Mainstream Weekly

Politics of Alliance in Bihar

Subodh Kumar — 2009-04-26T11:49:03Z

Bihar politics continues to be full of surprises. The 14th Assembly elections in Bihar created history since Bihar is the only State in India's electoral history where polls have been conducted twice in the same year (2005). The economy and governance became issues in a manner that is unusual for a polity more accustomed to personalities, caste and minority concerns. The referendum for development and good governance (susasan) encouraged the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) State (…)

- April 2009

Fury of Floods in Bihar

Subodh Kumar — 2008-09-10T11:18:39Z

The census 2001 and the growth indicators portray Bihar as one of the poorest States in India, with a highly underdeveloped economic structure and the lowest per capita income. What makes its situation unique is that Bihar is the only State in India where poverty has been uniformly at the highest level. This is primarily because the third most populous State in the country with approximately 83 million people suffer from natural calamity. With the onset of the monsoon, rivers come down from (…)

- September 6, 2008

Nitish's Bihar Vision

Subodh Kumar — 2007-04-24T19:24:00Z

On November 24, 2006, Nitish Kumar is completing one year in office. The contemporary situation in Bihar demands economic participation along with social transformation and political participation. These demands are the result of the piecemeal “social engineering”. If we see Bihar in 2005-06 we find that Bihar is the only State in India's electoral history where polls have been conducted twice in the same year.
In 1990 Laloo Prasad faced three types of demands within the society. The (…)

- November 25, 2006