Society+Culture

Can an ordinary migrant worker take on a massive government corruption apparatus? Discover how Sanjay Sahni taught himself to use digital data to empower thousands of rural laborers in Muzaffarpur.

Armed with nothing but a bicycle, simple snacks, and the Right to Information Act, a humble Begusarai vendor filed over 1,000 cases to expose grassroots fraud. This is the story of a true citizen hero.

From a remote Bihar village to global academic halls, Jayaprakash Narayan shook the foundations of state power. Read how his call for a “Total Revolution” redefined public accountability in modern India.

Phanishwar Nath Renu fundamentally disrupted twentieth-century Hindi literature by replacing urban elite narratives with the raw, unvarnished realities of rural Bihar. From fighting on the frontlines of the Quit India Movement to defying a rigid literary establishment that dismissed his use of local dialects, Renu risked his career to give a voice to the marginalized. Five decades after his passing, a new generation of readers is returning to his work, proving that his regional realism is more vital today than ever.

A humble village upbringing, an elite IIT education, and a fatal fight against the highway mafia. Discover how one Bihar engineer’s unyielding integrity changed India’s transparency laws forever.