Table of Contents How to connect with the fellow Biharis :............................................................................................... 2 Want to contribute to this magazine ................................................................................................. 2 Want to advertise in this magazine .................................................................................................. 2 Editorial Board ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Bihar My Mother Land ........................................................................................................................ 4 Do you speak Bihari? ......................................................................................................................... 5 Saas and bahu: the eternal struggle ................................................................................................ 7 Bihar Development Trust ................................................................................................................. 10 Much Needed Change and Development in Bihar, necessary to avoid revolution ................ 12 Mithilanchal: - One more proposed division of Bihar ................................................................... 13 "...".. .................................................................................................................................... 14 Book Review ‗The Plain Truth‖ by N.K.Singh ............................................................................... 19 A tale a tale story of the rampant corruption in the Civil Services ............................................. 19 The Curious Case of Bihari Cuisine: Part 1 .................................................................................. 19 Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar': Whose Pen Literally Burnt the Page ................................................. 25 ............................................................................................................................. 26 Chasing a Mirage .............................................................................................................................. 27 I am Death .......................................................................................................................................... 28 .................................................................................................................................. 28 Love's Journey by Rashmi Singh ................................................................................................... 30 The Concept of a Nation .................................................................................................................. 31
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1. Table of ContentsHow to connect with the fellow Biharis
:...............................................................................................
2Want to contribute to this magazine
.................................................................................................
2Want to advertise in this magazine
..................................................................................................
2Editorial Board
.....................................................................................................................................
2Bihar My Mother Land
........................................................................................................................
4Do you speak Bihari?
.........................................................................................................................
5Saas and bahu: the eternal struggle
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7Bihar Development Trust
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10Much Needed Change and Development in Bihar, necessary to avoid
revolution ................ 12Mithilanchal: - One more proposed
division of Bihar
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13" ..."..
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14Book Review The Plain Truth by N.K.Singh
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19A tale a tale story of the rampant corruption in the Civil
Services ............................................. 19The
Curious Case of Bihari Cuisine: Part 1
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19Ramdhari Singh Dinkar: Whose Pen Literally Burnt the Page
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25.............................................................................................................................
26Chasing a Mirage
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27I am Death
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28..................................................................................................................................
28Loves Journey by Rashmi Singh
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30The Concept of a Nation
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3. Bihar Next Education Hub of
India-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In
few Upcoming years Bihar will be the next Schools also called Zila
Schools in the State. Stateeducation Hub of India.Every year lacks
of Biharischools areaffiliated withBiharSchoolstudent Migrate to
Bihar for his Fulfillment ofExamination Board.Education Need. Many
of the Bihari studentmigrated to Maharashatra,Delhi, Karanataka and
Now a days there are also good number ofetc.If we look at our
ancient history Bihar provided schools affiliated with Central
Board of Secondaryeducation to all over world.Looking at the
history ofEducation (CBSE) and Council for Indian SchoolAncient
education System in Bihar. Certificate Examination (CICSE). These
schoolsHistoryinclude Convent Schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas,In the
ancient past Bihar was a major center ofand Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalayas. In the postlearning, teaching and research. There were
twoliberalization era the number of private schools,world-renowned
universities i.e. the Nalanda including school-chains and
Missionary SchoolsUniversity and the Vikramshila University. The
run by Christian Missionaries as well as Madrasas,Nalanda
University was famed for providing or schools run by Muslim clerics
has increased.education in Political Science and Economics,The
school-chains and Missionary Schools run bywhile Vikramshila known
for education in Tantra. Christian Missionaries are considered as
some ofUnfortunately in medieval period this system ofthe best
schools in the state.education destroyed by invading armies.
LaterBritish ruled the country and the area remainneglected.It was
the later part of British rule in India whenBihar saw some revival
in education as the Britishestablished a University at Patna and
some otherinstitutes for higher education, like ScienceCollege,
Patna, Prince of Wales Medical College(Now Patna Medical College
and Hospital), andBihar Engineering College (Now National
Instituteof Technology, Patna). However educationalgrowth in the
state did not stepped up further aspost independence leaders from
Bihar failed inestablishing educational institutions in the
state.Present ScenarioThere is a huge gap in demand and supply
ofeducation in the state. This is the reason thestudents are
migrating from the state for receivingeducation. There is good
percentage of pupilsstudying in institutes of highereducation in
otherstates like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),Indian
Institutes of Management (IIIMs), All IndiaInstitute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), etc.The schooling system in Bihar is same as it
was For providing higher education Bihar has manyduring British
rule. State government administersuniversities and colleges like
Patna University,state schools in Bihar. There is system of
DistrictNational Institute of Technology, Indira Gandhi Institute
of Medical Sciences and many others.
4. Range of coursestaught likesciences, Indian civilization.
Nalanda was a centre ofengineering, law, medicine, mass
communication learning established by the 5th century CE inetc.
Bihar.The literacy rate in Bihar is low as there is huge Among all
Indian states, Bihar is the one mostgap between demand and supply
for schooleducation as well as higher education. The state
intimately linked to the Buddhas life, resulting in arequires more
number of schools and institutes for trail of pilgrimages which
have come to be knownhigher education. The Indian Institute ofas
the Buddhist circuit. The Buddhist trail begins atTechnology and
Nalanda University will soon beset up. With these institutions
coming up it isthe capital city, Patna, where a noteworthyexpected
that the literacy rate will be higher than it museum contains a
collection of Hindu andis at present as they will also attract many
other Buddhist sculptures as well as a terracotta urneducational
institutions to set up their branches in said to contain the ashes
of Lord Buddha.the state.Literacy Rate of Bihar from 1951 to 2001:-
The Buddha spent five years at Rajgir after having attained
enlightenment, and many of the remains at Rajgir commemorate
various incidents related to life of Buddha, the hill of
Gridhrakuta being perhaps the most important, as this is where the
Buddha delivered most of his sermons. Bodhgaya is the spot where
Lord Buddhaattained enlightenment,withthe Mahabodhi Temple marking
the precise location.Bihar My Mother LandBIHAR is the name derived
from the ancient wordToday Bihar rising in all aspect , Todays
Bihar is"VIHARA" , It is indeed a land of monasteries. the best
place for entrepreneurs , business manHindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim
and Sikh shrines for businesses in India both as an
investmentabound in this ancient land where Indias firstdestination
and untapped market potential ,Theremajor empires rose and fell.
Where the ruins of theis huge potentialand boundless
opportunitiesworlds earliest university slumbers in the void
ofacross many sectors including infrastructuretime. The passage of
Ganga, flowing wide and ,Education ,Healthcare , Telecommunication
,deep enrich the plains of Bihar before distributingAgriculture ,
Energy , information technology (IT),in Bengals deltoid zone.Food
production and Tourism..... .Ancient Bihar (which consisted of Anga
(East In my last visit of patna , i was there one month ,Bihar),
Videha (North Bihar), Magadha (South now i am sure in next five
years Patna is going toBihar) and Vaishali (North Bihar)) was a
center of achieve Metro status ,and Bihar is going to bepower,
learning and culture in ancient and number one state growth wise ,
because of lot ofclassical India. other advantage , its is next
best destination for ITFrom Magadha arose Indias first greatest
empire,Company , again i am sure by 2014 Patna is nextthe Maurya
empire as well as one of the worldsIT hub IN India .mostwidely
adhered-toreligions, Buddhism. Now this is time of for us ..we need
to unite forMagadha empires, notably under the Maurya andour mother
land , state development , we need toGupta dynasties, unified large
parts of South Asia contribute our talent ,our efforts , need to
dounder a central rule. Its capital Patna, earlier something great
and outstanding for our motherknown as Pataliputra, was an
important center of land .
5. Please awake up ...rise ..come and join and be the
"BIHAR."Now Bihar Govt. and "BIHARI" people isactive part of Growth
of our Mother Land ready to bring Bihar on world MAP. Author :
Binay YadavDo you speak
Bihari?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bajjika.. i am able to differentiate the sound of it.."So do you
speak Bihari at home?"the tonality.. the words.. the specific
districts whereMore than often we are stumped by this question. it
gets spoken. I am not able to imagine "Bihari inAm sure, most of
the fellow Biharis never knew thesame light.that there is a certain
language called Biharibefore they left Bihar. No parents told us
this... noIs it Hindi: Thats what i always thought of.. .. so
Ischool book taught us. would stick to it. But yes it is surely
different from Hindi that is spoken in the mainland in variousMy
answer to that question was always aways..big No.No, because i
never knew what Biharilanguage meant. What we speak at home is
HindiFor e.g.and thats the only language i am familiar with, i 1)
the way we speak... so we love strectching theknow of andi
speak.word ()For long I defended that there is no such language 2)
We know the distinction between ,called Bihari.. We have Bhojpuri,
Angika, Magahi,, and theoretically...Andwe alsoBajjika and Maithili
as dialects of Hindi in Bihar but sayand instead of badiand
chotinothing as such which would be referred and matra...(
Something that seems to be absent inrecognised as Bihari. other
region) but mess up with the pronunciation. So Sheela would become
sila...( or silwa) silsilaHowever, lately if posed with the same
question, would become shilshila.. We also mix andmy answer has
been in affirmative...and primarly. So is and is .because of love
for the place.Alright, so back to the same question. 3) We might be
excellent with our Hindi vyakaran and adept at all those,, etWhat
is Bihari language? al or but we mess up with gender. So though we
know that dahi is khatta (grammatically)a) Is it a different
language? but in practice when we are speaking then well say, ....
I think we are fondb) Is it a Hindi dialect?of using masculine
gender for most of the things. Although the interesting thing is
that while writing,c) Or is it Hindi? our sentence construction is
correct. So in our essays we would write Is it a different
language: Am not a linguist but i .would still want to believe that
Bihari is not alanguage. It has devnagri script.. it has Hindi4) We
dont like saying things straight. When wasgrammar.. It doesnt have
its own script andthe last time your name got pronounced as is.
Wevyakaran.. so surely not a different languagelove suffixing. so
Nina becomes Ninwa... rohit would become rohitwa.. ruchi would
becomeIs it a Hindi Dialect: Not sure as how one would ruchiya..
khao would become khaiyebe.. nahaodefine dialect as? If i look at
other 5 Biharwould become nahaiyebe.. andhera would bedialects-
Magahi, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Angika and andheriya and so on.. so
each of the Hindi word
6. would have its suffix according to what suits
thepronunciation...sosuffixing accordingtoSugga eats boont and
sings sita ram sita ramconvenience is one of the intrinsic
characteristic Mummywouldmakeof Bihari Hindi.nenua and kadima ka
tarkari todayOneis ektho.. two isdoo go You sit on a peedha and5)
Then we dont even like answering straight. Youwhen your eyes water
when you cut the onion thenask a question and you get another
question as an thats jhons lagnaanswer. When somebodyis screeching
thenheis chichiyarahaYou gotoQuestion: ?school Bhihane
(Morning).Kapda feechna isAnswer: ?washing clothes Okta jaana ( not
ukta) is gettingbored. When you are stubborn then you6) Fetish for
affirmation: Like my friend Ejaz rightlyare thetharsays that after
every two sentence you would endJonk ( earthworm) is jhonkti.. and
mitti ka cupup saying- " " :-)(kulhar) is kaptee or cuptea :-)Butru
kaan raha ( the kid id crying)7) The use of , instead of
andBartuhar or Kutumb are coming home to see the . I have actually
always wondered about girl and even if they like her they would ask
forusage of hum in Bihar particularly. to me is an grand tillak.
Door is Kiwad and chouraha isurdu word so i would understand its
wide usage inchaubatiyaawadh belt but Hindi in Bihar does not have
UrduSamosa is Singhara, chahe baliya ho ya
Aarainfluence.Neverunderstood howhum gotGulab jamun is kala
rasgulla and if you have sorecalibrated with Bihars Hindi throat
then do susum paani ka kulla Desi daruis taadi while the meetha
sugarcane is ketari8) As my sister sushmita says, Bihari Hindi
exudesCut the kasaili with a Sarauta ( betel nut cutter)respect for
one and everyone. So we sayand the tarkariona hasua( not ) instead
of. used as aEat boont ka saag garnished with mirch and telthat
should be Karuwa ( mustard oil). You go toprefix for lot of words
to suggest respect like:, ...etc... maidan with a lota and if you
spot a big blackant, then thatsa khota9) Then we have super rich
vocabulary which onlyGoto kansaar for bhunja bhunjaneBiharis would
understand. And well, it extendsWhen you get lost then thats
bhutlaanabeyond the popularly known burbak and baklolPolythene bags
are Panni and hard board wouldbekootI have been trying to recollect
the words which youGaach would be tree and fawa is free :-get to
hear in Bihar only..)Kheechad is "Kaado" while hibiscus is
"arhul"Handbag isjhola andyou storewater inSpontaneous ones.. :-)a
"ghaila".So you make bhaat in tokna and eat in a chipli.Mirch
isMarchai while chai is still a chaiTarkari is made in kadhahiya
with the helpYou jamao the dahi in matkuri while the kacchaof
cholni. You take out daal from the tokna withaam is Tikola and if
theres a hailstorm thenthe help of dabbu. Roti is rolled on a
chokla withthats called oola Ribbon is feeta and teekhathe help of
belnais teeta You chilo chimdi on your kotha inThe sisa ka sisi
(glass bottle) has got a thepijaadey ka mausam and if the milk is
lukewarmYou see your face in an Ena ( Not Aaina)then its called
susum, Bindi is tikli and a goldYou wipe your gor with a
ghamchichain is a sikdi, Mattress is tosak you wrapSugga (parrot)
has a laal lol.yourself in oodhna. Your head is kapar while a
7. tattoo would be Godna. Wife is kaniyan andmy vocabulary.
(Sorry.. bhocabulary.. thats theJeth is bhaisur Jethani is gotni..
while a sasur way we would pronounce it)remains a sasur. Biha-
saadi ( vivah- shaadi)is the biggest celebration and if you didnt
serve Anyways, the point is not to create the shabkoshBuniya
kaladdu thenthats quiteanbut just to establish that Bihari has a
distinctembarrassment. shabd-kosh.... that the way we speak is
slightly different.. that we have used all our freedom toTo see is
laukna... and to to slip is sasarna andmake it flexible... But at
the end of the day it isIf you blink then thats matki marna and if
youHINDI.limp then thats lengrana ( not langarana).?Ok.ok ok...The
list can only get longer... as i am By Richa Raiwriting this, am
actually being able to think of somany words which had almost
become absent inSaas and bahu: the eternal
struggle-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the household affairs till the bride (bahu) arrives.An exceprts
from the book: Bhojpuri Kahawaten-Before the marriage, the
mother-in-law is theEk Sanskritik Adhayan written by late
Satyadevhousewife- and the boss. And she genuinelyOjha and the
Bhojpuri transcript from the book believes that she has the rights
to meddle into allproduced hereunder is translated by his sonthe
affairs within the family.Santosh Ojha. The saas feels threatened
by the entry of the bahu so she wants to dominate her (the bahu)
and underscore her powers. A smart bahu slowly works her way to a
status so that her voice is heard within the family. She exerts her
personality and challenges the unbridled powers of the saas. In the
olden days of child-marriage a saas could easily establish her
influence on the family; since the age of the bahu has begun
getting higher this too has gone. The bahu would no longer meekly
subject herself to torture and let her saas control her life. The
bahu is ready to raise her voice against her tyrannical saas. There
are many Bhojpuri kahavatein dealing with this changing equation.
@@@The relationship between two women in a family isAny mother is
keen to see her son married.between a mother and her daughter,
sister and(A bahu is critical to the extension of the familysister,
sisters-in law (nanad-bhabhi), daughters-in- tree). Her anxiety
grows when her son becomeslaw and mothers-in-law (saas-bahu). But
theolder. Many-a-time, the matrimonial proposal mayrelationship
between the mother-in-law (saas) andeven break down when the
enemies of thethe daughter-in-law (bahu) attains importance
forgrooms family create obstructions. The older thethe
power-struggle in encapsulates, the power forson, the more
suspicious is the prospective bridesthe upper hand in the affairs
of the family. Not family. So, when the son does get married, it
issurprisingly we find more kahavatein on this natural for his
mother to rejoice as in therelationship. The role of the saas is
paramount in following kahavat:
8. ,He is away, and I am free to go wherever I wish,And she is
off to her mothers place; and I can eat.whatever I want.Having a
son is lucky,But the saas returns and does what she istraditionally
expected to do, trouble and tortureHaving a daughter-in-law is
fortuitous! her bahu:And, when the bahu enters the household,,the
saas does not relinquish her powers to thenew bahu. To the
contrary, she gets even more.attached to them.My saas feels a surge
of affection for me, ,And she singes my cheeks with glowing
embers.Saas regularly criticizes even the tiniest ofmistakes of the
bahu and makes frequentAll saas are pious,sarcastic remarks. The
bahu does not find thesefunny at all and she starts retaliating.All
bahus are sinners.The saas believes there really is no point in
givingany rights to such useless bahus, even in thetiniest affairs
of the household: , , A manipulated lamp-wick,Or a criticized bahu,
-.Both are counter-productive.Respect your bahu, yes,@@@@But why
let her touch the domestic vessels?The bahu starts feeding her
husband with real and The saas showsher miserly attitude toimagined
tales hersaas tortures. And, over athe bahu as mentioned in the
kahavat: period of time, with such stories she is able toinfluence
her husband enough for him to develop , hatred towards his mother.
The mother senses thisand laments: ,. ,In an outpouring of
affection says the saas, Dig a little cavity into your litti, I
will fill it up withmattha (butter-milk)I nourished my son, he was
my own,In the days of yore it was rather common in The bahu arrives
and cuts me off from my own.households to serve the best portions
of the mealto the men of the family and the dregs to the bahu. The
animosity intensifies and the saas isNo wonder the bahu would feel
liberated when herdevastated. Once when her son was
unmarriedhusband and saas were away: she longed for a bahu and now
she can not standher., - , , , - .
9. Let a bahu come, let a bahu go; do I care? My body burns
when I see the bahu. -The bahu keeps consolidating her position
with herhusband who has now clearly turned anti-mother. The
bed-clothes of saasShe now feels emboldened to start treatingher
saas badly as said in this picturesque kahavat: Serves as the
foot-wiper of the bahu Thebreak betweenthe bahu and saas
ispoignantly captured in the following kahavat. , , , Saas dies
today,My cultured bahu, since she has come, Cries tomorrow, the
bahu.Serves food from a two-spouted vessel.The bahu was never happy
with the treatmentmeted by her saas, right from the
beginning.Though there were some moments (especiallyFrom one spout
she pours buttermilkwhen the saas helped out with the chores
whenthe bahu was in the family way) when the bahu feltAnd amrit
from the other, some emotional attachment to hersaas. Hencethe bahu
weeps a bit, albeit a day late.The old lady gets the sour
buttermilk@@@@While she serves amrit to her man.The relationship
between the two women@@@@deteriorates perhaps due to the lack
ofunderstanding between thetwofemaleThe bahu tries to dominate her
saas by all meansprotagonists. Perhaps the saas should reconcile
tofair and foul. She even threatens:the fact that one day, over
time, the bahu will beruling the roost in the family. Why not
reconcile tothis situation early on? , I will scream my lungs off,
Enough for saas to vanish.Neither a well-fed son, nor a thieving
bahu,@@@@Carry the family gains away.Sure enough, the bahu starts
dominating the Santosh Ojhahousehold. She rules the roost even as
she takesoff on her saas ever so often:
10. Bihar Development
Trust-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrity and Discipline. It has an outreach of 6000 families and
employee strength of 40.Bihar Development Trust has been founded
onBihar Development Trust is operating in Patna,March 26, 2007 by
management professionals Bhagalpur and Aurangabad Districts of
Bihar.from IRMA (Institute of Rural Management,Microfinance program
provides credit andANAND) with a belief that professionally
qualified insurance services and promotes savings andyouth should
come back to Bihar and turn financial literacy among women members.
BDTentrepreneur to provide employment in their native has disbursed
more than 5000 loans to womenstate. The feeling was that Bihar
Developmentborrowers with more than Rs.500 lakhs till dateTrust
should act as an honest platform for with a repayment rate of 99.5%
over last threereceiving support from Bihari and people who
feelyear. It has an outstanding of over Rs. 150 Lakhstrongly about
the development of Bihar. Over thewith around 3000 active
borrowers. Tasar Silklast three year, It is emerging as a platform
for theLivelihood Program has organized 20 weavers inyouth who are
passionate about Bihar to create Lodipur in form of Mutual Benefit
Trust. It has beenand provide employment & services to benefit
working with two more weavers clusters with anmillions of people in
Bihar. It is striving to to breakoutreach of 100-200 weavers with
sales aroundthe scale barrier of non-profit sector. It has aimed
Rs. 50 Lakh.to demonstrate that professionals can turnentrepreneur
in Bihar and catalyze the growth ofeconomic activity with the help
of poor peoplewhich has been achieved to certain extent.
BiharDevelopment Trust is an idea to adapt GRAMEENand AMUL model to
Bihar context and in differentsectors (manufacturing as well as
services) supported by most efficient technologies. It hasadopted a
value chain approach for eachlivelihood initiatives. Its vision is
to make Biharmost developed state of India in next 20 years.
Itsmission is to build a US$20 billion enterprise inBihar by 2020
in areas of opportunities likemicrofinance, handloom and
handicrafts, fruits andvegetable, Agricultural commodities, health
careand education, powerandThe Lodipur Bunkar Trust has been given
share inBPO(animation,graphics etc),carbon trading and the
marketing company. It has provided drinkingtourism etc with an
outreach of 10 million families. water facility, constructed
drainage and cementedIts core values are Ttransparency, Honesty,
Faith,
11. the work place of weavers and conducted designworkshop with
designers from NIFT, NID etc todevelop contemporary designs
.Rickshaw Sanghprogram enables cycle rickshaw drivers to
ownrickshaws by accessing formal credit, repaidthrough easy
installments. BDT has partnered withAmerican India Foundation to
implement thisprogram in Bhagalpur. Bihar Development Trust has
been founded by Dr. Ravi Chandra and Mr. Dev Kumar Dubey on March
26, 2007. They have studied together inBDT is providing the
rickshaw puller a new built Institute of Rural Management Anand
(IRMA) during 2004-2006.rickshaw, identity card, municipal license,
health,medical, asset and life insurance. Dr. Ravi Chandra has
graduated as dental surgeon from Manipal University in 2003. He has
worked with Foundation of Ecological Security as Community
Mobilizer before joining IRMA in 2004. He got rich management
experience while working in different kind of organization and
situations in small span of 11 months. His role in BDT is
networking, fund raising, external communication, strategizing,
designing and starting new programs besides documentary, legal and
financial compliance to various statutory bodies and donor
agencies. He is good at networking, planning, training,
communicating etc and in data management, documentation etc.BDT has
improved the livelihood of 100 rickshawMr. Dev Kumar Dubey had
worked in Employeepuller under this program in Bhagalpur. Farmer
Provident Fund (EPF) under Ministry of Labour as Account Officer
during 1998-2004. He joined IRMALivelihood Program is providing
services like in 2004 after quitting his job. He did not
joinedInstitution building, input supply at fair price, Agri SKS
Microfinance from where he got an offerExtension services, market
linkages, Credit to during campus placement. He spent one
yearfarmers at the doorstep to improve their earnings. working with
NGOs in Bhagalpur working in SHG-BDT has an outreach of 500-700
farmers and Bank Linkage program besides exploringmore than 20
farmer clubs have been formed inopportunities in social
entrepreneurship. His role inAurangabad District. Bamboo Based
Livelihood BDT is day to day operations management, providing
guidance to team members of variousProgram is providing micro
credit and market programmes, meeting government officials,linkage
assistance to 50 farmers to promoteensuring proper implementation
of programmes &bamboo cultivation & employment to 200
women.utilization of funds, maintaining internal controlNABARD
supported manufacturing center in systems etc. He provides
strategic inputs fromKahalgaon area of Bhagalpur District has been
setground while the development programmes areup.designed by Dr.
Ravi Chandra Mr. Diwakar Vats joined Bihar Development Trust in
2008 after quitting his corporate job in DLF Group Company. He has
done his post graduate diploma in businessmanagement from
International Management Institute, New Delhi in 2007. He is
helping both of them in planning and strategy while in running day
to day operations at Patna and doing local networking.
12. Much Needed Change and Development in Bihar, necessary
toavoid
revolution-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The
question is, when our politicians andThis job shall not take more
than one/two year/s. Ibureaucrats shall began thinking as a
facilitators?can further elaborate if there is such need.Like
Haryana, Gujarat, Tamil etc Regarding economic development in
Bihar, you doRight from CM to general public, there is immensenot
have to go far, checkout Haryana, Gujarat,need to think and act in
terms of development, Tamil, AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, what they
areremoving corruption, providing civic amenities,providing, why
Bihar cannot provide. Free zonesonly then; we can raise the living
status in Bihar like all these states are providing.above African
States. 1. We have a lot of land unfit for agriculture
andGovernance and law enforcement in Bihar is not inhabitations,
identify them and allot for thebetter than any African state. We
have almostdevelopment of Economic free zones, we can takedefunct
civic system, policing, judiciary, health, help of infrastructure
developers, to develop shadeeducation system. everything is rotten.
Civic 40%, plots on lease 50%, roads drainage 10% andsystem does
not take care of cleaning drainage,power for these free zones.road,
hygiene in hospital, restaurants, Dhaba,Hotels, there is almost no
honest inspector who2. Every districts shall have at least one such
freeworks honestly for the enforce of law just for zonesalary.
Police and judiciary is another most rotten,corrupt and junk
system. You have to pay tons of 3. Make all investment and
commercial approvalmoney to get your legal and rightful work done,
of simple, online and fully computerized in order tocourse you can
get all illegal work done if youreduce human interface resulting
into reducingspend money as the system demand.corruption and fast
processing.We have plethora of law, but their enforcement is4.
Deploy development and facilitator friendlyalmost nil and these
laws are selectively used for official in guidance and approval. It
shall be theirtargeting people at convenience for making money duty
to complete the task of approval in timeor suppressing opponents by
the bureaucrats, bound period and get the same from central
govt.politicians, police, judiciary. Do you think our chief if any.
Approval in services sectors should be inminster Mr. Nitish Kumar,
does not know all these, one day. For instance, if you want to
start anybut what he has done so far is not sufficient butbusiness
in Dubai, it needs one day in Chamber ofcosmetics. Commerce and
Ministry of Industry and Economy, 2-3 days for labor visa in labor
department.Did he setup a working group till date even afterover 5
years in power. Below are some very 5. The delivery mechanism must
havecommon ideas, but need real zeal and honestincentive/bonus for
efficiency and achievement ofapproach in implementation:targets.
This job is not tedious and must not take more than one/two year/s.
The government needs1. He cansetupseparateworkingto concentrate on
the development of socialgroups/committees on how to get rid of
corruptionsectors:in police, bureaucracy, judiciary and politics.
a) Re-investment in health, education, technical2. He can request
help from the best agencies in and professional education sectors
on mass scalethe world in Policing, Judiciary, bureaucracy andby
govt. and private sector. Old requirement like 5Political System.
Hire services in respective fields acre land (impossible in city
areas / or high entryfrom best governed countries like UK,
US,capital barrier, running period) should be modified.Germany,
Netherland in order to revitalize the Shall be complemented with
quality teaching,otherwise defunct corrupt system and enforce a
sufficient equipment, laboratory, building andchange for better,
understand how theseplacement.developed countries evolved their
system from theold legacy.. By the way we are still carrying theb)
It shall approve as much as possible collegesleftover of the old
British system, which have beenin medical, engineering, management,
IT etc.completely revamped in their own countries. c)
StrengthensMunicipalities / rural3. He can simplify most of the
rules for bettergovernance and all honest and hardworking
NGOsunderstanding by common people and easyin all communities.
Deploy honest inspector forimplementation by agencies.
13. implementation of rules and hygiene though outof doing
cosmetic change and creating politicalstates. hype (say public
display of wealth of babus /netas,cycle scheme, etc...) we need
real reforms (reformd) Some of us in Bihar, say politicians,on
policing, reform in judiciary, reform inintelligentsia as well as
few general public believe, bureaucracy and politics), We want to
stopthat it is the people of Bihar, responsible for the leakages of
resources from plan and non-planpoor state of affairs, including
corruption,expenditure and its implementation in real
senseunderdevelopment, poverty, poor governance etc. say 99% like
the western countries.in Bihar. But I disagree, the people of
Bihar, gavea long span of time to Congress for change
anddevelopment. Unfortunately Congress failed. ThenThe evolutions
in Middle-East & African countriespublic gave almost 15 years
to RJD. Baring theare against poverty, low income, high inflation,
andcommendable changein psycho-socialconcentration of wealth in few
hands (mostlyengineering for backward classes, RJD failed in
politician/industrialist), corruption inpolice,maintaining law and
order, controlling of corruptionbureaucracy, judiciary and
politics. Situation inand much needed development say roads,Bihar
is not different from these countries the onlyemployments, etc...
Now the same public gaveexception is we have power to change the
head ofmandate to JDU-BJP for the very much needed Govt. every five
year, however the junk systemchange in Bihar.remains the same.We do
not have much time left, we need toWhat are the options left with
the people other achieve real tangible change or the time is not
farthan mandate to change the government? Some when we are faced
with the same situation as it isof them have already taken arms in
their hand are faced in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yaman
etc.............called Moist. The next option left for the public
iscome on the street in mass i.e. revolution.(The writer Mohammad
Irfan, (from Muzaffarpur) ise) Years of JDU-BJP rule is already
finished and it Finance Director with a large overseas group, andis
running in the second span for 10 years. This is has exposure in
overseas countries and theirright time to pull all the strings of
development,governance. E-mail:[email protected])control on
corruption and began reforms. InsteadMithilanchal: - One more
proposed division of BiharBy Shirish MishraDay before yesterday, I
was there on a visit to Being a human being, by very nature, I feel
to beorkut TRB when I noticed such a similar issue.antagonistic to
any sort of division created among And I have noticed such people
also who question human beings. If proposed and feasible, I wontmy
Maithili origin itself when they see meeven hesitate supporting the
reunite of India &campaigning for Bihar. This has inspired me
toPakistan. And I guess I am no exception, I hardlywrite in my
views on this topic.see an Indian not criticizing the
leaders,responsible for the separation of India &
Pakistan.Separation of Jharkhand, is still creating severepain
inside my heart and makes me feel suffer.Though, division within
nation is somethingdifferent in nature and doesnt define separation
intrue meaning since they are meant just for thepurpose of better
administration and more focusedgovernance and development efforts.
However,this seems to be futile in India. Here, we aredesperate to
fight with each other; we just need tohave some theory
(baseless/insensible) whetherits on Hindu-Muslim, Maithili-
Bhojpuri, Tamil-Hindi, Hindi- Marathi, Brahmin-Shudra etc. Givingit
an official recognition will only ignite ourmonstrous mind that
teaches us fighting.
14. Nitish led NDA government and Mithilanchal:-That makes me
say with a strong belief thatI have met some so called
intellectuals, whoseparation is no solution but like one more
feastaccuse this government of being biased towardsbeing organized
for vultures. Solution is ourMithilanchal region. I honestly dont
have any idea honesty and determination to sort out ourhow true
accusation this is! However, I think Nitishproblems. Our awareness
to our rights andgovernment is trying to improve things, and he
hasresponsibilities! Donating 1000 rupees to a needyno magic stick
that he can make Bihar USA overwill mean a little but not much as
he/she will finisha night. It will take time and mean while we have
toit just in some time and again look for the donor.assess if this
government is really apathetic to theMaking a person aware of
his/her rights andconcerns of Mithilanchal. In that case, we
canresponsibilities meansraise our voice in a democratic manner, we
canprotest, we can ask for data. We can ask formaking a person of
spirit and courage. It makesinformation, and I am sure we will get
thehim/her capable of doing anything that he/shedeserved. wants!
TRB has already started working on it andwe hope it continues doing
the same. Creation ofFocused governance and development
efforts:-Mithilanchal may be a very good option to somegreedy
people, who are seeking their politicalBeing rational, I understand
what it means, and I career. Beware! Before they fool us.do agree
with it. However, this is something I donot find to be compulsory.
Development andI do acknowledge the pathetic situation ofprosperity
come by our honest efforts, ourMithilanchal and state that it needs
much moredetermined will, and our own desire of gettingattention as
compared to any other part of Bihar.them. It wont be a hyperbole,
if I say, in And I do will to fight for this right. I do will to
workdemocracy; state gets a government as it is. Its on this
campaign. But I wont accept any sort ofjust the very true
reflection of its own public. As separation in any case. And I
firmly believe, if weexamples, you may see the living legendries
likewill honestly fight for the development of thisLalu,
Shhabuddun, D.P Yadav and many more.region, we will get what we
deserve." ...".." ..."... . .??.. ... ... ....... .. - ......... -
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16. BENCON
2011------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Last
month (21st May 2011) we organized our first 6. We also got great
support & participation fromBEN CONFERENCE in Bodh Gaya. It has
created various govt departments was another eye-a wave of
excitement and energy among the opener. We didnt know Industry
Commissioneryoung entrepreneurs, students/teacher and
locals(Principal Secy), CK Mishra jee till 1 week beforeof Gaya.
The energy and hunger for creating jobsthe event and he bought in
the idea and promisedand being a part of changing Bihar was very to
sponsor the event. He also sent two of hisvisible and palpable.
This event was unique insenior team members to the event, who
presentedmany ways and the way event got organized and their case
very well. The ease with which we couldhosted itself had some
lessons and reasons to walk in & reach-out to to various
departments incelebrate secretariat with no political connection
was anexample that entrepreneurs interested in Biharshould take
note of.1. We had no formal organization or paid staff to 7. The
participation of 60+ students of Gayaconduct this event. It was
organized in an open College in the event at a short notice gave a
verysource / wikinomics model.encouraging signal. The way they were
able to put2. It started as an idea discussed over facebooktogether
a professional show and got trained inand skype between Kumar
Ankit, Naveen Sharmafew hours, put up a Rangoli under Lalita jeein
Gaya and Santosh Pandey in Europe, Atulguidance.Kumar in USA. Many
of them had never met in 8. The way Prof Madhukar Shukla, Prof
Piyushperson so it was an example of how the rules of Sinha, Prof
Ashok Ghosh, Prof Nupur Bose andcollaboration and doing business in
the 21stmany others supported the event and offered theircentury
are changing. networks and guidance was a symbol of the3. There
were lot of skeptics, critics, resources and guidance that was
available.cheerleaders, supporters and very strong9. The
participation of investing communitysupporters. Like all new
ventures we had a fair especiall two young girls from Mumabi
basedshare of all of these. As the event started to catchfunds was
encouraging, the way many of themomentus more and more people
started joing inspeakers agreed to come on their own (in fact
paidbut initially some of the key members were also registration
feed also) was a symbol of the event,skeptical abou the possibility
of pulling off an eventthe participation of media ( Prabhat
Khabar,like this in Bihar especially in summer of Gaya Hindustan,
Hindustan Times, Telegraph, Mint,(when temperatures touched 45
centigrade often).Appan Samachar and many more was very4. The fact
that 150+ entrepreneurs were able toencouraging) and symbol of the
fact that media,converge at one venue on a saturday morning
inprofessors and investors are available if you put-the heat of
gaya itself was a good reflection of theup a team and lay out a
vision and mission."hunger" and "need gap" that exists in Bihar.
10. The way multiple orgs like Bihar Industries5. The fact that
people like Ajay Kumar Gupta Association, Bihar Udaya, Tie-Patna,
Prachinfrom Noida ( via Santosh Pandey) , Tanya Prasad Bharat,
Green Leaf Energy, Sulabh International,from Singapore (via Atul
Kumar), Akhourie Nites PrabhatKhabar, Apnacircle.com,Appan(via
Kumar Ankit) offered financial sponsorship for Samachar, Kamdhenu,
Karma Society and manythe event which was just an unproven idea and
others collaborated to make this event possible isexperiment also
proved the need for many such something to take note of and get
inspired.events.
17. 11. During this event, Ram Kumar & Tanvi Nalin ,from
Prabhat Khabar and also managed the Patnawho were managing the
speakers, partners andlogistics of guestssponsors from Delhi flew
to Gaya to host the13.After the event, many enterepeneurial
ideasevent. Ranbir Bahadur of Bihar Uday, came fromand partnerships
are in discussion but thoseCaclutta and took charge of
registrations, Kavi discussions obviously in closed rooms and
privateKumar from Delhi, Santosh Singh from Chennai, discussions,
we should see the fruits of BEN beingProf Ashok Ghosh and Nupur
Bose from Patna, launched in near future. Abhishek Kr Singha
&Mrs Jyoti Sinha and her team (Kamdhenu) fromKaushalendra
discovered each other and arePatna, Rajiv Kumar came from Maner
with his leveraging each others networks and resources,world famous
Ladoos, Ajay Gupta from Noida andRavi Chandra found a wider net for
his venture.team not only sponsored the event but also14.One of the
highlights of the event was after thesupported as a volunteer/team,
Akhourie Ntesh event when enterpeneurs were given a change toand
his team not only sponsorsed the evnt but present the idea on stage
and many did presentalso offered their cars and transportation
help,their ideas ( Image Bihar and many others).Naveen Sharma jee
stayed in Gaya for those fewdays inspite of his crazy
enterepreurial life as CEOof Prachin Bharat, Ranjan Verma and Kumar
Ankit(locals from Gaya), pulled all their local network offreind
sand family to the event ( Kumar Ankitsyounger sister, Lisa, a +2
student, helped us callmedia people), Kumar Rahul and Manish
Dayal,Aunty and uncle , , friends all came together tomake the
event a success .. this was a goodshowcase of EVENT 3.0 or Org 3.9
where eventscan be executed at a short notice using the powerof
networks and collaboration.Many many more results and learnings. We
alsolearnt some hard lessons The promised 10 lakhINR from Indian
Oil and 5 lakhINR from BPCLdidnt come but we are sure more will
come in nextevent ... the quality of mikes and sound system atevent
venue could have been better and so on ..but then we have the next
event to plan muchlonger for .. miles to go and miles to go before
wesleep but the journey of a thousand miles begingwith a single
small step .. we took it .. now thetopic of discussion in Bihar is
changing fromcorruption and politics to job creation
andentrepreneurship and that itself is a big giant leapforward ..
on the lines of TEDx, we hope to havesmaller events in various
cities of bihar (Muzzafarpur, Chhapra, Hajipur,
Darbhanga,Madhubani, Saharsa) and also maybe host theevent at a
national or international venue ... moreto come later ..12. As a
result of the event, many enterpreneursdiscovered each other, their
business and possiblepartnership opportunities, sales opportunities
..BEN discovered Abhihek Kumar Sinha, who singlehandedly manged the
show and logistics in Patnaand got the brochure published with some
help
18. Book Review The Plain Truth by N.K.SinghA tale a tale story
of the rampant corruption in the Civil Services Kissa Kursi Ka, the
sugar scam, Airbus briberyN K Singh is the CBI officer who arrested
Indira and St Kitts forgery were no ordinary criminalGandhi in
1977. Forced to return to his home cases investigated by the CBI.
Singh describes incadre in Orissa after she returned to power,
thissome detail how these important functionaries ofcourageous and
diligent Indian Police Servicethe Indian State shamelessly
subverted theofficer was brought back to the CBI by Prime system to
sabotage the investigation and theMinister V P Singhs government.
judicial process. Facts are indeed stranger than fiction.One of the
first cases he was assigned was the StKitts forgeries.
Unfortunately, his meticulous Singh gives glimpses of the
deep-rooted nexusinvestigation into the case earned the wrath of
thethat has developed between crime, criminals,next prime minister,
Chandra Shekhar, whopoliticians and civil servants. How willingly
seniortransferred him out of the agency. civil servants connived at
subverting the rule of law to please their political masters.
Blinded by their ambition, some of them became willingIn the second
of six extracts from his fascinating accessories to criminal acts.
They told lies,biography, The Plain Truth, N K Singh discloses
committed acts of perjury, theft, and destruction ofthe genesis of
the St Kitts investigation which hasnow resulted in a chargesheet
against former evidence, but managed to go scot free. On the
contrary, they were duly rewarded for their criminalprime minister
P V Narasimha Rao. role. These are the types who manage to reach
the top of the ladder more easily. The numbers of such civil
servantspliable, loyal to the powersOutlook writes about this book
THE Plain Truth, that are, unscrupulous and ambitiousareas told by
N.K. Singh, is going to shock and unfortunately multiplying. They
are the real villains.dismay many of its readers. The insiders
accountThe criminal-politician link cannot operate withoutof events
that have become an important part ofthem.Indias contemporary
political history makescompelling reading. The media has not
stoppeddiscussing them, but this book fills some importantIt is a
very readable, but a serious book. It raisesgaps in our knowledge
about these cases. some fundamental questions about our political
and administrative system. These questions need to be confronted
and solutions found, if ourSinghs story confirms our worst fears
about the democratic system is to survive. I recommend thisextent
of politicisation of civil service and such vital book to all,
irrespective of the fact whether theyinvestigation agencies as the
CBI. Law doesnt agree with the authors version of the events
orappear to take its own course when it comes to not. It is good
that such books are coming out. Theinfluential and powerful
persons, whatever the villains who strut around as heroes need to
berhetoric.exposed.The book unmasks a number of senior
politicalleaders and well-known civil servants, some ofwhom still
hold very important positions. Cases likeThe Curious Case of Bihari
Cuisine: Part 1(Part 2 will be published in the next edition of the
webzine) Punjabi and Bihari cuisine. A pity, the BihariDespite the
many Biharis across the country, and cuisine has failed to grab the
attention of otheracross the continents (Mauritius, countries of
the fellow countrymen? Or is it that the Biharis haveWest Indies
and Fiji come to my mind easily), andfailed to position their
cuisine as somethingBiharis in Bihar, of course, there is no
popular unique. I understand that there is Gujrati
thali,recognition of the Bihari cuisine. We do not haveBangal
ranna, Andhra mealsu and Kashmirirestaurants announcing in big and
bold that they waazwaan. But, alas, no Bihari cuisine. Howserve
authentic Bihari cuisine. No Bihari food come?festivals in five
star- or even three star- hotels. Noteven does the friendly
neighbourhood restaurantannounce: Specialist in Chinese,
Mughalai,
19. It is my humble endeavour in this post to educateA cousin
of the above is maad-bhaat-the non-Bihari reader on the delights of
the Biharichokha. Maad, the starchy fluid drained out of
thecuisine. pan (tasla) during an intermediate stage of cooking
rice is used as a substitute to daal. SometimesMaybe us Biharis are
to be blamed. When askedrelished even without the chokha- with a
piece of afor our favourite meal, we just utter Daal-bhaat- pickle.
Nimki, or the sour lemon pickle, made fromchokha. Or sometimes even
maad-bhaat-large lemons, being a favourite. Sure there will
bechokha. I am in love with the aforementioned stuffa quantity of
maad left behind on your plate. Justas well; I am a Bihari and I
understand thelift up the cheepa, or chhipli (plate in
Bhojpuri-delicacy of what other people would believe is speak) to
your lips and quaff the residual elixir!rather pedestrian. You find
the above combos too cumbersome, all this effort to fix your
daal-bhaat, or maad-bhaat? Fret not, you can always feast on
khichdi, the ultimate comfort food. I have dwelt on this in much
detail in earlier posts of mine. Suffice it to say that should you
wish to have thekhichdi, do not forget its traditional
accompaniments as mentioned in the following ditty: Khichdi ke
chaar yaar, Dahi, papad, ghee, achaar.Daal is something which all
of us Indians haveregularly, albeit with varying differences. But
haveyou had the Bihari daal? Arhar dal, just watereddown so, with a
heavenly chhaunk of panch-phoran? (Can you visualize the
description of thisdish in fancy five star restaurants: Toor
lentils,cooked to the right consistency with perfection andseasoned
with a unique, mouth-wateringcombination of five spices.) Oh, you
are not in favour of chaawal, at all, and you wish to try some
alternate stuff? What about Janera ke khichdi? Khichdi made of
corn? Or maybe you are a wheat afficionado. Multiple delicacies
beckon you! Roti and paratha are mundane. Maybe you should try some
varieties ofmakuni. Makuni of different pedigrees. Makuni isAnd
chokha, the exotic mashed potatoes with awhat others would
callbharwaan paratha. Withliberal touch of mustard oil and a
sprinkling of salt. either mashedpotatoes,or phool-Some would also
add to it a burnt- and mashed- gobhi(cauliflower), or murai
(radish) as the filling.red chilli to impart to it spiciness and an
exotic Technically correct. But this description equates
ittaste.Bhaat, you exclaim is the mundane rice?to the heavily
commercial Punjabi fare and missesWell, mundane the rice may be,
but have youout on the unique combo of the Bihari
spices,experimented with various types of rice? Usina specially the
two jewels in the spicychaawal (parboiled rice) or Arwaa chawal
(thecrown: ajwain and mangarial. Dont understand?long-grained rice,
with a flavour of its own? AndHead out for a dinner with a Bihari
family!either variety of rice is cooked with varyingdegrees of
consistency, depending upon the familyThecuisine of
Biharisnotlimitedtraditions passed down the centuries.to chawal,
roti alone. You should seek out the
20. vegetables that the Biharis eat. Lauki, konhda,consider in
their scheme of culinary activities? Thenenua, jheenga etc. But the
king of all Biharsimple answer is, they are not aware of the
magicvegetables would be parwal. Parwal is rather you can work with
the imperial parwal.unique to Bihar and to some other parts of
theEast. (Notably in Bengal, where it is called potol. In It can be
made into a bhujiya (not to be confusedfact, the Bengalis are so
fond of it, some of them with Haldiram, Bikaneri or generally
speaking, theeven occasionally name their offspring, Potol!).
Rajsthani bhujiya- those are made of plain or spiced besan); sauted
slices of parwal with potato or on its own. (What a delight it is
to crunch those lovely crisp parwal seeds!). It can be a gravy
sabzi, either in glorious isolation or combined with aloo.Youcan
halve each parwal and stuff it with a mix of spices- and you
getkaluanji or bharwaan parwal. You could mash some boiled parwal,
throw in a few table- spoonfuls of mustard oil and spices, salt, to
taste and you get parwal ka chokha. Or, you can even prepare a
totally delightfulmithai with it. Just that instead of filling it
with spices, stuff it withkhowa and dry fruits. Parwal ki mithai!
You said you do not quite enjoy green vegetables? Maybe you should
try a combination of veggies and some other botanical produce as
well! Like pieces of vegetables coated with a batter of gramIf you
happen to come to our local market and seeflour-besan- and deep
fried in oil. Sounds familiar?a throng of men and women around the
rare shop Of course this is bajkaa, aka pakoda in all-Indiathat
sells parwal, you can be sure that thespeak. Or would you prefer
green leaves wrappedcustomers are nearly all Biharis or Bengalis.
Each in a batter of besan; rinkwachch? (Aka patra inone in the
crowd pressing this little yellow-Gujarati, one of those famous
starters of aspeckled green sabzi between his or her
finger-Gujarati thali, farsaan). If you really do want totips and
evaluating if the parwal was fresh or avoid vegetables, worry not,
the Bihar cuisineboodha (over-ripe). Some would even break this has
khandera, cuboids of fried besan cooked in atender vegetable
between their fingers. If it gave spicy gravy. Best relished
withchaawal. And soway with a smart, crisp snap, then it was
freshmany other varieties!(and by extension the entire lot). If it
gave wayreluctantly and ended up as a squishy mass then it You want
more adventures into Bihari cuisine?was boodha!Wait a bit, I will
soon write about the ubiquitous, and multi-faceted, sattu.But why
this lavish attention on parwal, a sabziwhich rest of the country
does not even bother toSantosh
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21. Leaders Inspire Perspective on leadership style of M S
Dhoni & Nitish
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enough to admit weaknesses. Dhoni didnt mince any words in
castigating his fielders publicly and even accepted that few
decisions didnt work to the plan. Likewise, Nitish has publicly
rebuked his own party men and allies on many programs and policies.
At the same time, one must acknowledge that they have set right
goals, worked with their teams to strive together as a team. As the
captain of the team, both have beenIt takes moment in life to make
it special, dream of articulating there plans and vision for the
teams.a generation, imagination of a nation, heartbeat ofbillions,
and then the prayers finally wereGet the best out of limited
meansanswered. India lifted the world cup 2011 withgreat pride and
emotions. What Dhoni and his One of the most inspiring aspects of
both thesemen have achieved will remain etched in theleaders has
been how they have struck to thememory of our generation forever.
Tears of joy,basics of managing their teams. With limitedcries of
triumph, and a sense of gratitude filled ourresources at hand, they
have ensured that theyhearts as the realization of world cup
victory finally get the best out of each situation to work to
theirsinks to the nation. teams advantage and thereby imbibing the
culture of self-belief and resilience. Despite Indias
limitedCelebrations still continue and what really stoodbowling
attack, Dhoni marshaled team well andout was the cool and razor
sharp finesse which always had an ace in his weak link
wheneverDhoni displayed in his leadership style throughout
opposition came to bat. Though Indian bowlingthe tournament.
Perhaps he summed it up himselfattack never looked lethal, but it
was very effectivewhen he said how his decisions could have been
and result oriented when it came to thequestioned. But as lady luck
had it, Dhoni willcrunch. Dean Jones went to the extent of
sayingsmile all the way to the glorious annals ofthat Dhoni must be
dreaming to win this world cupcricketing history, perhaps the most
successfulwith current Indian bowling attack. With thisIndia
captain ever.victory, he has really proved that dreams do come true
if only we work as a team.One cant help but draw parallels of his
leadershipstyle with another great leader Nitish Kumar who
Similarly Nitish has always worked underwas the Man of Year 2010
for bringing a ray of constraints, he never had the luxury to spend
onhope and faith in the murky theater of Indianpublic welfare
programs, with limited resourcespolitics. Nitish Kumar, Chief
Minister of Bihar, won and little financial aid he has been able to
transferhis world cup (Bihar elections) consecutively by a state by
just ensuring that limited resources aretransforming the electoral
dynamics in Bihar. Both put to optimum utilization. He has proved
thatNitish and Dhoni have uncanny similarities in thegood
governance can lead to electoral successway they operate and bring
out few uniqueand one need not always fall back on petty
politicsdimensions of their leadership style in their ownof caste
and chicanery to achieve political victory.sphere of influence.
They have displayed Despite low per capita income &
investment,remarkably identical traits and style which really
lowest Credit deposit ratio in the country, Bihardemonstrates
similarity in their leadership stylehas had the 2nd highest growth
rate in the countryand ability to influence outcomes. for the last
5 years. Bihar chief minister got applauds from none other than
Melinda Gates forCommunication is the key his achievements in
increasing the immunization rate in Bihar . In 2005, when Nitish
KumarDhoni has always spoken his mind out on everybecame the chief
minister of Bihar, the burden ofaspect of Indian cricket. Often
criticized for being disease in the state was massive. It also had
a lowtoo blunt, he has never been a favorite of his immunization
rate, 33 per cent compared to thebosses in BCCI. Nitish Kumar also
stands out for global average of 70 per cent. By 2010,
however,being upfront and plain talks, he has often earned Bihars
rate had risen to 66 per cent, saidwrath of media, alliance
partners and even his own Melinda.team members for speaking his
mind out. Anotherinteresting aspect that stands out of Dhoni
andLead from the frontNitish is the way they have been humble and
open