Bihar
Pawapuri: The Sinless town of Bihar
October 18, 2022
“If one’s vision is capable of expelling the darkness, he would not need a lamp. Likewise, the soul itself being blissful, there is no need of external objects for bliss.” Lord Mahavira, Jainism-Pravachansara, 1/67 Each year, on Kartik Amavasya, the day when most Hi...
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Top 5 authors of Bihar: Spreading knowledge through the times
September 4, 2022
Since ages, Indian literature, especially the Vedas and epics like Mahabharata or Ramayana, has attracted attention across the world. The trend has continued over the centuries with authors like Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore or V S Naipaul and Salman Rushdie, to name just a...
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Four longest railway journeys in India
July 29, 2022
The Vivek Express The Vivek Express is the longest rail route in India which travels 4,273 km over 82 hours with 55 planned stops. It runs from Dibrugarh, in northeastern Assam, to Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of the Indian mainland. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari was one of the...
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Different shades of Holi in India
March 18, 2022
Like many other festivals across the world, Holi, too, marks the triumph of good over evil. People play with colours, water, flowers and more. Everyone, be it a child or an adult, smears colour on each other. Youngsters seek blessings from their elders by applying colour on their...
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India drapes in yellow to fete Basant Panchami
February 5, 2022
Vasant Panchami falls on the fifth day of the month of Magha month of the Indian calendar, normally falling in late January or early February per the Georgian calendar. It marks the end of the most severe winter that grips the entire northern India and the beginning of thaw leadi...
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BJP continues slugfest with AAP over new liquor stores in Delhi
January 8, 2022
On November 17, when Delhi saw the opening of 850 brand new and swanky liquor stores, as part of the new excise policy of the government, they represented different things for different people, especially the political parties. For the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, the new stores were ...
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We failed, went by government’s false assurances: Patna High Court
May 13, 2021
Only a day after bloated, decomposing bodies washed up on banks of the Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar, another 100 bodies, all suspected to be Covid-19 positive, were spotted floating in a river in Chausa village, located on Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, May 11. On t...
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Sama Chakwa: Mithila’s folk dance in need of saviours
April 29, 2021
“It used to be a dance performance where artisans and potters designed special clay toys and lamps that would be easy to carry and balance while performing. Singers and musicians made sure that they filled the performance with optimum innocence and fun with their voice and musi...
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Maithili cinema: Awards, appreciation but no viewers
April 8, 2021
“Maithili cinema’s fate has not changed despite good quality content and awards that we have received in the recent past. We still struggle to get some time on television or even a theatrical release,” says Nitin Chandra, a Maithili filmmaker based in Bihar’s capital Patn...
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Govt jobs or protests? Nitish Kumar asks Bihar to choose
February 7, 2021
Within days of news that Uttarakhand Police were going to keep track of ‘anti-national’ social media posts while conducting police verification for passport applications, reports emerged from Bihar indicating that the state government had apparently decided to go even furth...
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A spiritual journey from Patliputra to Patna
November 4, 2020
Located on the banks of river Ganges, Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. With the presence of hundreds of historically significant places within its boundaries, it is visited by travellers from all over the world. Tourists also say that it is o...
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Disappearing arts of India
February 22, 2020
India’s art heritage is as diverse as its people. India is known for its rich cultural heritage from the ancient times, yet amidst all these there are art forms that are dying
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