12-09-2003, 10:30 AM
The sad thing about Bihar is that it was one of the centers where Indian culture originated. The home of janaka, ajatashatru and others. It was where the the shatapatha brAhmaNa was composed and the great intellectual debates within the Hindu fold occurred. Bihar should be like the center of nation heritage with places like mithila and girivraja as the nations greatest cities. Unfortunately this is not so. I wonder if there may be any hope of returning it to that state.