The dust has settled in Bihar, and Nitish Kumar as the figurehead of the NDA alliance has taken the oath for the 10th time as chief minister. A largely familiar group of JD(U) and BJP MLAs and ministers have been sworn in, a cohort made up of strongmen, caste leaders, and those accused of serious corruption and crime. In what is India’s poorest state with a population of 13.5 crore, a majority of whom are young, the election result of November 14 was an emphatic declaration of the people&rs