SIRReport
Bihar SIR: Many BLOs Take Only Aadhaar, Even From Those Who Have Valid Documents
One ward member from Maner feared that this would lead to chaos and a ‘stampede-like situation’ during the verification phase.
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MigrationReport
No light at the end of the Bihar jobs tunnel
Large infrastructure development projects across the country pull in migrant workers like Sushil Vishwakarma from Bihar, who have no choice but to…
GovernanceReport
Tracing the Bodh Gaya temple conflict: From Ashoka to Viceroy to Lalu and roadside protests
The demand for Buddhist autonomy has often resurfaced at the site despite a 1949 law aimed at resolving such disputes.
GovernanceReport
Agnipath in Bihar: ‘I can’t retire at age 26’
Bihar's young men who aspired to join the Indian Army as soldiers for life, have had to shift sights to becoming Agniveers…
FloodReport
‘We Will Die of Hunger’: Flood-Affected Villagers in Areas Around Kosi Embankments Plead for Help
Authorities have ignored several families marooned in the floods, allege villagers.
Liquor BanReport
No crime, only punishment
In Jehanabad district, it is the marginalised Musahars who get picked up in prohibition cases. The legal battles that follow are expensive,…
CommunalismReport
Archive of knowledge: burnt to ashes
In Biharsharif, a 113-year-old madrasa and its library of over 4,000 books was set on fire by rioters
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
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…
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
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…
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,…