From tantriks to narbakshis: The war of words in the Bihar polls

An entirely new lexicon of political jibes emerged during the elections From humour-laced ‘jumlabaazi’ and twisting of abbreviations to cut-throat trading of barbs, the no-holds-barred......

Nitish, Lalu responsible for Bihar's poor development: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a scathing attack on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on his home turf, calling him a "tantrik" (occultist) and his party "Rashtriya Jadu Tona......

The shackles of superstition

How often do we read in the newspapers of'Child sacrificed to help woman conceive', or 'Human being sacrificed to help man find treasure'? How many of us know that the stories that make it to the......