Monday, January 04, 2010

Letter to Bihar CM

Respected CM sir,

Congratulations for achieving the great turnaround results for Bihar as being the second fastest growing state of India. I am immensely proud of being a Bihari and had always been even while it was falling behind other states. I hope you will be feeling satisfied.

My appeal to you would be to take steps to eradicate the social evils like caste system and dowry system from the Bihari society which has been plaguing it for years. Also, there have been annual flooding, which takes away some of the state's money and puts it behind from the growth path, that should be dealt with at war footing. As you are aware, there are huge human resources in Bihar which migrate to different states for education, job and living. By attracting businesses like IT and agricultural firms, we can retain these talents. A better law and order will bring back people who want to settle in their homeland after being successful in their studies and career.

We need to improve on the standards of our educational institutions. Bihari people spent heavily on the education of their children but unfortunately this money goes out to states with better professional colleges like Karnataka, Tamilnadu etc. If we can improve upon this aspect, we will succeed not only in retaining the students in the state but also helping them bond with the state more intensely and inspire them to work for their state's betterment after their studies.

The tourism is one other sector which Bihar can get benefitted tremendously from, by improved law and order situation. Developing the various tourist spots with better transportation and staying facilities near various heritage sites (a long list of them), state can look for huge potential revenue source.

Let me congratulate you once again for the success and accept my best wishes to carry on this journey which has now started to its glorious culmination. This will help change the once-tarnished image of Bihar and soon people from other parts of India will look Bihari people with respect and aspire to come and work in Bihar.

Yours' Sincerely

Lokesh Chandra Rai

A Proud Bihari