India, Nov. 17 -- As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured an overwhelming victory over the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) in the Bihar assembly elections, these pages have analysed the victory in det... Read More
India, Nov. 10 -- These pages have dealt with the importance of caste in Bihar's political competition in detail on the basis of two databases - a historical database of Bihar's 3629 MLAs from 1962-20... Read More
India, Nov. 3 -- The first two parts of this three-part data journalism series which is based on a historical database of all 3629 MLAs in Bihar since 1962, which has been prepared by the first author... Read More
India, Oct. 30 -- On October 27, HT launched a complete caste database - it has been prepared by the first author of this story - of Bihar's 3,629 MLAs from 1962 onwards in these pages. The methodolog... Read More
India, Oct. 29 -- The first of this two-part series gave a broad social overview of Bihar's caste composition and the caste composition of NDA and MGB (Mahagatbandhan) candidates based on a database p... Read More
India, Oct. 27 -- Muslims have a share of 16.9% of Bihar's population according to the 2011 census. The number is broadly the same in the 2023 caste survey conducted by the Bihar government. How have... Read More