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India: The great job swap

Issue:  A chance for a safer world Fly Title:  India Rubric:  India's most dysfunctional state is getting a little better Location:  Patna, Bihar PATNA'S main cinema is full for a Sunday matinée...

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Monsoon floods in India: Bihar's annual sorrow

Issue:  Europe stands up to Russia Fly Title:  Monsoon floods in India Rubric:  With some justice, the government gets the blame for a natural disaster Location:  Delhi Looking for dry landEPA AS NEW...

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Bihar's remarkable recovery: On the move

Issue:  The book of Jobs Fly Title:  Bihar's remarkable recovery Rubric:  Bihar has blossomed under Nitish Kumar. But his reforms need deeper roots Location:  PATNA Main image:  eyevine eyevine ON A...

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Development: The Bihari enlightenment

Issue:  The book of Jobs Fly Title:  Development Rubric:  India’s most notorious state is failing to live up to its reputation Location:  Main image:  CLD938.gif ONE of the more unlikely case studies...

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Letters: On the state, Bihar, Haiti, obesity, New York, the Iraq war, rowing,...

Issue:  New dangers for the world economy Fly Title:  Letters Rubric:  Location:  Man against the machine SIR – Your leader on the growth of the state expressed a preference “to give power to...

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India's Muslims and job quotas: The call to poll

Issue:  Gendercide Fly Title:  India's Muslims and job quotas Rubric:  Politicians vie for poor-Muslim votes Location:  delhi Main image:  201010ASP005.jpg FIFTEEN years after he migrated with his...

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Nalanda university: Ivory pagodas

Issue:  The web's new walls Fly Title:  Nalanda university Rubric:  An ancient pan-Asian university might yet open again Location:  NALANDA is an unlovely place in the poorest state in India. Yet, as...

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Bihar's pro-business reforms: Paper tiger

Issue:  The Republicans ride in Fly Title:  Bihar's pro-business reforms Rubric:  There is more talk about reform than action in India’s poorest state Location:  PATNA Main image:  It’s difficult to...

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India's poorest state: A triumph in Bihar

INDIA'S economy may be roaring, but how can its people, especially the poorest, benefit from the general gains? Perhaps Bihar, India's most impoverished state, and one long blighted by caste politics,...

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Education: A billion brains

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Aim higher Fly Title:  Education Rubric:  A better education system calls for more than money Main image:  Your country needs youYour country needs you Your...

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Midday meals for schoolchildren in India: More good than harm

ON JULY 16th at least 23 children in the Indian state of Bihar died after eating a midday meal that was provided for free by their school. Nearly as many are in critical condition in a local hospital....

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India without polio: End of a scourge

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Coming to an office near you Fly Title:  India without polio Rubric:  The eradication of polio suggests ways to tackle even deadlier diseases Location:...

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Politics in India’s states: The other half

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The new age of crony capitalism Fly Title:  Politics in India’s states Rubric:  Elections in India are merry-go-rounds, not two-horse races Location:  DELHI...

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Education in India: Wall of shame

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The world is going to university Fly Title:  Education in India Rubric:  As teaching standards go out the window, crib...

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Politics: How to run a continent

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Modi's many tasks Fly Title:  Politics Rubric:  Mr Modi is accumulating power at the centre, but also devolving a...

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Daily chart: Assessing India

Audio and Video content on Economist.com requires a browser that can handle iFrames. INDIA is a continent masquerading as a country. Within a generation it will become the most populous country on...

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The Economist explains: Why India is transfixed by elections in Bihar

ON OCTOBER 12th, India's notoriously backward state of Bihar begins a near month-long election for its state assembly. With 66m people eligible to vote over five phases of polling, across some of the...

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Indian elections: The battle for Bihar

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The reluctant European Fly Title:  Indian elections Rubric:  In a much-watched election, politicians reach for every...

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Banyan: Intolerable

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The indispensable European Fly Title:  Banyan Rubric:  The ugliness of Indian politics threatens to scupper Narendra...

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Bruised in Bihar: Voters in a big Indian state have clobbered Modi

UK Only Article:  standard article Fly Title:  Bruised in Bihar Rubric:  India’s prime minister has not changed politics as much as he thought Location:  Delhi Main...

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Politics in India: Wallop

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The never-ending story Fly Title:  Politics in India Rubric:  The dusty plains of Bihar expose Narendra Modi’s feet of...

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Politics this week

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The never-ending story Main image:  20151114_wwp002_290.jpg Myanmar held its first freely contested general election in 25 years....

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Ending energy poverty: Power to the powerless

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The real danger of Brexit Fly Title:  Ending energy poverty Rubric:  A new electricity system is emerging to bring light...

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In a state: India needs to curb a borrowing spree by its state governments

Print section Print Rubric:  States are on a borrowing spree of the kind that rarely ends well Print Headline:  Pumping the country dry Print Fly Title:  India’s economy UK...

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Hindutva unhindered: How the BJP juggernaut is winning control of Indian states

Print section Print Rubric:  The ruling party is on a roll Print Headline:  Gobble them up Print Fly Title:  Politics in India UK Only Article:  standard article...

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