Nitish Kumar is about to hold his Monday janata durbar, a weekly interaction in which he meets common people at his residence-1, Anne Marg, Patnato tend to their grievances. From his composure, no one could have guessed the Bihar chief minister was nursing a grievance too-a terminal one. Just before the programme begins, a top state BJP minister arrives on the scene, and asks for an audience. It's granted, and they retreat to one of the inner rooms. Behind closed doors, the BJP leader says: "Sir, if you think some knots have developed in the alliance, I am here to iron out all differences, please share if you have anything in mind." Later that evening, the diplomatic outreach is scaled up to Code Orange levels. Union home minister Amit Shah is on the line with Nitish, one of the BJP's oldest allies, and is at his mollificatory best during the six-minute call. It was a last-ditch attempt to save the game as it had been chalked out-and the desperation was understandable. The BJP-led coalition that rules at the Centre had just rearranged India's political chessboard to its advantage, winning over Maharashtra. But now, another NDA government was at stake...and the chessboard seemed open again.
WHY NITISH SWITCHED SIDES
The second edition of the Nitish-BJP partnership has been fraught from the start, with the latter exhibiting a clear aggressive intent and making no bones about its ambition to eventually supplant Nitish and JD(U)
Even during the elections, the JD(U) suspected the BJP of having strategically fielded Chirag Paswan’s LJP as a vote cutter in all seats JD(U) contested so as to trim its numbers
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Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS
