Browsing Tag: Bihar

Meena Devi is unlike any little girl you will ever meet. In many ways, she isn’t even a child. The afternoon we met, she’d cooked lunch for two of her siblings.

It is sad to reflect on what the passage of centuries has done to Bihar's cultural leadership of India, but a peek into its future offers little reassurance. What will be the likely effects of climate warming in such a vulnerable subtropical region? There is little consideration of this by India's central government.

Patna, Bihar where I was born and brought up, until we all pulled up our roots and moved to Toronto. I think ever since, at least subconsciously, I've been looking for a bit of Patna and moving towards my mental image of it, like a hungry tendril of ivy, seeking the sun.