Category Archives: bihar

From the Best and the Worst States

Posted on September 29, 2007 by indra

At the recent fifth State of the States conclave of India Today, ten chief ministers, one deputy chief minister and ministers from three states debated the causes of rising inequality and the need to push inclusive growth. INDIA TODAY Editor-in-Chief … Continue reading →

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A Condolence for an Ordinarily Great Person

Posted on August 18, 2007 by indra

I wrote about Dasarath Manjhi of Bihar who became an icon in Bihar. A group of young men from Bihar published a book ‘Bihar ka Gaurav’ that has a large number of the great sons of Bihar. The book started … Continue reading →

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Nalanda International University and Politics

Posted on August 7, 2007 by indra

Why do some people see only the darker side of any endevour to create a great thing? Why do they start having suspicion about the good intentions of some who can dream, take lessons from the failures in past and … Continue reading →

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Mauritius and Bihar CM

Posted on August 2, 2007 by indra

With mention of Mauritius, I get reminded of my grandfather. He was the first who got me introduced to some Mauritian medical students. They were studying in Calcutta Medical College when I was in Presidency College for my Intermediate Science. … Continue reading →

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Bihar too can boom

Posted on July 29, 2007 by indra

Every day, without fail, I go to few websites related to Bihar at least once if not more times: patnadaily.com, bihartimes.com, and Bihar government websites to know about the news related to Bihar. Unfortunately, no national newspapers provide e-paper of … Continue reading →

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An Appeal to CM, Bihar

Posted on July 10, 2007 by indra

I went through some reports about the conflicts and sent an appeal to Bihar’s CM. Dear Nitishji, A report regarding the conflict between your government and the central ministers are cause of concerns of many well-wishers of Bihar, who live … Continue reading →

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Nalanda International University- India’s Prized Project

Posted on June 21, 2007 by indra

I had been following the project of Nalanda international University closely and have some dreams about that. I have written too time and again. I was thrilled to see an editorial-‘Nalanda Redux’ in the ‘Times of India’ today. The Nitish … Continue reading →

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A Death, Some Lessons, Some Questions

Posted on May 18, 2007 by indra

This story may not be of any use to Nitish Kumar, neither it is intended for him. But the story of late Manju Sinha is worth pondering over by all those who like and relish to get themselves branded as … Continue reading →

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Kuer Singh or Kunwar Singh? The Unsung Hero of 1857

Posted on May 14, 2007 by indra

I don’t know which one of the two spellings- Kuer Singh and Kunwar Singh used for the Great hero of Uprising of 1857 are correct. Perhaps, as much as I know it should be the later. It was my teacher … Continue reading →

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Nalanda: Ever Exciting

Posted on May 3, 2007 by indra

Nalanda is the symbol of the knowledge focus of Indian cultural history and a place of national pride. Its history proves that India had been attracting the intellectuals of many countries who wished to get updated with the latest in … Continue reading →

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