Rats in dry Bihar have begun to drink so much that they might soon die of liver cirrhosis. And they are indiscreet and indiscriminate about it, making no distinction between desi and IMFL, beer and brandy. Officials are pretty sure this is happening. When 200 beer cans confiscated by police and kept in the storeroom …

A Bihar shelter home has turned into a house of horror as the survivors give testimonies of being drugged, starved and raped night after night. Girls between the ages of 7-18, many suffering from speech-impairment, have alleged that they were fed food mixed with sedatives, made to sleep naked and beaten mercilessly at the slightest sign of protest. The number …