed the refugee experience on celluloid with remarkable nuance.
On cinema maestro Ritwik Ghatak's birth centenary, Shamya Dasgupta's latest book 'Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak In 50 Fragments', published by Westland Books, is ideal to remember the prolific auteur through the stories and writings of his students, academics and filmmakers.
Bihar Election 2025
Ahead of Bihar polls, a row over Samrat Choudhary and Tej Pratap’s remarks of ‘Nachaniya’ referring to RJD candidate Khesari Lal Yadav reveals an underlying misogyny that plagues Indian politics
Marking his 100th birth anniversary, a lookback through Ghatak’s life and legacy
He may not have lived to see his genius acknowledged in his own lifetime, but in the century since his birth, Ritwik Ghatak’s work has become exactly what he wanted it to be: a bridge between history’s deepest wounds and art’s attempts to heal them.
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