Liquor BanReport
‘I lost my husband and my house’
In Bihar’s Gopalganj district, Mukesh Ram’s family is struggling in the aftermath of his death from consuming illicit liquor
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CommunalismExplainer
What Explains the Scale of Communal Violence in Bihar on Ram Navami?
While many believe right-wing groups orchestrated the violence to increase polarisation before the 2024 elections, the local administrations have also been blamed for not being prepared enough.
Liquor BanReport
‘God has given us a sky full of sorrow’
In Bihar’s Jehanabad district, men arrested under the Prohibition Act are largely from the most marginalised communities. They and their families, live with the terror of penal action, loss of…
FloodReport
Kosi: ‘The sorrow of Bihar’
The people who live on the embankments of the Kosi river are relentlessly ravaged by the river and neglected by the state
GovernanceAnalysis
How a mom hunted down her daughter’s ‘dead’ rapist
India News: When a woman in Bihar was informed that her daughter’s rapist had died days before the verdict, she knew something was amiss. This is how she managed
CommunalismAnalysis
Hindu son, Muslim brother clash over mother’s funeral
India News: Raiqa Khatoon — also known as Rekha Devi — married twice and had four children. Her death last week brought the national spotlight on the 90-year-old’
CommunalismAnalysis
एएमयू किशनगंज की राह में कैसे भाजपा ने डाला रोड़ा
01 दिसंबर 2011 को बिहार सरकार ने किशनगंज शहर से लगभग 2-3 किलोमीटर दूर चकला और गोविंदपुर मौजा में 224.02 एकड़ जमीन एएमयू किशनगंज कैम्पस के लिए आवंटित की थी।
Climate Change & EnvironmentReport
In the name of development, Bihar is slowly losing its dense forests
The Bihar Economic Survey claims that in the last five years, a total of 1603.8 hectares of forest land were diverted for several projects.
Liquor BanReport
‘If we stop making liquor, we will die’
Poverty, social stigma and lack of job opportunities push the Musahar community in Bihar to earn an income by distilling mahua liquor, despite a ban on its manufacture and sale…
Climate Change & EnvironmentReport
As Kosi river keeps changing, ownership of land on its embankments under question
As per the Bihar Special Survey Settlement Rules 2012, any farmland submerged in the Kosi river will become the property of the state government and the original owner will have…
GovernanceReport
Three months after Namami Gange manual-scavenging deaths, no compensation or cases filed
Two Muslim workers died after being forced to clean a sewer as part of the Namami Gange project in Bihar. No cases have been filed against those who forced them.
GovernanceReport
We’re targeted for exposing government mismanagement: Journalists on Bihar media crackdown
The Bihar government and the BJP in the state have conducted a widespread crackdown of reporters in the state who documented their failures during the pandemic.