Sunday Editorial The future of Panchayati Raj in Bihar: an unavoidable hazard of intimate politics By Ratnakar Tripathy Family = Panchayat: The biggest family in the world lives in BAKTWANG, India. A man called Ziona Chana has 39 wifes and 94 children Probably the most important thing to remember about Panchayati politics is that its human social context is radically different from state level or national politics. Unlike large scale politics, Panchayati politics is not impersonal and anonymous if we focus on the candidate-voter relation. The implications of this are immense. If this is difficult...