Recently the Nobel Prize winner and eminent economist Dr. Amartya Sen, while
speaking at a seminar on ‘Bihar: Past, Present, and Future’ at the Patna
Planetarium on Saturday talked about the glorious history of Bihar and the
causes that led to its eventual economic downfall.
“Bihar led the country in many areas including spreading the idea of democracy
during the Ashoka period when the concept of democracy was not known in other
parts of the world. It was also the first polity to float the idea of free
health care and medical services to its subjects as widely chronicled by
Chinese traveler Fa Hsiyan. Furthermore, it was Sher Shah in Bihar and Bengal
that first embarked on the massive project of building roads and bridges to
connect large cities,” Further Dr. Sen said while warning people not to
continue dwelling in the past but to use it to learn lessons from it. Reasons
Bihar went from being the best managed state to the most backward state which
could be attributed to decline in law and order, failure to build
infrastructure in the state, and ignoring to raise quality of education.
While Dr Sen and many other thinkers have suggested action plans to bring Bihar
on the right track , I wonder, why not we change the name of the state itself.
If Calcutta can become Kolkotta, Madras can become Chennai and Bombay turns
Mumbai for better representation, why can’t we change the name of the state
itself ?
Recently the Head of Spice Group, one of the potential strategic investor in
Satyam Computers commented that they would consider changing the name of the
company to start with a new brand and many others subscribe to that idea.
Similarly I feel , the name of the state Bihar can also be changed to mark a
fresh beginning. Then no one will be called Bihari ! After all Jharkhandis
are more known by MS Dhoni and the industries (like TISCO) they have. From
image point of view they have gained having separated from Bihar. There are
many who could be apt brand ambassadors of Bihar.
Asit K.Barma
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