Sunday Editorial Anna, hold your fast at Gandhi Maidan, Patna, forget Jantar Mantar: and let Delhi come to you! By Ratnakar Tripathy . The idea seems patently absurd, doesn’t it? But look at it hard enough and long enough and it will begin to make sense. Is the purpose of the imminent fast to gather around the king’s palace and wave one’s fists in anger in the face of the deaf ruler? Or does the symbolic act of fasting aim at continuing with an unending conversation among the citizens of India about corruption, misuse of power and criminal inaction? It is probably both. But what is more... 

Randomness... Randomness by Nimita Pandey Bihar Connects…INDIA Amidst the Foggy clog, the cab drove me out of the Indira Gandhi Domestic Airport Terminal towards the whims and fancies of Karol Bagh, a settlement in Delhi. While the cold winds oozed through the windows, I broke the minutes-long silence and asked: “Haan to Bhaiya, kahan ke hain aap?” The cab driver, with great hesitation uttered: “Madam, hum Bihar se hain, Vaishali district!” I was glad; there was no sense of amazement, as it has not happened for the first time. During many trips to New Delhi, I have encountered lot... 

  DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR INCEST-RAPE  Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): A government doctor B P Singh was on Tuesday arrested on the charge of raping his daughter and was sent to judicial custody.   “The FIR was filed by Singh’s daughter. He was arrested and produced before the chief judicial magistrate who sent him to judicial custody,” district superintendent of police Pankaj Kamboj said.   Singh was picked up from his residence here after the girl, a student of Inter Science Class, went to the SP’s residence and told him about the incident, Kamboj said.   The victim alleged that... 

by Nimita Pandey My father and I are people of different eras, having our own set of ideologies and perspectives. But one thing that binds us is the pride of being a BIHARI. Shah Jahan once quoted Kashmir in his beautiful verses: Agar kahin jannat hai, to bas yahin hai, yahin hai, yahin hai… And we feel the same for patna!! Wondering why? Well, it can be felt by someone who has seen the city-beyond its political camouflage, beyond its societal tantrums. Walking down the memory lane, the realisation is very evident- Patna badal gaya hai. But then change is inevitable and if for the good,...