My Own Boss It’s hard work being a rickshaw-puller and the earnings are barely enough. But,…
Tag: Poverty in Bihar
How Caste Equations Continue To Shape Bihar’s Economic Fortunes | Outlook India Magazine
For 14 years between 1956 and 1970, economist Thomasson Januzzi painstakingly collected and pored over data…
Poverty Porn: Making Heroes Out Of People Just Struggling To Survive | Outlook India Magazine
The State has repeatedly failed the hard-working and resilient Biharis. The point of this Outlook issue…
MPI: Yet Another Marker For India’s Poverty Problem | Outlook India Magazine
Breaking away from the conventional method to measure poverty, the National Institution for Transforming India, better…
Past, Present, Future: Bihar’s Tryst With Destiny | Outlook India Magazine
A national MPI (multidimensional poverty index) report by NITI Aayog—India’s apex public policy think tank—released late…
Remember His Face? Portrait Of A Bihari As A Father And Migrant Worker | Outlook India Magazine
My world had already collapsed by the time I managed to reach my village, Bariarpur Purvi,…
Harry And The Bihari: Return Of The Native | Outlook India Magazine
Niti Aayog’s prognosis is timely but it has missed the larger picture of irreversible social revolution…