Till date ‘Litti’ remains a regional cuisine of Bihar. But do you know that freshly-baked Litti is a real treat ! Make it and share the taste of this Bihari delicacy this season, or do we have to wait for McDonald’s to start making McLittis to take it across the world !!! Continue reading
When a journalist is killed in Mumbai, India erupts — mostly ‘me too’ voice pushers. My condolences to the family of the fellow journalist. Though, it is not the first killing in Mumbai. Condolences also to the families of the four protesting villagers who fell to 15 bullets in Bihar. To my utter shock, a 7-month-old & a pregnant woman are among the victims. O Gosh! No one remains in the family of a Gujarati villager to accept my condolences as all have died of HIV, humiliation, ostracisation, loneliness & hunger. Then, whom should I send my condolences to? Continue reading
What Melinda Gates thinks of quacks? Has she decided to work for healthcare in India and to get the quacks recognized as lawful doctors? Yes, she says they are in fact entrepreneurs. She was in Bihar last month and she writes that… Continue reading
Nitish has to create a vibrant and dynamic state which shall make the Biharis all proud. He has to create a Bihar where being called a Bihari will be a matter of pride. He has to ensure that being a Bihari henceforth will be a matter of maan (pride) and not apmaan (shame). Continue reading
Projections suggest Lalu’s imminent rout and there are no reasons to disagree. Apart from what all have been written in the press, I prefer to list just five points which I believe will mar his chances: Continue reading
It is travesty of democracy that all the leaders eying the chief ministerial chair in Bihar are safely placed either in the state legislature or in the central legislature. While Nitish is a member of Bihar Legislative Council where his term ends in 2012, his arch rivals and chief ministerial aspirants Lalu and Ramvilas are Members of Parliament. Continue reading
There is no likelihood of Congress getting even double figures, Lalu’s alliance partner LJP’s Ramvilas Paswan who just five years ago wanted to clean up the “accummulated garbage of RJD rule in Bihar” may also bite the dust in a row. Any other party including the Communists have no stake in the state. Even BJP for that matter cannot dream of power without their alliance partner JD (U). Continue reading
Both Lalu and Ramvilas are Members of Parliament but they can be seen breathing Bihar in and out, all day in the run up to the elections. I asked one of Lalu cadres, “Why your leader is always in Delhi?” To which he replied in frustration: “Sab satyanaash kar rahey hain. (He is ruining the party.)” But Lalu claims his ‘Rashtriya Janata Dal’ is ‘Reformed Janata Dal’, now. Continue reading
As the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar has built long-delayed bridges, re-laid roads that had ceased to exist, ensured that teachers and doctors work in their respective centres, and kept crime under control. As a result, his development agenda made waves in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls. Now, the great Bihar change-maker is … Continue reading
I am just back to Delhi after visiting my home town Muzaffarpur in Bihar, where my brother Pankaj gifted me a set of Microsoft Keyboard and Optical Mouse. The casing of the desktop set impressed me a lot and today, when I connected the new hardware to my PC, I was thrilled. As I write … Continue reading
