The journal

Stories worth carrying.

Long reads, field notes and portraits that look beyond easy narratives to the Bihar people know, make and love.

People

The hands behind Madhubani

Meet the artists keeping an ancient visual language alive—and making it entirely their own.

History

How one of the ancient world’s greatest centres of learning drew seekers across continents.

Food

A journey through silao khaja, tilkut, thekua and a generous cuisine shaped by the seasons.

Culture

Faith, water and community come together on the riverbank in Bihar’s most luminous tradition.

Ideas

Bihar’s long relationship with debate, dissent and democratic imagination.

Everyday Bihar

Life beside the Ganga: work, worship, memory and an ever-changing landscape.