though I feel myself a MAITHIL(demanding separation from Bihar) in no way atrocities on Biharis or any group can be supported by any sane person even from maharshtra! I had worked for Andhra cyclone relief in 1977 too and hence nationalism can not be compromised for state making one a leader. Bihar has returned Madhu Limye and Fernadeze the Marathis as MP... >From Champarna Gandhi became Gandhi and so due to Shuvaji, Chhtrapati nation >was saved. Condemn wrong persons not any society. Dhanakar Thakur
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 Anand Lakhmani wrote : >What Mr Amarnath has written is realy heart wrenching . > >These Thakery and similer incidents should make our resovle "to contribute >towards development of motherland Bihar" all the more steely. > >The effect of this resolve is visible, when NRBs have been visiting and >contributing in their own way for the unprecdent flood in Kosi Region, I >don't what statistical data can say about influx of NRB but I am sure that >Biharis have saved the entire flood affected area and Not Non-Biharis >though our TV Channels were shouting "Bihar ko Bachao" as if Biharis are not >strong enough to save their Bihari brethern in flood affected area. In spite >of that shouting Very few NGO and support came from outside unlike Tsunami >and Gujarat Earth Quake. > >Anand Lakhmani >Darbhanga/Patna/Mumbai > > > > >On 22 Oct 2008 10:12:53 -0000, Anubha Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > > While all this is heart wrenching, there were conflicting reports in the > > media. Some said he died in MNS violence, some said he died in an accident > > while catching a train. Not withstanding this, we must hang our heads in > > shame that we are forced to migrate to other states even in search of basic > > livelihood. I have seen menfolk from Purnia, Saharsa, Madhepura, Samastipur, > > Palamu, Dumka and Gumla in most far flung and hostile reaches of > > Laddakh...... repairing roads. They were shoved in a cage-like apology of a > > trekker with torn monkey caps and sweaters, as it was snowing heavily > > outside. It was amusing and agonising at the same time, to see sun tanned > > dark Bihari faces with snow flicks on their 'nose & eye lashes' . > > The issue is far more serious than MNS violence. Here we have a politician > > out to make something of his non-existent political career ..... a la his > > uncle, who became the 'Baap of Maharashtra' by resorting to the same antics > > against south Indians in 70s. It is time tested and has paid well in past. > > So whaile Raj Thakrey's son attends an English medium school with French > > for his third language, he takes charge of the 'Maratha pride' of the > > 'Marathi Manoos' while making an actress apoligise unconditionally for > > speaking in Hindi rather than in Marathi. More than Raj- I'd say it is the > > successive Governments of Bihar to blame who pushed the state to the brink > > of disaster and ensured that the only economy that can flourish here is the > > money order economy. They provided the likes of Raj with enough number of > > hapless preys to prowl freely on, in order to build their political > > fortunes. > > > > But I think, things are looking up. This is the the time of metamorphosis > > of Bihar. A time period of 20,30,50 years is nothing in the history of a > > people. Let Adiga bask in the glory of his Man Booker, usually given to > > those who unbashedly induclge in highlighting the darkest side of their > > respective third world motherlands. But Bihar will surely bounce back and > > you and me will have to be the prime movers. And the metamorphosis of Bihar > > will be more just and equitable than than the Singurs and Nandigrams, than > > our SEZs and IT heavens, where you can see most devastated beggers in front > > of the most glitzy malls. Don't call it quits so soon. While my heart goes > > out to all the Pawans of my beloved motherland, I think the true > > homage could only be a pledge to work unitedly for a Bihar where no Bihari > > is forced to go out of the state for ensuring two square meals for his > > family. Amen. > > > > Those who call for boycott of goods from Maharashtra, please don't bury the > > memory of Dr. Chandrakant Patil so soon. He was also from Maharashtra and a > > truer Maharashtrian. You cannot fight parochialism by stooping to parochial > > levels yourself. > > > > Can't this incident rather be a trigger for constructive development of our > > state.......... > > > > Anubha > > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:01:35 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, I'm not a proud Bihari. Sorry Jagdish Mahto has almost lost his > > mental balance; his feeble wife faints every now and then. They have lost > > their only son Pawan who had gone to appear in a Railway recruitment > > examination in Mumbai. Pawan > > was their only hope in life, only support for old days. Both had laboured > > hard to educate Pawan and shared many dreams together. Pawan too had worked > > hard to get a low-paid government job to realize their dream---of getting > > two-square-meal daily and making their thatched house a pucca so that it > > does not leak in rainy days. Mahto comes from Bihar chief minister Nitish > > Kumar's home district, Nalanda. Of Bara Khurda village under Noorsarai > > police station. Along with him the whole village is in complete shock while > > seething with rage. The body of young Pawan has just arrived. He died > > young---struggling to survive, running away from the menacing hands of MNS > > goons. Still. His face says he struggled hard to run away like others, to > > run away for his ageing parents, to run away to get a government job, to run > > away for making his house pucca before next monsoon. But luck ran out of > > him. Pawan died young; Pawan died raw; Pawan died for being a Bihari. He > > was, reports said, caught and beaten-up brutally to death by the rampaging > > MNS goons. MNS is Maharashtra Navnirman Sena led by Raj Thackeray, an > > estranged nephew of Bal Thackeray. Both > > the senior and junior Thackerays are locked in proving themselves up before > > Marathi Manus ?that they are their real guardian. Mumbai Ka Baap. Like > > several others from Bihar they too were thrashed, beaten-up with stretched > > fists, sticks and furious faces of MNS goons. But, they somehow managed to > > save themselves and fled from there. Some with broken hands, fractured > > legs, deep > > blue-burgundy marks on their backs, red punch marks on faces and poultice > > eyes reached Patna junction on Tuesday and vented their ire. Pawan's body > > reached by flight and the Bihar chief minister announced Rs 1.5 lakh > > compensation to his family. 1.5 lakh to realize the dreams which they had > > shared together; to make their > > leaking house pucca; to get two-square meal all through their life. At > > the village rage is reeling. I'm enraged too. And, decided not to call > > myself a Bihari. I donot wish to die young, I donot want to meet Pawan's > > fate, I donot want to get 1.5 lakh as compensation. I simply donot afford > > to. For, I've a little eight year old daughter, wife and old parents who > > all have shared so many dreams with me and made plans for the future. My > > daughter wants to be a doctor and wife wants to see her successful in any > > field she likes. I want to see her > > as a good, strong human being. We all work hard to realize our dream > > which we cannot have through 1.5 lakh compensation and a few words of > > sympathy. Its not for the first time that the people from Bihar have been > > beaten-up, thrashed and shooed away from Mumbai. It has happened earlier > > too. On many occasions by these Thackerays. And, why only Mumbai? Just a > > day after the Bihari students were treated like stray dogs there was a > > report that a group of 12 migrant labourers from Bihar were herded up like > > buffaloes by some armed men at Sonepat railway station for the work in their > > farmland. The hapless labourers somehow were rescued by police and later > > resumed their journey for Panipat to be used, exploited and engaged by some > > others in their farmland. They say the wealthy farmers of Punjab and > > Haryana pounce on them at railway stations to take them away as labourers. > > There they treat them as their cattle, even worse than that. Months > > earlier when a direct train from Patna to Goa was introduced a minister of > > Goa protested the move saying hordes of beggars from Bihar would come riding > > on the train and pollute their paradise state. Earlier, they were > > beaten-up, killed and chased away from Assam and other northeastern states. > > The national capital Delhi too did not like them and time and again they > > raise the issue, make it an issue. We, the people of Republic Bihar are > > not welcome at so many places. In fact, they detest us, abhor us and treat > > us like untouchables. They mock at us, they laugh at us, they pity on us. > > When, for the first time, I had gone > > to Delhi in 1987 to take my admission in Delhi University to do graduation > > they addressed us as Tetnus, for we from Bihar used to carry a tin box along > > with us. The girl students were called Behenjis, for their oily mid-parted > > hair and untrendy salwars and slippers. When I > > returned to my rented room after Holi my landlord while reading a newspaper > > asked me: how do you Bihari play Holi in which 24 die? "Holi ke hurdang > > mein 24 marein" was the caption of the story in the Punjab Keshari. My > > wife says I looked like Pawan those days. Young, fresh with a straight line > > of moustache under my bulbous nose and with a dream for family. Even on my > > Honeymoon in 1995 the hotel manager in Ooty had thrown a puckish smile on us > > when I named the place Patna, Bihar in the check-in register column. Now, > > when things have gone worse I fear to reveal my identity. I prefer to call > > myself Not from Bihar. No, like you all, I donot have that enough courage > > to call myself a proud Bihari even after so much of humility, pain, trauma, > > beating, thrashing and killing. No, I'm not a proud Bihari. Sorry. But, I > > donot want to have a waste death, like Pawan who, I'm sure, will be > > forgotten a day after tomorrow. The mass of land larger than France and > > population five times more than Australia Bihar, for me, has nothing to be > > proud of. It has nothing to feel great about. Take any index, any survey, > > any report you would invariably find Bihar at the bottom. The post office > > remittance of Rs 450 crore is the biggest economy of the state with per > > capita income as low as Rs 5,772 per annum, as compared to Rs 22, 946 of > > national average. Adiga's India of Darkness. Balram Halwai of The White > > Tiger. People have no option but to migrate looking for their livelihood. > > We're everywhere now, in every city, town, state?pulling rickshaw, selling > > bhel-puri, making malls, constructing houses, roads, highways, driving cars, > > running computers, papers, hospitals, administration and hotels. What not, > > and where not ? We're ready to work hard, do more labour than others for > > our survival and so people are targeting us. But for the fear of > > Thackerays and others I donot want to venture out and if I have to I wish > > not to be with a Bihari identity. Pawan did that mistake and paid the > > price. Sorry to say Pawan but even your death does not get even one-tenth > > of media coverage than the arrest of Raj Thackeray whose goons allegedly > > were responsible for your unexpected demise. But, has anyone ever thought > > of what if Biharis would?. ? Perhaps, a deadly sequel to Adiga's White > > Tiger! Amarnath Tewary Patna based special correspondent of The > > Pioneer Bihar Group E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://yahoogroups.com/group/Bihar-Network > > http://bihar-network.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: Rediff > > Shopping]<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/signature-home.htm/[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]/2206641_2199021/2201650/1?PARTNER=3&OAS_QUERY=null> > > > > > > > > > >-- >Anand Lakhmani >Senior Manager - IT, >Risk Management Dept, >Bank of Baroda Corporate Center, >Mumbai - 51 >Ph : 98191 28191
