Arts & Craft From a domestic worker to Padma Shri awardee — here’s how Bihar’s Dulari Devi painted success Bihar’s Dulaari Devi has been awarded with Padma Shri for her contributions to the Mithila folk art. But the intricate...
Reportage “I travelled from Delhi to Patna, standing for 21 hours. I have another 12 hours to travel” As the fear of the lockdown lurks, migrant labourers are scrambling home to Bihar. They claim the relief schemes announced...
Reportage Their wheat crop is ready, but with no govt procurement in sight, Bihar farmers are at the mercy of middlemen The Bihar government is yet to start procurement of wheat. Unable to wait, the farmers are compelled to sell to...
Reportage ‘We’re ready to die but won’t let an embankment be built on the Bagmati’ Only a short stretch of the Bagmati river in Bihar flows free. Farmers in Muzaffarpur are up in arms against...
Reportage Kabar Taal, Bihar’s first Ramsar site: Will this new tag help boost livelihoods of fishers? Nearly 15,000 families in 17 villages around the 6,311-hectare Kabar taal in Begusarai depend on the wetland for fishing. The...
Reportage Rice racket: From the paddy fields of Bihar to the mandis of Punjab Bihar grows about 8 million tonnes of paddy annually but barely procures about 20 per cent. Agents buy paddy from...
Reportage Child trafficking surges in Bihar as parents have no work nor wages in the COVID-19 pandemic Between July and September 2020, about 250 kids from Bihar have been rescued from child trafficking. Many were put to...
Reportage Sustained awareness campaign by ASHA workers ensure low chamki fever deaths this year Last year, at least 162 children died in Bihar due to an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome, commonly known as...
Reportage The vulnerable fishermen and the ‘tiger widows’ of Sundarbans The land is shrinking due to the rise in the sea level because of climate change. This is leading to...
