Bihar tremendous growth story continues this year and it’s not surprising that it has the highest growth rate in 2010-11. An annual growth rate of 14.15 per cent - the highest for any state in the country - bears testimony to the spectacular turnaround that has taken place in Bihar in recent years. This would […]
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Scientific Foresight 2007
Happy Deepawali and Chath to all of us We are in the middle of finalizing sponsors,speakers for Scientific Foresight 2007 . This event that will be used to showcase to the world that Bihar is not just India’s Spiritual Capital. We are not just the heart, mind & soul of India etc. That we are […]
End of a dream
The passion driven idealism of a Mathematics genius and a police officer which got 122 students out of 150 from the poorer sections of the society coached by them successful in the highly competitive IIT over five years has come to an abrupt end. The commerical coaching institutes poached their students by offering them the […]
Empowering the un empowered – a different paradigm
The divisive debate rages on at the national capital Delhi and various state capital on ‘Reservation’ as a tool for bringing social equity. In this backdrop, the efforts of the coaching institutes at Patna to empower the poorest of the poor is worthy of note and of emulation. Their objective is to prepare the students […]
The Unfeeling Madrasi
Just read this article Laloo Yadav beats Nehru hollow If the heading gives an impression it is about the newly acquired management skills of Lalu, perish the thought. If the first paragraph makes you think it is about economic liberalisation, it is only partly right. The real intent is to bash Bihar, plain and simple. […]
Killing Bihar, steadily
It is an undeniable fact that Bihar stands at the bottom of the ladder as far as the economic indices are concerned. In the past, blame has been put on the Govt of Bihar, and rightly so. Blame has also been put on the people of Bihar. However, we have always let the central govt […]
Just Do It!
Just Do It!by Mayank KrishnaFirst Published: Feb. 1, 2007 In last one year, with the change of government in Bihar, a lot of hope and aspiration has come to surface in the life of Bihar and Biharis. Apart from the efforts of the government, a select group of passionate Bihari intelligentsia scattered around the globe […]
