As Bihar braces for a high-stakes assembly election later this year, the winds of political change seem to be blowing stronger than ever, not in party offices or caste panchayats, but in coaching centers, railway queues, and migrant buses. The battle lines are no longer drawn solely along traditional caste equations, but increasingly around issues like unemployment, migration, and unfulfilled promises. At the center of this churn stands Bihar’s restless, ambitious youth.
