Southern Odyssey : Dec 2017

Southern Odyssey : Dec 2017
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We had leaves in hand, the year was full busy and we desperately waited for the December break . Last week had only 4 working days, so we chose to be in office and welcome the new year from the coziness of our nest. So the targeted date for break became the second week of December starting 11th.

For some personal reason we missed the 11th  date which was Monday and it seemed this trip will get cancelled. On Tuesday i.e. 12th Dec we got up late as there were no trip plans and we were on leave. Around 12:30 pm we decided to give it a shot. We knew we were less on day counts as it was already Tuesday and we had to be back by Sunday. So we did a quick packing, had lunch ordered from a nearby restaurant and we were all set (mentally) for the bon-voyage. We had no proper plan as the plan was already cancelled when we missed the Monday timelines (which was suppose to start at 4 am on 11th Dec).

I was very keen on tracking all my trips going forward by carrying a small diary . It will help in reliving and cherishing on the good times spent when away from home. So to summarize , we were fully ready now as we had made the decision not to waste the opportunity.

However quickly we tried to start the trip, by the time we hit the tarmac it was already 3:40 pm. WE had literally no plan. So it was decided we will see what time we reach Salem and there we will take a call if we want to go to Madurai same day or take a halt. Roughly we had decided the following :

Bangalore -> Salem ->Madurai -> Rameswaram -> Kanyakumari -> Madurai -> Kodaikanal -> Bangalore

By the time we finished the trip it changed as :
Bangalore -> Madurai -> Rameswaram -> Madurai -> Kodaikanal -> Bangalore   ... The reason we felt that Rameswaram alongwith Dhanuskodi added more value spritiually as well as visually. So Kanyakumari was shelved for some other time.

Coming back to the journey, we hit tarmac at 3:40 pm . Joined the electronic city - hosur highway at Bommanahalli. Time was on my mind and I wanted to skip the traffic without wasting time as fast as possible. It got impulsed by the full JOSH of going on a vacation. At 4:26 pm we reached Anekal toll , paid 25 rupees and moved forward. It seemed my white beaming beauty CRETA was also waiting for the cruise (considering the Bangalore's insane traffic), so on the highway hitting 120 kmph was feeling like a piece of cake. In was surpassing most of the vehicles wityh ease and at the smae time not compromising on safe driving. Before Krishnagiri we saw the test drive of a new bike which was hidden in camaflouge color. We however could not identify the make and built. The test rider had felt our intention to take photo and so he slowed down. We could not wait, so we decided to move forward, just waived at him signaling, bro we  knew :-).

As catching up with time was the prime agenda for today's travel and deep down my heart I was feeling I can make it to Madurai if I maintain the pace, so we (me and my wife) decided to ignore our urge for tea and take the first break at Salem. We crossed Krishnagiri toll at 5:12 pm , paid 65 rupees (almost 81 km) from Bangalore now. But then I saw the petrol indicator and realized we need to refill so that we do not have to worry later. At 5:25 pm we stopped for refill. My wife was doing an excellent job at measuring and keeping track of all data in the travel diary and I felt blissed when I saw her notes. I realized we might travel whole world but it is the company which keeps you motivated and going. I thanked God once again that he had blessed me with such a companion. So we refilled for 2996/- rupees and 41.1 lit petrol @72.88 rs per liter. We crossed Dharmapuri toll at 6:06 pm and I realized that I can easily make to Madurai by 11 pm. The toll at Dharmapuri was on higher side (90 rs) but who can complain if you get a world class highway for cruising. I have realized that in last 10-15 years the roads in India has become very good and now we can cruise all over India on good roads. All we need is the zeal for wanderlust.

At 7:09 pm after crossing Salem toll (75 rs) we took our first break. We savored on local tea and bhelpuri . It was refreshing and mouth watering. We wanted to take dry bhel but the vendor insisted on trying local style of eating the Bhel. We could not say no to his request however scared in the heart that if it wont taste good it will be tough to discard it in front of him. It may hurt his sentiments. But man o man when we put the first bite in our mouth, we decided , this whole trip, we will survive on the local cuisine and delicacies. The Bhel tasted excellent, the tea was different . Slowly we were falling in love with our decision to start this trip. Der aye durust aye. We knew this trip is going to be one of the most memorable trip which we will take together. We have accommodated everything in this trip, spirituality, sea, sand ,hills, hot and sweaty weather, cold, waterfalls, beaches, you just name it and not to mention one of the char Dham yatra.

In 3 hours 30 minutes we had reached Salem. I was outperforming my own timelines and it was evident now to us, we will hit Madurai on the same day. After good half an hour break, we resumed on our Southern Odyssey journey, feeling fresh on full stomach. But then immediately we missed the Salem bypass and went inside Salem town. It was a small detour of 10-15 minutes and I realized 15 minutes is not much so there was no need to panic. With the help of google aunty we came out of the town and merged on the Madurai highway.+

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कपारफोडवा - the guy who hit the old lady

कपारफोडवा  - जब भी इस घटना के बारे में सोचता हु तो बहुत ही ज्यादा हसी आती है।  बचपन में कैसे कैसे पागलपन किये हैं।  आज कोई मिले मुझसे तो सोचेगा कितना सज्जन पुरुष हुँ। लेकिन बचपन की बात ही कुछ अलग थी।  हमेसा मस्ती और धमाल का मन रहता था और उसपर से किसी दिन अगर स्कूल में जल्दी छुट्टी हो गई तो फिर क्या कहना।  वैसे ही किसी दिन में से एक दिन था।  स्कूल में आकस्मिक छुट्टी घोषित हो गया।  ठीक तरह से कुछ याद नहीं but  शायद कोई इवेंट था और इसलिए १० -११ पूर्वाह्न को छुट्टी घोषित  कर दी गई। सारा दिन बचा हुआ था।  क्रिकेट खेलने के प्लान्स स्कूल में ही बन ने लगे।  माताजी ने लंच के लिए मीठी रोटी बन कर टिफ़िन में दिया था. मेरी मनपसंद थी, खुश था , लेकिन अचानक हुई छुट्टी लंच से पहले थी।  सोचा पहले खा लेता हु फिर घर जाऊंगा।  इस समय दृश्य पटल पर हमारे बड़े भाई की एंट्री जरुरी है।  हम दोनों भाई एक ही कक्षा में पढ़ते थे।  शायद मई जितना शांत था वो उतने ही नटखट।  उनका साम्राज्य चलता था नतखतबजी में।  उनकी उम्र के और उनसे छोटे बच्चे काफी डरते थे उनसे।  दर नाम की चीज़ नहीं थी उनमे , इसलिए किसी से भी लड़ने में नहीं डरते थे।  खैर हुआ ये की टिफीन बॉक्स उनके बैग में था और वो जिद पर अड़ गए की घर जाकर टिफ़िन खाएंगे।  मई नहीं मानने वाला था।  मैंने जिद पकड़ ली की स्कूल में ही खाऊंगा लेकिन शायद उनको डर  था की हमलोग अगर खाने बैठे तो सारे दोस्त हमलोगो को छोड़कर घर प्रस्थान कर जायेंगे और साथ ही साथ स्कूल से वैसे ही उन्हें लगाओ नहीं था ;-) इस बात पर हमदोनो में झगड़ा होने लगा।  बता बहस से चालू हुई।  बचपन में अपनी कुटिल जुबान के लिए मई infamous था।  उचित , अनुचित एंड सही गलत को जज करने की मास्टरी हासिल कर राखी थी मैंने, इसलिए कितने ही दफा घर में मेरी ढंग से कुटाई भी हो राखी थी।  पर मैं भी काम जिद्दी नहीं था।  दोनों भाइयों के बहस ने हाथापाई का रूप लिया।  बड़े भाई साहब न केवल नटखट थे , बल्कि स्पोर्ट्स में भी काफी आगे थे।  १०० मीटर रेस में स्प्रिंटर हुआ करते थे।  और ताक़त में भी मुझसे ज्यादा।  खैर उन्होंने मुझे धक्का मर और दौड़ कर भागने लगे। उनके लिए ये सब मज़ाक मस्ती चल रही थी लेकिन मई गुस्से में लाल पिला हो गया था।  उनको पकड़ने की कोसिस की लेकिन वो हिरन की तरह छलांग मरते भाग निकले स्कूल गेट से बाहर। स्कूल से थोड़ी दूर पर हाईवे गुजरती थी और हमलोगो को वो क्रॉस करना पड़ता था।  भाई साहब दौड़ते हुए हाईवे क्रॉस कर गए और मई पीछे छूट गया।  मैंने उनको सबक सीखने की सोची। मैंने हाथ में एक ईटा उठा लिया और उनको डरने लगा लेकिन वो निडर , डरे नहीं।  मैंने अनुमान लगे की मई अगर ये ढेला फेकू तो उनके पैर के पास गिरेगी और पैर में लगेगी इसलिए मैंने फेक मारा।  उसके बाद असली घटना घटी।  जैसे ही मैंने ढेला फेंका, मेरे ठीक सने एक बुढ़िया खड़ी हो गई और ढेला सीधे उसके लिलाट पर जाकर लगा। और छर छर करके उसके माथे से खून की धरा बहने लगी।  लोग जमा हो गए , बुढ़िया ने मेरा हाथ पकड़ लिया  भी नहीं पाया।  शायद थोड़ा दर भी गया था।  तुरत बुढ़िया को हमारी स्कूल के दवाखाने में लाया गया और डॉक्टर सिस्टर ने उनकी मरहम पट्टी कर दी।  मेरे ऊपर से लोगो का ध्यान थोड़े समय के लिए हट गया, इस घटना के बाद मेरे भाई साहब भागे नहीं , मेरे साथ हो लिए।  मन में थोड़ा सुकून था की मेरा बड़ा भाई है मेरे साथ।  लेकिन बहार लोग पीटेंगे ये सोचकर डर भी लग रहा था।  हॉस्टल में रहने वाले लड़के झूठी अफवाह उड़कर हम दोनों  भाइयों को डरा रहे थे की गओंवले स्कूल के बहार है।  जैसे ही  हम लोग बहार जायेंगे स्कूल के,हमलोगो को पकड़ लेंगे।  फिर जैम कर हमारी मरम्मत करेंगे।  बयान नहीं कर सकता उस समय कैसी मनो  दशा थी.हमलोगो को प्रिंसिपल सिस्टर ने स्कूल के अंदर ही रोक लिया था।  बोल घर से कोई आएगा तब जाना , अकेले मत जाओ।  हम दोनों भाई  हाथ पकडे २-३ घंटे बैठे रहे।  लंच  का समय हो गया था , स्कूल में ही वो मीठी रोटी खाई हमलोगो ने, लेकिन उसमे वो मज़ा नहीं था , बस बुख लगी इसलिए खाया था।  मुझे उस दिन जीवन का एक बड़ा सबक मिला था , किसी भी चीज़ की आतुरता में या आवेश में कोई भी कार्य नहीं करना चाहिए और गलत कदम तो कभी भी नहीं उठाना चाहिए।  साथ में ये भी भरोसा हो गया था की मेरा भाई कभी नहीं साथ छोड़ेगा।  इस घटना के बाद काफी दिनों तक स्कूल जाने में डर  लगता था , दोस्तों की  भीड़ में छुप  कर स्कूल में एंट्री करता था।  बुढ़िया और उसके घर वालो का डर लगता था की  वो पकड़ कर मेरी मरम्मत करेंगे।  जब भी उस घटना को याद करता हु तो हसी  आ जाती है। 

बचपन की यादें

पिछले कई दिनों से अपने गुजरे हुए कल की यादें जेहन में आ रही है।  खुद ही बैठे बैठे हसने लगता हु, कुछ चीजों को याद कर दुःख भी होता है. कुल मिलकर कर देखू तो बचपन बहुत ही eventful रहा  बोले तो रोचक रहा है।  शायद आज के बच्चों को वो हसीं पल नसीब न हो पाएगा।  एक प्रयास करना चाहता हुँ।  अपने बचपन की उन साड़ी यादो को समेटना चाहता हूँ और साथ ही साथ इंटरनेट की इस बृहत् दुनिया में सबके सामने  रखना चाहता हूं।  शायद कुछ लोग अपने आप को उन स्मृतिओं से जोर पाएंगे और उसी बहने अपने बचपन को याद कर खुश हो पाएंगे।  अगर मेरे जीवन की इन स्मृतिओं को पढ़ कर किसी के भी चेहरे पे एक छोटी सी मुश्कान आ जाएगी तो खुद को बहुत धनि मानूंगा। कुछ ऐसी भी समृत्य भ होंगी जिन्हे बयां करने में मुझे संकोच होगी , शायद ये सोच कर की लोग क्या सोचेंगे और क्या राय बनाएंगे मेरे बारे में. लेकिन i  थिंक i  हैवे तो मूव ऑन फ्रॉम व्हाट पीपल थिंक।   हिंदी में लिखना थोड़ा  कठिन हो गया है।  पहले अंग्रेजी  के नाम से हवा टाइट हो जाती थी।  अब हिंदी में लिखने और सोचने में कठिनाई होती है।  देखें तो ये उन्नति का असर है लेकिन अगर समझे तो महसूस होगा की अपनी ही भाषा से दूर होते गए है और उसको प्रोग्रेस का नाम दे रहे है।  बहुत कठिन है ये justify  करना की हमने उन्नति की या अवनति।  खैर ये सब मन का अंतार्द्वन्द है।  यह सदैव चलता ही रहेगा - क्या खोया क्या पाया।  आसमान में उड़ने की ख्वाहिश थी।  उड़ते उड़ते इतने ऊपर आ गए की ज़मीन धुंधली हो गई।  पहले रिश्तों को enjoy करते थे।  अब किसी तरह निभाने की कोशिश।  शायद ये भी वो एक कोशिश है।  जगजीत सिंह जी आज हमारे बिच नहीं रहे।  लेकिन कॉलेज के समय सुने गए उनकी कुछ ग़ज़लों के बोल आज भी कानो में गूंजते है - ये दौलत भी लेलो , ये सोहरत भी लेलो, चाहे चिन लो मुझसे मेरी जवानी, मगर मुझको लौटा दो मेरा वो बचपन , वो कागज को कश्ती , वो बारिश का पानी।  शायद उनको ये बातें बहुत पहले समझ में आ गई थी।  आज तक एकांत में लिखता था , सर्फ अपने लिए, लेकिन अब ये प्रयास है की सब तक अपनी कहानी पहुंचो, शायद कुछ लोग मेरी कहानी में, मेरे बचपन में अपना बचपन देख ले, याद कर ले।  बहुत उत्साह और समय की जरुरत होगी।  बहुत ही ज्यादा सहयोग और प्रोत्साहन चाहिए होगा।  अगर मेरी इन पंक्तिओं में से कोई एक शब्द भी आपको छू जाये तो जरूर उत्साहित करियेगा।  आपके कमेंट्स पढ़कर प्रोत्साहन होगा , लगेगा की शायद बचपन का कोई भुला बिसरा दोस्त मिल गया। 

Move On !

Sometimes we get occupied in our daily so intriguingly we start ignoring our past. We become lost in translation and assumed that this was what meant for us. Of course moving on is the mantra for a happy and successful life and for strugglers like me who believes in looking forward, always keep himself busy in accepting realities and consequently starts believing in the fact that this is how it had been planned and this is the way life goes on !

But do we really move on or just pretend too ???

I always thought I had the answers and I am among the smartest league and I really ripped the benefits, still sometimes life force us to turn back and judge ourselves. None of our business though as the road was less traveled and we had chosen our way back to what we call Life.

It is very awful when you turn back and don't see the Lighthouse which you had CROSSED. But this is the way highways are ! Once you cross it you will have no turn back, and it starts fading from your memories !

"Letting go has never been easy, but holding on can be as difficult. Yet strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go."
~ Len Santos

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
~ Dr. Seuss

"Letting go isn't about giving up. It's about accepting that there are things that cannot be."
~ Unknown

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us"
~ Joseph Campbell

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."
~ Unknown

"I don't want to lose you but I don't want to use you just to have someone by my side."
~ Patty Smyth

"You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on."
~ Oprah Winfrey

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on."
~ Stephen Sondheim

"Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go."
~ Kate Winslet

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go."
~ Hermann Hesse

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

We see many people around us everyday. And we relate ourselves with them through various relations - family, friends, best friends, wife , husband, son,daughter ... the list is never ending. Some People people stick with us throughout the life whom we call family. Maybe it is how the world exists. Some people find us inside themselves and come near to us, they are friends. And very few cross the boundary of resistance which we draw around us , enter in our lives and becomes the necessity of our life. We never know the growth of affection for them and they become best friends. It is a very revolving process wherein we took lots of time to have such feeling for those fellas. And suddenly as day passes by we feel the bonding getting stronger and stronger and suddenly time comes (which we never know) when we start telling , suggesting everything to them, the smallest thing which we do, we feel like taking their opinion. May be this is what people call as Best Friends.

It takes months of journey , may be years to feel that he / she is the one and we with each passing day we become so casual , we stop thinking things from their perspective, with having the belief that they are us, we are them. And this is the phase when unknowingly you start alienating your best friends. We always have the confidence that he doesn't need our special show of affection as he understands us as we do ourselves. And he starts feeling the sense of ignorance which of course is not true. And this is the time when they start drifting away , you without knowing that what is happening. It starts from very small things , you start feeling that you are being ignored but in fact the reality is that your friends are drifting away as you do not have time for them, as if you no more care for them . Some people are very good at it who behave based on the nature of their friends, but the unlucky ones doesn't realize it and when they realize they feel so ashamed of themselves that they just cant stand it and start suffering the loneliness , cursing themselves, making points to prove themselves. The more they get involved in such things the more they get drifted away. It ultimately disappoints them, discourages them , the friends think that they shouldn't have given him that place and there comes the end.

Here starts the process of loosing friends and alienating people. We reach to the point where there is no come back . Whole life we have to live with the guilt feeling that we couldn't save the friends whom we would have treasured and it leaves a strong itching feeling deep inside the heart. We meet with the same people everyday , do pleasantries and show as if nothing has happened , without knowing or understanding the feelings of those around us, the same-ones who use to make out things with our face seems strangers. The same people whom we believed we understand very well becomes alien for us. We meet but the same boundary wall comes between us which has taken months / years of time to break. The pain of loosing them hurts a lot but we start living with it because none other than us have alienated them.

Changes are inevitable. The friends are the same , but the attitude has changed. We still are friends and share things , may be hide our secrets now, the same secrets which at some point of time was the ,ost important thing to share, and we behave as nothing has happened , though knowing deep inside that the affection has somehow decreased from either side. And the worst is we cannot do anything, may be this is the way life goes on, we take years to build a bridge and a small torment act drift people away from us.

There is nothing right or wrong here, its just a way of nature to give us experience in life, to make us feel that we cannot avoid almighty's presence in life. If HE had sent that friend as a saviour in life , HE can take it away whenever HE wants and we just have to accept it.

Life goes on... SOmetimes we alienate friends sometimes we get alienated, either way we both get hurt. If given a chance we should always try to rectify the mistakes which we had made, even if sometimes we feel that we were right, we should acknowledge it as our mistake to save the precious gems of our lives. If we do not do it, or get late in accepting it, I bet we loose. We lose the ones with whom we had enjoyed the best of our times, who had brought out the best of us and have branded us the best...

Never be late, else afterwards you always end up searching what could have made you Lose the friends and Alienate people.

What is Life ?

What is Life ?

I simply googled it and came across some very interesting definitions of Life.
Wiki says : "Life is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have self-sustaining biological processes from those that do not–either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate."

Some other definitio says :
Definition: The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; used of all animal and vegetable organisms.

Very intriguing question , right? So many people are living their life,I do , you do ... still not knowing exactly what life is ! And every moment we live it, talk to it, talk about it and feel it still unaware what is it !

We slog ourself throughout the timespan (called Life) without knowig the essence of it. We simply live because it is life and we have to...in the same manner as we eat,breathe and drink.
We breathe beacuse it is life, we eat nd drink because it is life. We love someone because it is life, we suffer sometimes bcause it is life. We do good, we do bad, we laugh we cry...All because it is Life. Since we are living we do it.

Is this the only thing life is meant for. We feel happiness, we feel joy, we sometimes suffer,cry... is that life ?

We say we understand people, we give opinion about people, we like them ,dislike them .

Continued...

The least known Bihar and Biharis

When I reached home today , I was in a feirced mood today. And I was struggling or say was soul searching for the mentality of people and their annotation of the way they interpret Bihar and Biharis. I could not understand if it is their frustration or the dumbness about acknowlodging the capabilities of the people of Bihar. When Raj Thackrey started the rampage against the north indians ( Biharis and UP wale Bhaiyas), the whole nation was shocked. But now I feel he is far better than the ones who sit side by side with us and say something very humiliating but with sweetness and leave us wondering what the real intention was ! At least that guy (refer Raj Thackrey) accepted publically that you are superior than us and hence grabbing the opportunities better than us, thinking of Maharashtra as his own private property, not thinking of the versatilities of the great country INDIA, where people are free to move to the place oif their desire.

Anyways, since I was feeling furious today, because someone had commented on the people selling items on the footpath as "He is your Bihari", I was wondering what is wrong with that. Even if he was Bihari, I felt great respect for that person, or for all those people who stay away from their family , their people in far away wonderland to make career or to feed their poverty striken family in their native. People refer the term Bihari as someone who is poor, illiterate , naive and overall dumb.

This message is for those who thinks they are smart enough and so called intelligent, litterate and advance - turn around your head guys and see the people who are sitting beside you or are so called beaurocrats around you. You will see a good number of such peoples are the ones who hails from the great land of ancient India which has taught not only literature, but science, medicine , socialism, budhhism, jainism, patriotism and foremost humanism to the whole world.

If you think that you are the most intelligent guy, then go and check the results of IITs and IAS. In the top 10 you will find a couple of Biharis . If you think that you are doing good in your career , then turn back to your college mates and see those who have hailed from a place having no electricity and became your class topper and now exceling in the field where they have put their feet.

This was not something for showing someone down, but is for realizing that dude Biharis are hard working and they excell because they have desire. And not to mention, from a poor footpath vendor to a Software Engineer, from a small businessman to a high profile beaurocrat, everyone feels proud when you think of them as a Bihari in the far wonderland of a city like Bangalore or Mumbai. You haven't seen poverty so you can not realise or cherish the happiness when 2K of your monthly saving makes the life lot easier for the family staying in a far land.

From the ancient history to the current modern world, there a lot of examples which can make feel you inferior when you compare yourself from Biharis . To name a few are :

Ancient India :
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* The first republic given to the modern World - Bihar
* The most practicised religion in East Asia - Budhhism - Origin and Originator - Gautam Budhh , Bihar
* Jainism - Lord Mahavir - Bihar
* Sikhism - Guru Govind Singh Jee - Bihar
* Ramayan - Saint Valmiki - Bihar
* Hinduism - Maata Sita - Janakpuri - Bihar
* Science - Aryabhatta - Bihar
* Economics and Political Science - Pioneer - Chanakya - Bihar
* World's Greatest Ruler - Ashoka 'the Great' - Bihar
* Capital of Ancient India - Patliputra - Now Patna - Bihar
* Lessons of Love - Kamasutra - Vatsyanan - Bihar
* Islamic Scholar - Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi - Bihar
* First University in world with more than 10000 scholar - Nalanda University - Bihar

Modern India :
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* India's first President - Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Bihar - Just to mention, he was the person whose examiner had written on the answer sheet - "The examinee is much more intelligent than the examiner" - The only president who had completed 2 terms at the Rashtrapati Bhavan (12 years).

* India's Second Prime Minister - Dr. Lal Bahadur Shastry - Bihar
* India's National Poet - Sri Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - Bihar
* The person who opposed the dictatorship of Congress in Indian politics and brought an end to it - Dr. Jay Prakash Narayan (known as JP, the JP movement 1977) - Bihar
* First Freedom Fight - 1857 - Veer Kunwar Singh - Bihar
* India's most talked about sport - Cricket - Current and the most successful captain who has brought 20-20 Cricket Worldcup to India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Bihar - now Jharkhand).
* "Papa Kahte hai Bada Naam Karega" - The most aspiring song for anybody - Composed by Anand Milind - Bihar
* The same song - Sung by notrious singer - Udit Narayan - Bihar
* The person who changed the face of Indian Railway (when it was about to go Bankrupt) and made a landmark for today's corporate, a test case study in Howard Business School - Lalu Prasad Yadav - A poor from the backward community - Bihar - A lawyer by education. He is B.A.L.L.B, from patna university. Donot judge a book by its cover.

Some Stats :

* PATNA — Over 10,000 students have qualified in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination this year 2009.


There is much more to write , but this is not what I want to communicate. No offences meant.
But instead of thinking India as Bihari, Bengali orMarathi, North Indian or South Indian, try to being an Indian.