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Ahead of Bihar Election results, watch special edition of #WritingsOnTheWall where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta shares his thoughts from his recent travels across the state & what he read on the state’s wall. He also explains how Bihar has changed in the last 20 years, and the Prashant Kishor factor.

Two Pakistan Supreme Court judges - Justices Mansoor Ali Shah & Athar Minallah resigned within hours of the controversial 27th Amendment being passed and signed into law by Pakistan President. In Episode 1756 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how this amendment shifts the power centre, takes away the independence of judiciary and alters the equation between judiciary & the executive. ----more----Watch #CutTheClutter Ep 1755 here: https://youtu.be/afcBPtdtCLk----more----Watch CutTheClutter episode no 1522 here: https://youtu.be/Ku0Jhstm23M----more----Read Pakistan's Final Constitutional Amendment here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1953890/funeral-of-judicial-independence-how-proposed-constitutional-changes-affect-structure-of-pakistans-judiciary----more----Reed Zahid Hussain's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954621/killing-the-constitution----more----Read Maleeha Lodhi's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954232/slide-into-authoritarianism----more----Watch Shamshad Mirza's CutTheClutter episode here: https://youtu.be/xAtVjmoL98A

Bihar has voted and elections result will be out tomorrow. Before the verdict, ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta revisits the 2014 #WritingsOnTheWall which predicted downturn in Nitish Kumar's electoral fortunes in Lok Sabha elections & how the fight was for or against Modi. He had also described how Biharis got a new sense of pride, and the growth story of rural Bihar. Stirrings in a Hopeless Land 26 February 2005 https://theprint.in/opinion/writings-on-the-wall/stirrings-in-a-hopeless-land/472370/ Glimmer in heart of darkness 19 November, 2005 https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/glimmer-in-heart-of-darkness-2/544364/ A mandate for Nitish Hope Kumar 22 November, 2010 https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/a-mandate-for-nitish-hope-kumar/544132/ When lonely Lalu misses gentleman Sonia,and a Muslim calls Nitish 'sher ka bachcha' 23 November, 2010 https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/when-lonely-lalu-misses-gentleman-sonia-and-a-muslim-calls-nitish-sher-ka-bachcha/544130/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bihar isn’t ‘ruined’ by agri reform. This ‘branded underwear theory’ from 2010 shows why November 2010 https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/bihar-isnt-ruined-by-agri-reform-this-branded-underwear-theory-from-2010-shows-why/564396/ Huggies diapers in Vaishali, Muslim-Dalit IIT-Jee coalition 7 May 2014 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/writings-on-the-wall-huggies-diapers-in-vaishali-muslim-dalit-iit-jee-coalition/ Gen Gana Mana of Youth 7 November 2015 https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/gen-gana-mana-of-youth/544361/ https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/writings-on-the-wall-huggies-diapers-in-vaishali-muslim-dalit-iit-jee-coalition/543990/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8

Voting is underway on Pakistan's 27th Constitutional Amendment bill in the National Assembly. The Amendment to Constitution will make Asim Munir Field Marshal for life, the chief of all defence forces- including Pakistan Navy & Air Force, and give him President-like immunity from prosecution. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the changes, and the sighnifcance of the 27th Amendment. #CutTheClutter Episode 1755 also looks at previous instances when Pakistan's Constitution has been amended.----more----Reed Zahid Hussain's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954621/killing-the-constitution----more----Read Maleeha Lodhi's article here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1954232/slide-into-authoritarianism----more----Watch Shamshad Mirza's CutTheClutter episode here: https://youtu.be/xAtVjmoL98A

A blast near Red Fort on Monday has claimed 12 lives and several others have been injured. In episode 1754 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what investigation into the Delhi terror attack has revealed so far, how it is linked to the arrest of Doctors, an inter-state terror module & posters supporting JeM in Kashmir. ThePrint National Security Editor Praveen Swami joins in.