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.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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