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In
the last two-three decades, Bihar, once a well
known seat of learning and cultures attracting
the people of the world towards its varied
richness in various fields, has earned for it a
dark and bad name more because of, say, the
nefarious deeds of its people earning their
livelihood in other states, the economic
backwardness, caste-based cruel politics and
inactiveness of its people. All these factors
have led to inferiority complex in Biharis. What
a shame that even a few gentlemen (Biharis) shy
of calling themselves Biharis in a talk with
so-called educated people of other states.
While living in West Bengal for more than three
years what I have observed very closely is that
unlike Biharis, the people of other states feel
very proud of being the people of their
respective states. They never complain to anyone
against anything pertaining to their states.
What is more, they rather highlight their
qualitative features everywhere they live. But
we Biharis often talk ill of Bihar so much so
that we sometimes hide the fact that we are
Biharis. We are often led by inferiority
complex. I think that Bihar is defamed more
because of our own ill-propagation than all
other social, political, economical evils and
all other ills gripping Bihar ruthlessly. We
should understand that let alone states,
everyman is a mixture of good and bad. But what
we should do is highlight our goodness and hide
our evils. When we do this, goodness is sure to
dominate evils, which in due course will no
longer be in practice.
In short, let us all Biharis take a strong and
determined vow that from now onwards we won’t
express our grumbling at anything of Bihar. Nor
do we make any complaint to ‘outsiders’ against
its social, political and economical problems,
which are common more or less in almost all the
states of India. On the other hand, we must
cultivate the habit of highlighting various
qualities, past glory of Bihar. At the same time
we should develop civic sense, sense of
responsibility and positive attitude towards our
state and try to individually give contribution
in any way to the all-round prosperity of Bihar.
Like the citizens of other developed and
developing states, we should dispel the sense of
discrimination between he-child and she-child,
and be satisfied only with one child whether
girl or boy. We should ensure the child’s proper
education. We should never resort to the feeling
of casteism amongst us, never practice
caste-based politics.
Last but not the least, let’s all proclaim with
pride that we are the brave sons of Bihar which
has given light to others, even to the foreign
countries at the cost of darkness in its own
home. We have always been giver to the world. We
are not the people to be pitied on. Let’s dive
into the past glory and bring back the fragments
of honour for the sake of our mother state.
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Well, I don’t agree with what
Bhaskaranand Jha has stated in his
article (Nearer The Church Farther
The God). Just by disclosing the
qualities and past glory of Bihar in
other states, do you think that the
condition of Bihar will change
dramatically? Unless and until the
Govt. is active towards the
development of Bihar nothing is
going to change and mere shouting
about the qualities of Bihar is
useless as everyone knows what is
Bihar right now. So let's hope the
best from the present Govt. in Bihar
and this effort is only going to
make Biharis proud. - Priyanka
Sandhwar - May 13, 2006
Even in theory, I am not sure how
much will actually be accomplished
by the "fake it until you make it"
school of thought. If it works that
way, then after your death we will
build your statue right over the
middle of the Ganges river. In fact,
I think it will be far more damaging
to Bihar than our current insistence
to point out what is wrong here. If,
God forbid, we ever have communal
Violence, let's all say we had a
friendly match and we are
celebrating Holi. Implementing your
ideas, Bihar will have overnight
development and we can not only
compare Bihar to USA or Japan, but
we will have surpassed them, and we
will shoot directly to Mars or
Pluto. To play this kind of game
with words and images will do
nothing to enhance the development
of Bihar. To ignore the
accountability of our ministers and
elected officials only adds to the
problems.
There is nothing wrong with
embracing the good things in our
state: past and present. There is no
detriment to having dreams of a
brighter future for our people and
our state. These things are
necessary to forming a vision for
the development of Bihar, but they
are not the only requirements. In
order to formulate a plan and
execute it completely, we need to
know the reality of the situation as
it is presently, and the changes we
want to see. Acknowledgement is key
in any undertaking of this nature.
Good intentions and fanciful
thinking have been around forever,
but they only work miraculously in
stories intended for children. Real
life demands a solid base of reality
from which to work. Positive
movement requires planning, work and
sacrifice. - S. M. Khurshid Anwar,
New York, USA - May 14, 2006
In his article, writer has behaved
like Laloo Prasad Yadavji, who used
to say the same things when
delivering speech in rallies. I have
just one question, suppose we go to
other states with our heads high
(even with weak shoulders,
crumbling) and stand in front of
people from other states and start
yelling 'We are proud of being
Bihari'. If somebody asks, 'For what
you are proud of ..?', we would say
'we are proud of roads, crime,
electricity, politics, jobs...' and
we can easily see our head coming
down and bending our shoulders.
To be proud requires something to
support the neck so that the head
could stand still. We can always
curse media and politicians for
defaming Biharis but that is not
going to bring self-confidence to
Biharis. Something has to be done to
strengthen the economic and social
condition of Bihar, so that people
of other states start coming to us
for jobs. This move may change the
attitude of Non-Biharis towards
Biharis. When they earn here, and go
back to their native, safe and
secure, they would definitely sing
the praises of our native land and
things would change drastically.
What about starting IT industry
there??? - Ravish Kumar,
Hyderabad - May 15, 2006 |
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