About three years ago, representatives of civil society, especially those connected with education, archeology, design, and media were invited to a quiet gathering organized by the Bihar Museum Society, where a team of young experts unveiled a plan to energize the moth eaten Patna Museum into an engaging, exciting venue for education. The questions and […]
What does a common cop do to ensure his police station has ‘contributed’ to International Day against Drug Abuse? How does he show that they are all very serious about the ‘War on Drugs’? The big drug cartels are too powerful and far away. The local drug peddler is a continuous source of ‘income’ for […]
Are the doddering agents of patriarchy conniving to put a padlock on the Women Studies department of Patna University? The intrepid lady professors of the Department of Women’s Studies took umbrage at a report ‘planted’ in a local daily that seemed to suggest that the Master of Arts and Post graduate Diploma Courses in Women’s […]
When did Bihar become the corn belt of India? When did the mandi at Gulab Bagh near Purnia become India’s largest maize market? A quiet economic revolution has been taking place in Bihar, and this is fuelled by a collaboration between the private sector and the humble cultivator. “Rather than being despondent after the state […]
The great wedding season is in progress, and for the socially mobile there’s a wedding or two to attend every other day. The lights, the decorations and the guests are part of the scene, and the lucky bride and bridegroom, dressed up to the nines, are usually the cynosure of all eyes. Darting in and […]
It’s Mothers’ Day today. And what does a poor, sick mother in the boondocks of Bihar, desperately trying to ensure that her HIV positive orphaned child gets his essential daily dose of life-saving meds get? Insensitivity, buck-passing and indolence by the government medical fraternity and the Bihar State AIDS Control Society! On Thursday May 7, […]
Education is all about learning for life, isn’t it? That’s the reason why a Jesuit college in Patna chose to remain open on International Labour Day, and have the teachers do the menial tasks for a change. So, the Principal and the vice-principal when around the college cleaning toilets and restrooms, while other members of […]
