“Whispers Of ‘Jungle Raj’: How Bihar’s Lost Decades Still Haunt Its Progress”, Swarajya, October 27, 2025
“Broken Promises: Caste, Crime and Politics in Bihar (2024). Mrityunjay Sharma. Westland Non-Fiction. Pages: 348. Price: Rs 389.
As Bihar stands on the precipice of another electoral crucible, awaiting the chance to shape its 18th legislative assembly, one cannot help but wonder if the infamous ghosts of the 1990s, echoing calls of “Jungle Raj”, still haunt the corridors of Patna’s secretariat.
The final voter list, freshly minted after a controversial Special Intensive Revision, will soon determine who gets to write Bihar’s next chapter. But to understand where Bihar is heading, we must first excavate where it has been……..”
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