The four ills of casteism, corruption, criminalisation of politics and inequitable land distribution have been repeated ad infinitum as reasons for Bihar’s backwardness and has been accepted as conventional wisdom. But is that the truth? Let’s look at how Bihar fares in some key Centre created infrastructure. Bihar & Jharkhand and the new highways Have [...]

As you are aware, a new highway project has been under construction in India for the last few years. There are two parts to it: The golden quadrilateral which would connect the four metros and the east-west, north-south corridor. Inevitably, good portions of it would pass through Bihar and Jharkhand also. However, sadly, the alignment [...]