Being Bihari

HAS THE word ‘Bihari’ become a sin in rest of the country, particularly in north India? When Marathi, Gujarati, Tamilian and others don’t feel bad with such ‘tags’ why do people from Bihar living outside the state feel humiliated when they hear it?

Is being Bihari really a sin? Why do Bihari people constitute the major share in Delhi’s population? Why do they go to other states and Gulf countries to earn their livelihoods? People of other states know Bihar more for dons and mafia like Shahabuddin and Surajbhan Singh.
One could easily blame Laloo’s Rashtriya Janta Dal government, which ruled Bihar for more than 15 years, for the total collapse of infrastructure in the state. Educational backwardness, poverty, illiteracy are some key factors that added fuel to fire and people started migrating to other states for a better life. Bihar, where the great seats of learning Takshashila and Nalanda (first open universities in India) had once attracted students from every nook and corner of the world, has no any national level educational institution at present. The existing ones are on the verge of collapse.
The scenario has now become worst because almost all the leading institutions lacked even the basic infrastructure and faculties. The Science College of Patna University, once rated as one of the most glorious institutions of India, has allegedly become the breeding ground of criminal elements and student politics. Serious students prefer to go to Delhi, Mumbai and Banglore for higher education.
None of the corporate houses have shown any interest for establishing industrial units in Bihar because of the lack of infrastructure, corruption and deplorable law and order.
The present Nitish Kumar government has started taking some steps to put the state on the road of development but still the government has a long way to go to build confidence in people of the state and investors as well.
We might just hope for the best!


Source:::(merinews.com)