Resurgence of Bihar

Bihar always been the capital of India's political theatre. Although every nook & corner of this great nation been politically fertile, Bihar always remained special. Since the time of the likes of Gautam Budhha, Ashoka, Kautilya and Chandragupta, the region has proved its mettle, time & again, in political initiatives and intellectual supremacy. The state has always played the central and pivotal role in shaping the political dynamics of the nation.

Irony is, once booming - political, art, education & cultural powerhouse, is today considered to be the most backward, poor and badly governed geographic address of the globe. There are infinite factors, can be held responsible for the debacle. But I will emphasis on the lack of political will coupled with accute corruption in governance and public offices, the main culprits behind Bihar's pathetic infrastructure and abysmal socio-economic situation.

All said and done, volumes been said and written on the pricking 'Hows' and haunting 'Whys'. It is now important to re-focus on the changes that is taking place, in the socio-political landscape of the state.

24th November 2010 will be considred a historical day, when Bihar has once again showed its political maturity, by choosing the right government for herself. And the selection is unanimous, this makes it special. The people showed clear mandate to those, who delivered, leaving no more loopholes for anyone to exploit.

I don't want to name any political party or person exclusively related to the result, as it is irrelevant. A lot of people are already writing about it. What is important here, is to understand from the trend, the mood, the democratic curve, the power of commoners, political literacy of the so many illiterates and the economically marginalized.
The people of Bihar have shown that however they look like, whatever their castes are, whomever they believe as their gods, whichever situation they might be in, now all they care, is the common good for Bihar. And that's a huge collective breakthrough. These were the similar approach which brought great revolution like French Rev and kicked out King Luis-XVI and Tsar of Russia .

The resurgence of Bihar came at a right time when people of India need to look within and value their democratic decision. The power to vote should not be taken for granted or used casually. Afterall not everyone in this world having the priviledge to choose their own future, like we do. The government we get is the projection of our collective insight towards our future. It is the sure shot fear of rejection in the mind of our non-performing corrupt leaders, which will push their backs to the wall. And we will have right and able leadership to shape the future of our nation, in this crucial century. The method is simple, use democracy as a vaccum cleaner, to suck the pollutants out of the system.

Bihar election should be taken as a political alarm, which rung to wake our conscience. Many of you must be thinking that this is not the first time people have selected a govenment, with majority. I am sure, it is not the case. What is important here is to look at who choose who and in what circumstances. How powerful is the commitment to change for better. The selection of hope over despair. And above all, rise over all the mental prejudice, bias and myths. The economically not so powerfull state, is showing the nation, the way forward.

The people of Bihar has learnt from their past mistakes and now moved ahead to embrace the future, more confidently.