Noble
But unrealistic… - Ravish Kumar -
June 4, 2008
It
is a very good idea to say that
Bihar should have good job
opportunity for the bright &
talented people. However I find it
silly to think that all the students
of Bihar should go back to Bihar. It
is typical narrow mentality who
thinks Delhi is for Delhi'ites &
Mumbai is for Maharashtrians and so
forth. Hordes of people from other
states are working & doing business
in Bihar. Why can't Biharis work
elsewhere?
With the same logic do we conclude
that all the Indians who go for
studies and jobs to other countries
should return back to India? -
Mithilesh Kumar, Delmar, New York,
USA - June 4, 2008
That's a nice suggestion, Ms. Tyagi
Bihar govt has already begun
building infrastructure for people
in Bihar. It will take some time.
One can demolish a building quickly
than the time taken to build it. We
should have an IIT, AIIMS, IIM Model
managements institutes (Chandragupta
Institute of Management) very soon
which may further act as a catalyst
for further development. IT park,
textile park and fishery training is
being provided. The govt has
recently started help fruit exports
too. This is a welcome change for me
as a Bihari living outside Bihar.
Mr. Mithilesh, I don't think Ms.
Tyagi meant anything like Delhi is
for Delhi'tes or Mumbai for
Maharashtrians since she herself has
witnessed the talent of Bihar in her
classrooms. She must be bewildered,
how come this state is not at par
with other states having so much
talent? So Ms. Tyagi, jobs just
cannot be created by magic but an
environment has to be created for
generation of jobs.
And as far as migration is
concerned, no one is stopping anyone
to work anywhere in the country or
the globe.
I am sure we all will see a day when
people from other states would like
to be professors of Management
institutes in Bihar, IIT Bihar and
would like to work in organisations
in software technology parks in
Bihar.
I have seen the pace of development
on my recent visit to Bihar last
week. It's thrilling. - Amarendra
Kumar, Delhi - June 6, 2008
I
think this is very much possible,
provided people have the right
attitude. We are Indians or Biharis,
but we don't know why we are so. We
spend all our life worshipping
national anthem and national flag,
misdirected, without understanding
or believing in the concept of
India. Bihar and Jharkhand in spite
of all abundant resources - fertile
land, water, minerals have not been
able to see prosperity because we
are misguided. The past atrocities,
during colonial and pre-colonial
period, have left us wounded. We are
slowly recovering. - Manoj Kumar
- June 6, 2008
I
agree with the author, I think what
the author is trying to convey
message is that the people who are
hardworking and intelligent should
be given much opportunity inside the
state so that they can contribute
with their hard work in the
development of the state.
Indirectly the author has pointed
that environment should be created
in such a way that the brain drain
should not happen.
The idea is not to forbid people
going abroad and working in the
other place, the idea is retain the
talent for the development of state
by creating better opportunities in
the state. It does not demand that
all the people who went abroad
should return back, but most of them
can contribute their knowledge which
is gained in the development and
well being of fellow countrymen. -
Onkar Nath - June 7, 2008
This is a good suggestion and it is
not unrealistic. Somewhere a
beginning has to be made. If people
start dismissing such suggestions as
unrealistic, the goal may never be
reached. What is required first, is
a belief and a conviction that Bihar
has the capability to be one of the
best states in India and then try to
find ways through help from various
NGOs and other groups and
organizations how to improve the
internal conditions of this
immensely talented state. I think
the youth should come forward and
form their own community to advice
the government both at the central
level and at the state level.
I think Mrs. Tyagi is genuinely
concerned about improving the
condition of Bihar. Of course
everybody has a right to live, study
and work in any part of India. All I
am trying to say is that Mrs.
Tyagi's suggestion must not be taken
in bad taste. It would not be
correct to look for regionalism in
her suggestion. All the Indian
states are unique in their own ways
and there is a wide network of
inter-dependence which binds this
country together as a nation.
We are concerned about improving the
economic condition of this country
as a whole which will take time but
is not altogether impossible. Bihar
has a high potential. Its
development would take India one
step closer to becoming a developed
country. We need good strategies,
policies to make this suggestion
work. I would like to say, to those
people who have unnecessarily tried
to narrow mindedly look for the
regional aspect in this suggestion,
please keep regional bias out of
this debate. India is for Indians
and Mrs. Tyagi's suggestion is
brilliant. - Shruti Saxena Tyagi,
student, Miranda House, Delhi
University, India |
