NOW LET ME SHARE SOME TRIVIAS WITH YOU, 1)THERE ARE INDEED SOME PLACES IN BIHAR ,THAT ARE NOTORIOUSLY 'WORLD' FAMOUS.ONE SUCH PLACE IS BHAGALPUR. I BELONG TO THIS PLACE (THE PEOPLE HERE,AS I SEE THEM,ARE AS HUMBLE AS YOU FIND IN A PLACE LIKE KERALA).I STUDY IN COCHIN. SO ONCE AN OLD MAN IN COCHIN ASKED ABUOT MY NATIVE PLACE. I SAID BIHAR. HE LAUGHED AND CONTINUED "LALU HUH, THE RAIL MINISTER,NOW ALL BUFFALOS WILL TRAVEL IN TRAIN AND NOW NO TICKETS HA HA HA !!" ABOUT MY TOWN I SAID BHAGALPUR, HE BECAME CALM AND RECOLLECTED "THAT INFAMOUS EYE-BLINDING CASE". SAYING IT ,HE WALKED AWAY. 2) THEN THERE IS OTHER CASE TOO, FROM BHAGALPUR ONLY. A POLICE OFFICER OF SENIOR RANK WAS BURNT ALIVE IN HIS JEEP IN BROAD-DAY LIGHT IN THE TOWN , BY A MOB . THIS MOB WAS OF 'BUNKAR'(WHO MAKES CLOTH OUT OF SPINNING MILLS AND HAND MILLS) DEMANDING LEVERAGES IN THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS AND CONTINUATION OF THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY. THIS TOWN ( AND ITS PEOPLE) HAS ITS OWN WOES TO TELL OF ELECTRICITY. BOARD DID NOT SEND THE BILLS AND NOR THE 'UNRECEIVED' BILLS GOT PAID . AND NOW WHEN THEY DID SEND THE BILLS YEARS LATER IT COMES TO LAKHS FOR AN AVERAGE HOUSE-HOLD FOR THE ELECTRICITY WHICH HAVE BEEN (AND THEY ARE) FAR AND BETWEEN.
3) THEN YOU ALL KNOW BHAGALPUR RIOTS.COMMUNAL.
WHAT I FEEL IS THAT MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN STREETS OF TOWNS OF BIHAR ARE INDEED UNRULY. THIS CAN BE TRUE FOR U.P. AND SOME NORTH-INDIAN STATES. SOUTH INDIAN STATES LIKE KERALA HAS MORE POLITE AND HUMBLE PEOPLE. LAW AND ORDER IS UNDER CONTROL.(CRIME DENSITY IS HIGH AS THESE STATES LIKE KERALA AND PONDICHERRY ARE SMALL). HERE RICHES DON'T GET RANSOM CALLS , WOMEN-FOLK FEEL SAFER ,EVEN WITH THEIR GOLD ORNAMENTS ON. I LOVE BIHAR. ONLY THAT WE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE MISMANAGED. QUALITY MATTERS, BUT QUANTITY SHOULD NOT BE A HAMPER IN THE PATH OF PROGRESS. POPULATION IS A TURN-OFF IF IT IS MANAGED FOR EVIL (BY THE SELFISH RULER). THE POPULATION AT HOME SHOULD BE GIVEN EMPLOYMENT. SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO WRONG HANDS,GET TEMPTED INTO RANSOM BUSINESS OR GET INVOLVED IN FLY-BY-NIGHT NETWORKING COMPANY. NEITHER OF WHICH I GET TO SEE OR HEAR IN KERALA ( NOT EVEN SAHARA NOR MODICARE NOR AMWAY)...C'MON REST YOU ALL KNOW WHAT RULER SHOULD DO TO GENERATE EMPLOYMENT. 1ST, IMPROVE LAW AND ORDER. MAKE THINGS CONGENIAL TO INVITE COMPANIES (MNC'S AND IT SECTOR INCLUDED) INTO THE STATE. WITH IMPROVED LAW AND ORDER , AND BASIC AMENITIES THE BUSINESS-MEN WILL STAY BACK AND THE 'SETHS' WHO HAVE MIGRATED TO OTHER STATES WILL INDEED COME BACK. BY THE WAY ,DON'T YOU THINK THE BUSINESS MEN ARE THE MOST AFFECTED ONES IN BIHAR---------SO MUCH SO THAT THEY HAVE TO MIGRATE TO OTHER STATES. NOW, HOW IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL PRAISE THE BIHAR (THE DETERIORATING LAW AND ORDER OF WHICH FORCED THEM TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY, CLOSE DOWN FACTORY AND FLEE?). AND IF YOU ARE POOR, MIND YOU ,YOU WILL BE ALWAYS DISCRIMINATED.IF YOU ARE WEAK ,YOU WILL BE ALWAYS DISCRIMINATED .THE ABOVE TWO THINGS USUALLY APPLY EVERYWHERE.
SO THE REASONS (for why biharis are discriminated) ARE NOT THEM ,BUT WE. THANKS; YOURS TRULY, PRAKASH ANAND, B.TECH(3RD YEAR),CUSAT,KOCHI.
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